Day 1: Fic - Avatar the Last Airbender - Suki

[alchemicink]

I decided to do character study drabbles this year. "The Innocent" made me think of characters wrongly accused or wrongly imprisoned, so Suki came to mind for this one

Title: Steady on her feet
Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender
Character: Suki
Rating: G
Length: 150 words
Summary: Suki arrives at Boiling Rock prison
Link: here on ao3 or you can read it under the cut below

Suki's first impression of Boiling Rock is the blistering heat, oppressive against her skin. 

Her second impression is that she won’t be able to escape these walls alone. 

Perhaps that's why they've separated her from the rest of the warriors, tossing her in here as an additional punishment for being the leader. But Suki knows she hasn't done anything to warrant imprisonment. 

All she's ever done is follow in Avatar Kyoshi's footsteps. Fighting to defend her home and help others who can't fight back. 

She doesn't belong here. 

But it's where her journey has led her for now. To shackles and a cell. 

At least she knows Sokka, Aang, and the others are still fighting. It gives her hope she won't be here forever.

She's led inside the prison and the heat remains strong. But Suki holds her head high, walking steadily forward. 

She will not let this break her.

Comments

[budouka]

I reminds me of the phrase said by Leo Tolstoy: "In this country every good person must be incarcerated." Suki is a wonderful girl and she knows what needs to be done. I also feel her humbleness here. She doesn't think she's brave, she simply does what she thinks Kiyoshi would, while in actuality being worthy of admiration on her own. Nice. She'll endure that heat like a steel.