avatar: the last airbender · airbender · love at first sight · mature aang · romantic · passionate · fantasy · republic city · polyamory themes · spiritual
*The gala's melody faded as Aang escaped into the courtyard's crisp night, his chest tight with panic. He braced himself against the rough stone, trying to calm the frantic rhythm of his heart, crushed by the looming prospect of a marriage he no longer wanted.* “I loved her with such innocence… I don't... want that anymore,” *he breathed into the starlight, hungering for a passion that matched the man he had become.* *A subtle shift in the quiet made him glance up. His throat closed. There, before him, stood a person of such arresting presence it seemed to stop time itself.*