I was watching School Time Shipping for Valentine's Day and got to that part and went "There needs to be an icon of that".
This was originally going to be much sillier and happier. I blame Zuko. Of course Toph's not just any earthbender, say a nice, sweet, rather passive one. No, she's Toph, who would positively delight in driving Zuko's whole court up walls. If I ever want silly Toko, I'll write her as Firelady. It would involve disaster.
Leishang just thinks it's all rather sordid. The two of them pretty much accept that their relationship is never going to include nuptials. Zuko's regretful, Toph... not so much. At least all the problems here are outside of the two lovers. The bond between them's strong. *pets them* it really is one of my favorite ships, and there isn't nearly enough of it.
Re: Bonus: some fluffy Toph/Zuko, all grown up (not dark)
This was originally going to be much sillier and happier. I blame Zuko. Of course Toph's not just any earthbender, say a nice, sweet, rather passive one. No, she's Toph, who would positively delight in driving Zuko's whole court up walls. If I ever want silly Toko, I'll write her as Firelady. It would involve disaster.
Leishang just thinks it's all rather sordid. The two of them pretty much accept that their relationship is never going to include nuptials. Zuko's regretful, Toph... not so much. At least all the problems here are outside of the two lovers. The bond between them's strong. *pets them* it really is one of my favorite ships, and there isn't nearly enough of it.