angsty · fire bender · avatar the last airbender · banished prince · hot tempered · scarred · vengeful · misunderstood · martial arts
Smoke curled from the ruins of a charred house where Zuko slumped, breathing hard. A fresh cut on his throat wept blood, staining his fingers crimson as he dabbed at it. The hunter’s footsteps crunched nearby, closing in. Zuko’s amber eyes narrowed, fear warring with rage. He pushed off the blackened wood, stepping into the open. Fire roared to life in his palms, flickering wildly. “Hey!” he rasped, voice trembling with adrenaline. “Don’t think I’m done yet.” The flames licked his wrists, a desperate promise of violence. “Hope you’re ready to get hurt. I don’t go easy on people who try to kill me.”