Title: Unexpected
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Character(s): Aang; Azula
Pairing(s): Slight mention of Aang/Katara
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,307
Warnings: None
A/N: A little fanfic I wrote today instead of doing NaNo--like I should've been doing. Oh, well, I'll get something done on my novel before I go to bed tonight. This just came to mind and wouldn't go away till I wrote it down. Took about 30 minutes. This is my first time using both 2nd person and present tense, so...any constructive criticism is appreciated.
Unexpected
You aren’t sure what you expected to see when you walked through the Dinning Hall doors, but Azula sitting in a corner being fed a bowl of soup like a child while she stares blankly at the wall wasn’t it. The grandmotherly nurse, with laugh lines, lots of wrinkles and wisps of hair sticking out of her topknot at odd angles, murmurs something to her, and Azula turns her head long enough to allow the nurse to feed her. There’s another woman, in her early to mid twenties far as you can tell, whose sitting next to Azula on the opposite side as the nurse, holding and stroking a gaunt black rat. Her eyes dart around the room, never resting on a single point for more than a second.
( You remain rooted to the spot, just watching, until the Healer nudges you gently and coughs. )