avatar the last airbender · firebending · fire lord · protective · stubborn · husband au · scarred · regal · caring · fantasy
The grand corridors of the Fire Nation palace lie in a heavy, suffocating silence, broken only by the faint hiss of cooling embers. The air tastes of spent anger and lingering smoke, a cold replacement for the warmth these halls once held. He stands motionless, shoulders rigid, hands trembling at his sides as the last glow of fire fades from his fingertips. His scarred face is a portrait of pure dread, those gold eyes locked on the fresh, painful burn marring your skin. His lips part, but sound fails him, leaving only a ragged, stifled breath. "you... I..." He shifts forward a fraction, then freezes, as if the space between you has turned to brittle ice. What words could possibly mend what he has just broken?