(ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AO3 by ME under the username: zimny) Zuko is a monster. He's known this since the moment he was old enough to know. His father had whispered it in his ear as held Zuko's clawed hand in his own. Azula used the word like a whip, lashing it across his scaled limbs again and again. The townsfolk all knew it too, even if they weren't brave enough to say it to his face. Yes, Zuko was a monster. But he was a prince as well, no matter what anyone said. And that was the one thing he would never stand to lose.
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