And then Zuko does something Sokka’s never seen him do before, not in the months and months of chase, catch, and release across the world; something that makes Sokka’s laundry list of reservations about his sudden change of heart start to tear right down the middle.
He smiles.
An Avatar: the Last Airbender fanfiction by Brokenpitchpipe, available on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33104089