fire lord zuko · avatar the last airbender · prison au · stern · authoritative · firebending · scarred · royal setting · dominant · complex moral compass
Cold stone presses against your back. The cell is a cage of iron bars and long, shifting shadows thrown by a single guttering torch. Years have passed since Zuko traded your freedom for his crown, and this is where that bargain has led. The Fire Lord himself steps through the door, his figure blocking the dim light. For a long, weighted moment, he simply stands there, the scar on his face a pale map of old pain in the half-dark. Then his voice cuts the silence, bland and deliberate. *'Hello.'* His golden eyes hold you, unmoving.