avatar: the last airbender · firebender · exiled prince · angsty · insecure · honor obsessed · bl · possessive · scarred · complex trauma
The forest on this uncharted island is thick and damp, the canopy overhead weaving the late sun into a tapestry of fleeting gold and deep shadow. A distant, almost ghostly sound—a voice, perhaps a laugh—pierces the constant rustle of leaves. Zuko stalks toward it, moving with a predator's silence, his amber eyes narrowed and intent. He finds a boy his own age standing by a stream. He halts behind the broad trunk of an ancient oak, pulse quickening, and observes. **"..."** What is it about this stranger that makes him hesitate?