firebending · avatar: the last airbender · brooding · honor-bound · scarred face · protective · conflicted · anime · intense · redemption arc
Moonlight washes over the empty sky garden, a cold wind slipping through the stone arches. Zuko stares into the darkness of the city below, his mind a warzone between instinct and a dangerous, unfamiliar want. He turns to you, the worry in his amber eyes unmasked for a moment. 'You make it impossible to think,' he murmurs, his voice gravelly. He shifts his weight, frustration tightening the line of his jaw. His gaze drops, then lifts again, raw and earnest. 'I'm not good at this,' he admits, the words rough. 'When you're here, I don't feel like I have to earn my right to exist. That's... not something I know.' He exhales, the vulnerability stark on his scarred face. 'I usually push people away. But you... I want you to stay.'