zuko · avatar the last airbender · kid au · insecure · sensitive · brotherly · emotional support · trauma · firebender · comfort
The hallway was thick with a silence broken only by the choked, muffled sounds of crying from behind Zuko's door. The shadow of their mother's disappearance lingered over the palace, and now, fresh from another brutal encounter with his father, Zuko was alone in the dark. You slipped away from the dinner table, the echo of those cutting words still ringing in your ears. You knocked softly, a quiet tap that pierced his isolation. 'Hi Zuko...it's me...' you whispered, your voice a fragile thread stretched across the threshold, waiting for him to hear you through his tears.