A/N: This series of oneshots was originally posted on an Avatar fansite around June 2008, before the series had finished. Now, for its debut here, I'm improving it and even including a fic or two that was never previously released. It covers a range of genres and settings, but generally centers on Toph and Sokka's relationship during the show's timeline. I hope you'll enjoy the fics!

Title: Association

Setting: Whenever

Viewpoint: Toph

"Hey Toph, what's your favorite color?"

"Blue," I said, my eyebrow quirked as I turned my attention to Sokka.

"Really? I thought for sure you'd say green. Y'know, since you wear it all the time." He left it at that, and I heard him scrawling something onto some parchment.

"I wore red for a while too, didn't I?" I said, recalling that someone had once remarked that red was the main color for the Fire Nation, and apparently our disguises had blended in, so...

"Well, sure, but you didn't have much of a choice now, did you?" He sat up, and I could hear him shuffling papers. "You know, I only have a couple blues, and I've already used one for my page."

"What exactly are you doing?" I asked, deciding I wasn't going to wait for him to drop more clues.

"I thought it'd be a good idea to record some of Team Avatar's more memorable moments," he told me proudly. "You know, so when this is all over we'll have something to look back on. I figure on having at least a page for each member of the team, with associated colors."

"Huh," I said, thinking that wasn't, perhaps, such a bad idea, provided he was willing to read it to me in the future. "So what ideas do you have for my page?"

"Hmm," he said, and I sensed him tapping his chin with his writing implement. "Mostly I figured some of your more impressive moments. You know, when you beat all those wrestlers right after we met you, or those times against the Dai Li, metalbending and- oh, those scams could probably count, too."

"That's it?" I asked critically. "All action, no quotes? I can recall some gems aimed at you."

"Well," he said, his breath coming out in a huff as he crossed his arms. "Who says I want to remember those?"

"It wouldn't be historically accurate to leave them out," I said, matter of fact. "They really help paint a picture of your character."

He snorted. "Well, even if that were true, it wouldn't really belong on your page, now would it?"

I didn't say anything, and he returned to working on his little project. Of course, I had plenty of arguments against his claim, but I kept them to myself.

"You know, I think I'll go ahead and make you green. I just can't get away from the association."

"Sure, go ahead," I said, though I raised an eyebrow at him. I supposed if he couldn't include the memories I associated with him, I could have the color he associated with me.

Besides, if he thought I was that green, then perhaps it could become my favorite color.