#kin-cryptid

"Okay, y'know what? Swords are homoerotic."

"...What?" Zuko glanced over at Sokka with confusion.

Sokka shook his head and dramatically gestured to Zuko's swords, sheathed at his waist. "JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF!"

Zuko shrugged. "You have a sword too."

Sokka sputtered for a few seconds, cheeks darkening with a blush, before responding with, "Well you dual-wield! That's twice the homoeroticness!"

"I don't think homoeroticness is a word Sokka."

Sokka buried his face in his hands and let out a muffled, frustrated scream, his blush darkening. "You know what I mean..."

Zuko gave a soft smile that Sokka couldn't see and gently nudged him with his elbow. Sokka pried his his face away from his hands and couldn't help returning the smile.

"Stupid jerkbender," Sokka muttered with nothing but affection in his tone.

"Well, you're this jerkbender's boyfriend," Zuko responded and rested his head on Sokka's shoulder.

"Do you ever think about how tomorrow is gonna be yesterday?" Sokka asks quietly, staring up at the stars as he's laying on his back. Next to him Zuko was also laying down, only to prop himself up with his elbows and give the water tribe boy the most confused look.

"What is it with you and your epiphanies?" Zuko asked, and Sokka sat up.

"I'm serious Zuko! It's just...the passage of time is so weird when you think so much about it! We're always just stuck in one point in time and the future never really comes because we're always in the present." Sokka gestured with his hands as he spoke though not bringing attention to anything in particular.

Zuko only looked more confused as Sokka rambled on, snapping Sokka out of his time rant and quieting him by resting a hand on his shoulder. "You stayed up late last night, didn't you?" He have the other a small smile.

Sokka blinked a couple times until he shrugged and grinned sheepishly. "Maybe?"

"You're gonna head to sleep right now." Sokka began to protest immediately as Zuko stood up and pulled up his boyfriend to stand too. When it was clear that the fire bender wasn't going to be changing his mind, Sokka huffed and moved close to hug Zuko and rest his forehead against the other's.

"Fine, fine, but you're gonna sleep too," Sokka whispered, smiling softly. Zuko smiled back.