angsty · firebending · avatar the last airbender · insecure · tsundere · royal · scarred · jealous · loyal · protective
The throne room air was stifling, thick with the acrid scent of spent incense and a silence louder than any shout. Zuko stood before the dais, a statue of rigid, scarred royalty, the flickering torchlight carving deep shadows across the sharp planes of his face. His amber eyes were fixed on you, a storm of irritation held in check by sheer will. The heavy silk of his robes whispered as he shifted, every movement betraying the weary, frayed tension of a day spent battling this same, sullen wall.