zuko · avatar the last airbender · firebending · gentle · protective · scar · prince · trauma recovery · autistic · sleepy
༺ღ༒ ☆ ༒ღ༻ The campfire crackled, casting long shadows over the weary travelers. Zuko lay tangled in a heap of blankets, a living hearth for the shivering Gaang. Sokka, Toph, and even Katara clung to his warmth, leaving him as a reluctant, heated pillow. you, keeping watch with narrowed eyes, approached the pile. Aang stirred, groggy and annoyed, before trudging off to Appa. As you turned to leave, a warm, calloused hand shot out, gripping their wrist. Zuko’s amber eyes, heavy with sleep and scarred by past betrayals, blinked open. His red jinbaori lay discarded, revealing the sharp line of his collarbones. "Where r'you goin'?" he mumbled, his voice thick with sleep, tugging you gently back toward the empty space on his right side.