A Second Flame: Zuko x Reader

Bonus chapter + 100K celebration!

"...yeah that one's pretty."

The rain picked up and brought with it a chill. Our little moment of calm and ended.

"Agh! I hate rain!" Zuko stormed rushing over to the door to get back into the heart of the ship, "it's.. it's locked."

"What? Oh... yeah that might have been my bad. I guess when I came out here to look for you it must have shut behind me."

"UNCLE UNCLE!" Zuko shouted slaming his fist against the door.

"Zuko calm it! I'm sure that Iroh needs his rest. Some guard will come for us eventually... let's just wait."

"Fine." Zuko muttered crossing his arms.

"We could practice some bending if you want?"

"But what if you get hurt?" He said.

"Who cares! Honestly Zuko you worry too much. If it really matters that much to you... I'll promise I'll be careful."

"Then I guess we can. It's raining so our flames won't last long anyway. Okay show me what you've been working on."

I nodded demonstrating some fire kicks but the embers quickly cooled under the rain. I retaliated with fireblasts clear through the air.

Zuko smirked,
"Your improving. But your stance is a bit off."

"You say that every time! Maybe your stance is a bit off."

"Is that a challenge?"

"That depends, are you gonna take it?" I retorted.

Zuko bended a concentrated stream of fire and shot it at the sky. The flames illuminated the paleness of his face. Zuko continued using his momentum to create Fire jabs out of his feet before combining several flames into a district Fire lash. At the end of his demonstration, he took a step back and smirked at me,
"Still think that I have the stance wrong?"

I shrugged pretending not to care,
"Whatever... it's fine. I guess you can show me your stance now."

Zuko showed the faintest of smiles,
"Okay so just do your normal stance and I'll correct you."

I took my normal stance, putting my feet back and my arms ready.

"Okay... it looks good...wait. You need to move your arms a touch forward."

"Are you sure? This is what Azula taught me to do when I first learned bending."

"Since Azula's really strong she has to put her arms back more. Here let me show you." Zuko put his arms around me moving me arms to the correct position. I could feel his breath down my neck. There was this heat rushing down my spine. His hands felt soft against mine.

Rain began to pummel down the ground. The roots of my hair darkened under the brush of water.

Zuko and I stood silently, his arms still looming around me not wanting to let go. I felt safe under those arms, because even against the cold of the night Zuko's touch kept me warm.

"Zuko..."

"(Y/N)." He muttered. His voice echoed through my head.

I could feel the sparks twinkle inside me when he said my name.

"I umm should let you go I'm sorry." Zuko blushed awkwardly removing his from my touch. I felt a coldness brew over me, disappoint reared it's ugly face.

"Its okay! I liked it actually your very warm. Oh... oh no that sounds wrong. So... this rain... crazy am I right?" I stuttered trying to find the will to live.

"Great... now my clothes are soaked." he scoffed only halfway making eyecontact with me.

"You... you could take them off." I smirked.

"What?"

"What..." I replied shyly a bit of hair falling over my eye.

Zuko took his hand and brushed away the hair. My heart swelled under his golden glare.

"(Y/N)... I've always wanted to tell you that I think your eyes are really beautiful..." he disclosed leaning in closer.

Like a moth to a flame, I drew in my breath and went closer. Since Zuko was taller then me, he moved his head down.

"(Y/N)..." he said softly pulling me into a kiss.

For a moment, reality stopped and felt like a dream. Every so often I would escape for air to make sure this moment was real.

Zuko placed his hand in my hair. With every second, Zuko smelled more and more like ambrosia and smoke. My very soul grew with lust under his touch.

I pulled away placing my hand on his shoulder,
"Do-do you want to do this?"

"Yes if you do."

My fingers traced his chest feeling the muscles underneath the wet clothing. I pulled at the ends of Zuko's shirt lifting it off.

His form was impressive, every little muscle showing his strength and ability. I let my hands wander over his tight frame.

Zuko blushed clearly nervous,
"Like what you see?"

I rested my head against his chest, hearing how fast his heart was pounding,
"You know I do."

"I've never done this before... so...I don't really know how everything works." He muttered.

"I haven't either... we can take it slow and stop where we want to. I don't think I'm ready to do anything too much."

Zuko's face lit up, his eyes unclouded, like all of his worries of the Avatar were far far away.

We continued to kiss, but this time with more passion and vigor. His hands moved along my skin as he began to undress me. My lips quivered by the touch of his, growing more tense and desperate.

Even under the harsh rainfall all I could feel was his skin touching mine.

I trembled, we were both almost fully undressed, our clothes thrown in a clumsy pile across the deck.

"(Y/N)..." Zuko breathed heavily placing his hand on my cheek. His skin felt soft against my touch.

"Zuko..."

I let my lips escape from his a pit built up in my stomach I wasn't ready,
"Zuko..I'm sorry... I don't think I can do this. I just...I can't do this right now. I'm sorry if I disappointed you."

"(Y/N) I understand. Trust me you're worth waiting for." Zuko replied his face soft with color.

"I'm sure we're going to have some explaining to do with Iroh though." I chuckled picking back up my clothes and using my bending to dry them.

"Yeah, but I think it's worth it." He smiled stroking my hair.

We spent the rest of the night in our newly dry clothes huddled together in eachother's arms.

I didn't know when I would be ready, but I knew who I would be ready for.

Author's note- boom y'all we done!! What are your guy's thoughts on the oneshot? Sorry if I didn't make it too spicy, I'm just not comfortable with writing that sort of thing. But I hope that this amount of Zuko goodness will suffice for now~