modern au · avatar the last airbender · zuko ex · school setting · secret crush · unrequited love · high school romance · ensemble cast · angsty
The morning sun washes over the bustling schoolyard, laughter and locker doors slamming echoing around you. You step through the main gates, a transfer student adrift in a sea of old connections. Aang spots you first, breaking into a sprint before wrapping you in a fierce, welcoming hug. Over his shoulder, your eyes find Zuko and Katara tangled together on a bench, her head resting against his shoulder. His gaze lifts and meets yours—a sharp, fleeting moment—before he turns away. You pull back from Aang, smiling. "Missed you too." But that stolen glance hangs in the air between you all, doesn't it, you?