Katara is 18 and the Southern Water Tribe has held an uneasy allegiance with the Fire Nation for the last 100 or so years. When Katara's tribe goes through a food shortage, Katara takes it upon herself to make sure they survive. She agrees to enter a competition where the young Prince Zuko will choose a wife out of 35 women. Katara promises herself she only has to last a day until a truce she can't ignore is offered, and now Katara is in it for the long haul. A Zutara! Selection AU. More couple tags to be added as they appear.

Yuichiro Ichinose thinks life isn't that significant. As the soon-to-be prince of Drelacia, his days consist of making the best possible grades in school, obeying his parents' every wish, and living in the shadows. To Yuu, all he can do is sit up, shut up, and don't speak unless spoken to. Yuu is sick of royalty life; for seventeen years he has pondered how things could be different if he just walked out those castle doors. Would he find adventure? Mystery? Love? Yuu wishes he could run away. To escape the clutches of his overbearing parents, to leave this world, and to be finally be free. One night, he decides to do just that. Whether it be by coincidence, destiny, or simply just sheer luck, that's how Yuichiro Ichinose crosses paths with Mikaela Shindo. Completed November 8th, 2016 © hanlovespasta // 2016