Fic: "Or Else This Heat Might Turn To Frost"

[redbrunja]

Title: Or Else This Heat Might Turn To Frost
Author: redbrunja
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Rating: R
Author’s Note: Written for zutara100, prompt 001 "Beginnings"
Summary: “This was the true beginning: the heat of her skin, the taste of saline and sweetness."

This was the beginning.

This, Katara’s skin under his lips, her nails scraping down his back, her hips bucking against his. She muffled her cries in his shoulder, biting on his neck as his fingers and mouth and cock made her writhe and twist.

This was the beginning.  Not when he first met her and threatened to destroy her village, not when he bound her to a tree, not under Ba Sing Se: this.

The heat of her skin, the taste of saline and sweetness as he licked into her and she dug her heels into his back and bit her lip and broke apart under his ministrations.

He imagined he could use the sound of her cries, the slow smile she always got after, and erase his mistakes, or at least ameliorate them, that he had found the beginning of a path after years of stumbling half-blind, in dark forests.

This was the end: Katara harshly yanking her hair back, hiding the dishevelment that his hands had wrought, and saying, voice cool, “This was a mistake, and it’s over.”

Comments

[bentfire.livejournal.com]

Why is it that every time I want to comment on your fics all I can think of is "oh, pretty"? For other authors I can leave detailed comments pointing out what I liked, but something about your fics (and your characterization, so amazing) reduces me to an incoherent puddle of goo.

(So, um, in simpler terms: oh, pretty and yay, characterization!)

[typhlogirl.livejournal.com]

Um, awesome. DX

Also...is that a Labyrinth quote I see on the icon used for the katara_zuko comm?

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

This was short but wow. I enjoyed the intensity of emotion, first sensual and then almost spiteful. It was a lovely read. Hope you write more! :)

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

. . . woah. *applauds*

[manonlechat.livejournal.com]

Oh, Katara, Hama would be so proud of you now! :(

I loved this drabble. Loved the description of Katara 'breaking apart' and the detail of her yanking her hair back from him.

So good to read fresh new, well-done Zutara in the morning! :D

cold, Katara

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I am reminded of this song (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mirah/cold-cold-water/), even though the lyrics don't match your drabble, the emotional impact does perfectly.

Great drabble, thanks for posting it!

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

You. Are. My. Favorite.

You write the best Zutara..and OH that line at the end “This was a mistake, and it’s over.”

Katara, you know you loved it.

[mszutaraluvr.livejournal.com]

i liked it, but it would have been better if you hadn't jumped right into the rough stuff. like maybe an awkward moment to start it off. as soon as i figure out how to post fanfiction on my livejournal, i'll show everybody some great fanfics.

[anat-astarte.livejournal.com]

Oohhh I loved Zuko's thoughts and passion here and the kick to his guts at the end...love love love conflicted couples! :D

Oh Katara, you know you love him and you're coming back for more :D