𝒶𝓉𝓁𝒶 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑜𝓀 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓉𝓈

if we have each other🎶

play the damn song >:(

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toph was 19 with a baby on the way.

on the east side of the city, she was working everyday.

cleaning dishes in the evening, she could barely stay awake.

she was clinging to the feeling that her luck was gonna change.

and, across town, she would take the bus at night.

to a one bedroom apartment and when she'd turn on the light, she would sit down at the table, tell herself that it's alright.

she was waiting on the day she hoped her baby would arrive.

she'd never be alone, have someone to hold.

and when nights were cold, she'd say....

"the world's not perfect, but it's not that bad
if we got each other, and that's all we have"

the 19 year old walked into her cramped bedroom and crawled onto the bed, talking to her unborn baby and patting her swollen belly.

"i will be your mother, and i'll hold your hand
you should know i'll be there for you"

toph comforted lin after the little girl came in crying, telling her mother about the people she encountered at school.

toph, not knowing what to say, remembered what she'd tell lin every night before she was born.

"when the world's not perfect
when the world's not kind
if we have each other then we'll both be fine
i will be your mother, and i'll hold your hand"

she cupped her daughter's face, looking into her dark green eyes as her heart swelled with pride.

"you should know i'll be there for you."

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they were 90 and were living out their days.

on the west side of the city next to where they got engaged.

they had pictures on the walls of all the memories that they'd made.

and though life was never easy they were thankful that they'd stayed.

with each other, and though some times were hard.

even when she made him angry, he would never break her heart.

katara and aang sat on their bed, watching jeopardy after recovering from a recent argument about what type of car they should buy, since their current one was on its last days.

no, they didn't have the money to afford a fancy car, but they never had to travel cause they'd never be apart.

even at the end, their love was stronger than the day that they first met.

they'd say...

"the world's not perfect, but it's not that bad
if we got each other, and that's all we have
i will be your lover, and i'll hold your hand"

katara held his cold hand while he laid in a hospital bed. the heart attack he had not too long ago put him in a coma.

permanently.

she cried silently. "you should know i'll be there for you."

she thought back to when men tried to mug her and her husband, while he was having said heart attack.

"when the world's not perfect
when the world's not kind
if we have each other then we'll both be fine
i will be your lover, and i'll hold your hand
you should know i'll be there for you"

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sokka's pov

i comforted my sister as she cried on my shoulder, blabbering about how stressful it is to be dating the avatar, and knowing that any moment, he could be ripped right from her clutches.

i'm 23 and my folks are getting old.

i know they don't have forever and i'm scared to be alone.

so i'm thankful for my sister, even though sometimes we fight.

when high school wasn't easy, she's the reason i survived.

i know she'd never leave me and i hate to see her cry.

so i wrote this poem to tell her that i'm always by her side.

i wrote this poem to tell her that i'm always by her side.

i wrote this poem to tell her that...

"the world's not perfect, but it's not that bad
if we got each other, and that's all we have
i will be your brother, and i'll hold your hand
you should know i'll be there for you"

she looked up at me as she read it, not expecting this sudden change in my behavior.

i hugged her tighter and started tearing up.

"when the world's not perfect
when the world's not kind
if we have each other then we'll both be fine
i will be your brother, and i'll hold your hand
you should know i'll be there for you"

i smiled sadly and wiped her tears, ruffling her hair as she set the paper down.

"you should know i'll be there for you."

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my writing skills >>> you

song credits:

if we have each other by alec benjamin

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