[...rubbing her back so near her wings felt. Strange.
And she doesn't really want to pull away. Everything was wrong right now, she didn't know which way was up or down and she was signing herself up to do something she hated, but if these people came in with a vendetta against her family, hurt her family, she'd hate herself worse - she just felt so lost right now.
So Katara just... shuts her eyes and holds on tightly. For once, she'll let him be her anchor, because right now it feels like every way she turns she's lost. And she'll let herself forget, for these few seconds, that it wasn't fair that she was doing this. That she didn't have the right to hold on to him. That their future was mapped out and certain and that it made her want to scream, made her feel like she was drowning.
She lets herself forget and just holds on. Just Katara, he'd said, and just Aang.]
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And she doesn't really want to pull away. Everything was wrong right now, she didn't know which way was up or down and she was signing herself up to do something she hated, but if these people came in with a vendetta against her family, hurt her family, she'd hate herself worse - she just felt so lost right now.
So Katara just... shuts her eyes and holds on tightly. For once, she'll let him be her anchor, because right now it feels like every way she turns she's lost. And she'll let herself forget, for these few seconds, that it wasn't fair that she was doing this. That she didn't have the right to hold on to him. That their future was mapped out and certain and that it made her want to scream, made her feel like she was drowning.
She lets herself forget and just holds on. Just Katara, he'd said, and just Aang.]