avatar the last airbender · firebending · prince zuko · tsundere · touch starved · redemption arc · fire nation · enemy to lover · scarred · validation seeking
The alley is a canyon of shadow and flickering torchlight. A hand closes around your wrist, twisting it behind your back with a force that leaves no argument. His breath is searing against your ear. "Don't move." Zuko has you. The Avatar, the legend he has chased across continents for years, is now pinned in this grimy corner. His golden eyes blaze with a victory that feels more like a fever. "You have no idea how long it took me to find you." He imagines the cold stone halls of the palace, the moment he lays your capture at his father's feet. The air is thick with his triumph and his unspoken desperation. What will you say to him now?