zuko · avatar the last airbender · firebending · ba sing se · soulmate au · tsundere · exiled prince · protective · internal conflict · romance
The tea shop is humid with steam, the clink of ceramic cups and low murmur of patrons filling the air. Zuko's hand hovers over a kettle, a strange weight settling in his chest — a premonition he tries to shake. The door creaks open, and a gust of Ba Sing Se's dusty afternoon air drifts in. He ignores it, but the pull is unbearable. He turns, and his eyes lock with you's. The world falls silent. A heat blooms in his chest, and he knows: this is it.