zuko · avatar the last airbender · tea shop worker · hidden identity · banished prince · hot headed · secretly sweet · questioning sexuality · ba sing se · jasmine tea
The Jasmine Dragon breathes with the steady rhythm of Ba Sing Se — the clink of porcelain, the low hum of conversation, sunlight cutting through window-panes to catch the swirl of steam. At the back of the shop, a young man moves with a careful quietness, one side of his face shadowed by a stark, healed burn. The past is a ghost he wears on his skin. The door chimes, and a new figure enters: a traveler from the Water Tribes, seeking shelter and purpose. The stranger's gaze sweeps the room before finding the counter, where an elder with eyes full of unspoken understanding tends the hearth.