So, I checked through, and you had commented on everything, and I've been sitting on this for days, so here you go. I tried, but it didn't turn out all that slashy.
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Suki's head sank lower on Ty Lee's shoulder and her breath came warm and rasping, and heavy with the scent of alcohol. She stumbled on the empty floor, and Ty Lee caught her and kept her from falling. "Come on," she murmured. "We're almost there."
"Thanks, Ty Lee," Suki said slowly, carefully enunciating each word. "I'm sorry."
No, Ty Lee restrained herself from saying. You are not going to start crying again. But She wouldn't have stopped Suki if she did, not really. "It's okay. Let's just get you in bed, and..."
"You're really nice about this, I mean reeeeeally nice. I don't think the oth-" her feet tangled, and she dropped, and Ty Lee scrambled to catch her before she sagged to the floor.
"Maybe you shouldn't talk right now." Ty Lee propped her back up. "Maybe you should just concentrate on walking." She pushed the sliding door out of the way and half dragged her leader into the room.
Suki just grunted, and when Ty Lee layed her out on her futon, she patted Ty Lee's cheek. "I mean it." Her hand slid down to Ty Lee's throat, and stayed there, as if she were unaware of it, still there at the end of her arm. "You're soooo nice about this. The other girls would laugh."
Ty Lee cupped the hand on her neck in her own and peered down at her leader through the darkness. Her leader. She had never seen Azula so vulnerable. She had never seen Mai or Zuko so vulnerable either. She couldn't remember letting anyone ever se her so vulnerable, reliant on a friend to carry her to bed and tuck her in. "I wouldn't laugh at you," she said seriously.
"See?" Suki said, closing her eyes and smiling. "Nice."
Kneeling beside her in the dark, Ty Lee saw Azula's face for a moment, instead of Suki, saw her her as she had let Ty Lee see her, without weaknesses or imperfections, so, so perfect that she never could quite believe it wasn't real until after Azula was gone again. "I guess."
Ty Lee was nice because she wouldn't laugh. Right then, she wanted to. She wanted to laugh, and laugh, until she started crying, and then she wanted to disappear. This woman was her friend, and she was so sure, so completely confident the worst her friends would ever do to her was laugh.
Somehow, she felt touched.
Somehow, she felt lost.
Maybe she should have stayed in the Fire Nation, with Mai and Zuko, with people who at least, above all else shared with her the bone deep hard taught knowledge that moments of weakness were just tools for others to use against them.
"Stay?" Suki whispered in the dark.
"Of course," Ty Lee answered her. Suki trusted her. This was what trust felt like. And she wished with everything she had that she could trust back. "Of course."
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Ty Lee and Suki - Sake
Date: 2012-12-03 08:16 pm (UTC)~*~
Suki's head sank lower on Ty Lee's shoulder and her breath came warm and rasping, and heavy with the scent of alcohol. She stumbled on the empty floor, and Ty Lee caught her and kept her from falling. "Come on," she murmured. "We're almost there."
"Thanks, Ty Lee," Suki said slowly, carefully enunciating each word. "I'm sorry."
No, Ty Lee restrained herself from saying. You are not going to start crying again. But She wouldn't have stopped Suki if she did, not really. "It's okay. Let's just get you in bed, and..."
"You're really nice about this, I mean reeeeeally nice. I don't think the oth-" her feet tangled, and she dropped, and Ty Lee scrambled to catch her before she sagged to the floor.
"Maybe you shouldn't talk right now." Ty Lee propped her back up. "Maybe you should just concentrate on walking." She pushed the sliding door out of the way and half dragged her leader into the room.
Suki just grunted, and when Ty Lee layed her out on her futon, she patted Ty Lee's cheek. "I mean it." Her hand slid down to Ty Lee's throat, and stayed there, as if she were unaware of it, still there at the end of her arm. "You're soooo nice about this. The other girls would laugh."
Ty Lee cupped the hand on her neck in her own and peered down at her leader through the darkness. Her leader. She had never seen Azula so vulnerable. She had never seen Mai or Zuko so vulnerable either. She couldn't remember letting anyone ever se her so vulnerable, reliant on a friend to carry her to bed and tuck her in. "I wouldn't laugh at you," she said seriously.
"See?" Suki said, closing her eyes and smiling. "Nice."
Kneeling beside her in the dark, Ty Lee saw Azula's face for a moment, instead of Suki, saw her her as she had let Ty Lee see her, without weaknesses or imperfections, so, so perfect that she never could quite believe it wasn't real until after Azula was gone again. "I guess."
Ty Lee was nice because she wouldn't laugh. Right then, she wanted to. She wanted to laugh, and laugh, until she started crying, and then she wanted to disappear. This woman was her friend, and she was so sure, so completely confident the worst her friends would ever do to her was laugh.
Somehow, she felt touched.
Somehow, she felt lost.
Maybe she should have stayed in the Fire Nation, with Mai and Zuko, with people who at least, above all else shared with her the bone deep hard taught knowledge that moments of weakness were just tools for others to use against them.
"Stay?" Suki whispered in the dark.
"Of course," Ty Lee answered her. Suki trusted her. This was what trust felt like. And she wished with everything she had that she could trust back. "Of course."