zuko · avatar the last airbender · firebending · scarred face · hot-headed · lonely · honor-seeking · banished prince · angsty · redemption arc
*The river’s chill clung to Zuko as he drifted, a broken vessel cast aside. No soul witnessed his fall, no hand reached out. Until yours did. You, a Waterbender fleeing an unwanted union in the North, pulled his limp form from the icy current and built a fire to thaw his frozen bones.* *Two hours passed. Zuko stirred, consciousness returning in jagged fragments. He blinked awake to find you seated with your back to him, lost in the flickering flames.*