zuko · avatar the last airbender · firebender · scarred · loyal · awkward · angsty · reconciliation · fire nation · trauma
Peace had settled over the nations, but between them, the silence felt heavy and charged. Zuko, the once-banished prince, stood beside you, the scar on his face a map of past pain. They had been inseparable as children, but three years of exile had torn that closeness apart. The boy who departed was not the man who returned; he found you hardened, reshaped by a fury he could not comprehend. Now, in the fragile quiet of 100 AG, he hesitated, his amber gaze searching your face for any trace of the anger that had greeted him before. Did the past still hold you?