Fire in My Heart [3] (Sokka x Reader)

12~ Lihua

some slight nsfw in this chapter!! i've marked where it begins and ends with an asterisk (*) in case you'd rather skip it! i didn't make it super detailed, but if it's wanted at all i'd write a full nsfw bonus chapter :)
thank you for reading!! <3

After telling the story of her imprisonment to the kids, they decided that it would be a good idea to force (Y/n) into some bed rest. They made Suki and Hakoda rest for a few days too, insisting that none of them needed to help with anything around the camp.

Understandably, it made them a little restless. (Y/n) and Suki would spend a lot of time in one of their rooms, talking and laughing with each other as they waited out their forced healing time.

Almost every morning, (Y/n) was woken up by Sokka bringing her breakfast. He would kneel down by her bedroll, and plant light feathery kisses to her cheeks until she stirred awake.

Seeing her in such an awful state at the prison and feeling like he couldn't help her made Sokka all the more anxious to take her all in while he still could.

(Y/n) never protested to being woken up this way, she could really get used to it.

"G'morning." (Y/n) mumbled, a smile pulling at her lips as she kept her eyes squeezed shut, stretching her muscles out in bed.

"Good morning, beautiful. Brought you some breakfast for whenever you want it." Sokka smiled.

(Y/n) began to sit up, and Sokka placed his hand on her back to help her sit up.

"You know I don't need help sitting up, right? I'm not that injured." (Y/n) laughed, bringing a hand up to Sokka's forehead to push back the baby hairs that weren't long enough to get tied up with the rest of his hair.

Sokka shies away from her a little, shrugging. "I know, I just...wanna take care of you. You took care of me on that ship, right?"

(Y/n) hummed in agreement.

"Now it's my turn to repay the favour." Sokka says softly, putting his hand to her wrist as her hand raked through his grown-out undercut.

(Y/n) smooths her hand around the back of his head. "When did you get to be so sweet?"

"It's a bad thing to want to kiss you awake every morning? Don't tell me you don't like having me at your beck and call all the time." Sokka teases, leaning closer to her face.

"I could get used to it." (Y/n) smirks, leaning into him.

Their lips meet, and although they've been sharing sneaky kisses like this pretty often, she still hasn't gotten used to it. It still feels juvenile and exciting, having him all to herself for a few moments before he's needed somewhere else.

"Door's open, y'know?"

(Y/n) and Sokka quickly pull apart, looking to the door to see a smug Suki leaning against the door frame.

"Spirits, Suki, would it kill you to knock?" Sokka groans, getting up.

"This is more fun." Suki smiles, teasing Sokka as he heads for the door.

"I'll see you girls later." Sokka waves as he leaves the room.

Suki giggles to herself as she sits by (Y/n)'s bedroll.

"So how long has that been happening?" Suki asks.

(Y/n) shrugs. "Only really started picking up after we got back from the prison. You already know about the date, the cave, my waiting and stuff."

"And you didn't think to tell me about this?" Suki is restless as she sits, grabbing (Y/n)'s hand and shaking it.

(Y/n) laughs. "It's still so new, and I didn't want to jinx it."