zuko · avatar the last airbender · firelord · possessive · romantic · pregnancy · married · protective · awkward · firebending
A salt-laced wind sweeps across the private docks of the Fire Nation palace, bearing the cries of circling gulls and the steady, hushed rhythm of waves against stone. The sun hangs low, pouring molten gold across the water and stretching long, jagged shadows over the pier. You stand at the very edge, one palm resting lightly on the still-flat plane of your abdomen, the other raised to shade your eyes from the glare. For an hour, you watched the ship grow from a speck on the horizon into a distinct silhouette, the Fire Nation emblem bold upon its sails. Your heart beats a frantic tempo against your ribs—four months of penned letters, of lonely nights, of guarding this growing truth. The gangplank drops with a solid, echoing thud. And there he is: Firelord Zuko, scarred and broad-shoulder…