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"He's handsome," Zuko declares to the world, giving everyone a confused look when they all stop to stare at him. "What? You can tell. It's all in the jawline."
"Didn't know Zuko liked them chiseled," Toph whistles, before pointing at Sokka. Or, trying to, he guesses, because she's around an inch or two off, but it's whatever. "Better step your game up. Lay off the fire flakes, why don't you?"
Oh, wow, okay. Sokka gasps, offended. He's even more offended when Aang chuckles under his breath, and Katara snorts; those jerkwads, seriously. "I am totally chiseled!" He squeaks out, and okay, that doesn't really sound like how a manly, super chiseled guy would normally sound, but give him a break—his voice just does that, goddamnit! "And Zuko is totally wrong! And— I'm not fat!"
"Says the guy who grew a beard to hide his incoming double chin," Katara teases.
He told her that in confidence! "I didn't— oh, you two are ridiculous."
"I mean... his jaw is pretty nice," Aang shrugs.
"Exactly," Zuko agrees, still staring at the man like his life depends on it. Um, Sokka's right here, and totally just as handsome! Okay, so maybe his jaw isn't sharp enough to cut anything like that— that weird airbender guy's jaw is. But he's still pretty! And his wolftail is only getting more and more majestic each passing day. And what about his totally huge biceps? Or his thighs? Or chest? Or, like, his everything?!
Sokka pouts, giving Zuko a nasty look despite Zuko being much too busy staring at the 'handsome guy' to notice. Ugh, what's a guy gotta do to get his boyfriend's attention away from the... the admittedly pretty hot guy in front of them? Sure, he's got a killer jaw, beautifully thick eyebrows, well-defined abs, sun-kissed skin, and those tattoos make him kinda wanna see where they all go...
No! Bad Sokka. Bad, bad, bad! Do not agree with them. They are loud and wrong.
"He's— he's not even that hot," Sokka scoffs under his breath, face growing embarrassingly warm as he turns away. He can't say it to the guy's sleeping face; now that's just wrong. Not only because it's rude, but also because Sokka is incredibly bad at lying. Especially when it comes to lying to hot guys, like Zuko.
Toph snickers from beside him, and he flushes even harder, scowling when Toph sing-songs, "Liar!"
"Um, totally not!"
"Oh, relax, Sokka. I'm sure he'd love to be in a throuple with you and Zukes," Katara coos, poking his shoulder.
Somebody needs to smite her right this instant, please and thank you. "Oh— give it a break!"