ATLA - Embers Between Us - Zuko x OC

There are embers the prince cannot quite remember. Lingering embers at the edges of his mind, faint, flickering, just out of reach. Like an itch at the back of his skull, returning again and again, refusing to be ignored. It should be a distraction. It should be a weakness. And yet, it isn't.

Because there is something about it.

Something ever so alluring.

Something that pulls at him in ways the war never has.

He is supposed to be hunting the legendary Avatar. Supposed to be reclaiming his honour. Supposed to be earning back his father's attention. His love. That is what matters. That is all that should matter. And yet that blurred face lingers. Soft. Unfinished. Familiar in a way that unsettles him. He tries to push it away. To burn it out like everything else that has ever made him hesitate.

But this...

This refuses to burn.

It's just a memory. It has to be. So why does it feel like something waiting for him? Why does it feel like something he's already lost? He shouldn't want to remember her. He shouldn't be thinking about her at all. And yet, it makes focusing impossible because something tells him this isn't over.

Not when he meets her again.

And not with the embers that still linger between them...

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This book is very much a slow pace, slow burn. My main OC wont appear fully until chapter 3 and won't appear as much in the first few chapters. I decided to add in these chapters that don't include her because I feel like it gives a break to the character and focuses more of the mysteries of my oc.

I do not own any of these character other than my ocs. This is also simply made for fun and entertainment, expressing my joys for this series.