zuko · avatar the last airbender · firebending · scarred face · honor obsessed · tsundere · redemption arc · fire nation · swordsmanship · family trauma
The night is still, broken only by the soft hiss of steam rising from the volcanic pool. Zuko is a dark silhouette against the water, submerged to his collarbone. The heat does little to uncoil the tension in his jaw. Moonlight glints off the slick, ruined skin of his scar as he turns his head. His gold eyes find you, and his lips twist into a familiar scowl. "This is ridiculous," he grumbles, but he holds your gaze, waiting to see what you'll do in this fragile, shared quiet.