Play With Fire

He was an enigma, a puzzle. She wanted to solve him. She was an open book. He wanted to get lost in her pages.

After a particularly nasty breakup, Katara transfers to Ba Sing Se University for a fresh start. She and Zuko get off on the wrong foot, but when they realize they're going to be spending a lot of time together thanks to shared classes and work, Katara extends the figurative olive branch. She quickly realizes there is so much more to him than meets the eye.

A Zutara College Modern AU drabble in which Katara transfers to Ba Sing Se University and Zuko is a brooding, angsty turtleduck.

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