darkauthor26 | Visit (Crazed)

Title: Visit
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Character(s): Ty Lee, Azula
Pairing(s): None
Rating: K+
Warning(s): Post series
Word Count: 178
Prompt: Crazed
Summery: Ty Lee hears Azula can’t sleep.

The door unlocked with a click, creaked open, and Ty Lee slipped inside the room. Azula was curled up in a corner, her bed still neatly made. Ty Lee frowned and crept toward her. As she neared, she could hear Azula’s uneven breathing and see the tear streaks on her dirty face. Ty Lee knelt down beside her, scooped Azula into her arms and held her as she trembled.

“Mother?” Azula said. A ghost of a smile played on her lips. “You came.”

Ty Lee bit her lip, tears slipping down her cheeks. She buried her face in Azula’s hair. “Yeah, Azula. Yeah, I did.” She swallowed hard. “The doctors told me you haven’t been sleeping…”

Azula shivered. “I can’t. Those…things… Everyone tells me there’s nothing there, but I can see them. You can see them, can’t you, Mom?”

“Yeah… Yeah, I can, Azula. But they won’t hurt you, not while I’m here. So… So just go to sleep, okay?”

“Okay…” Azula nestled her head against Ty Lee’s shoulder. “Promise you’ll be here when I wake up?”

“Promise.”