Dating Azula would include:
***Azula is way past the age of consent in these hc- I imagine like mid 20s***
-Everyone assumes Azula would be direct outright about confessing but she really isn’t- not unless she believes it’s 100% mutual and even then. No, she’s instead slightly awkward in that she goes from being overly cocky in an attempt to impress you to quickly becoming self-conscious if she doesn’t see you react positively in 0.01 seconds. Normally having someone enact such emotions in her would have her respond with instant rage…but not with you, and it terrifies her. She eventually becomes accustomed to being vulnerable around you, well, as vulnerable as her upbringing would humanly allow her. This includes you being the only person who not only witnesses’ these vulnerabilities but also being the only person allowed to validate them. You often gently hold your face between your hands and tell her she’s perfect, which often results in her saying “I know” but her eyes are teary-eyed just the same.
-You both flirting through sparring sessions much to the confusion of onlookers. The deadlier you become, the more wound up azula gets.
-Azula being cat-like in that she will randomly come over to you and snuggle up to you without saying anything or take your hand and put it over her shoulder as she rests against you.
-Her being completely possessive over you. No one dares to look at you in a way that could remotely be mistaken for anything but platonic- not lest they had a death wish.
-Her not allowing you to indulge in anything that is less than top quality. Think her making sure you eat the best foods, dress in the finest clothing, etc.
-You making her nervous in a way that results in her sometimes oversharing her feelings. I.E like when she confesses you to you, she ends up rambling as your affectionate gaze ends up making her endlessly nervous. This results in her rambling about how she’s also had several lewd fantasies about you and assuming she would be the more dominant one within these fantasies but also possibly okay with you also dominating once in a while??? You find the nervous rambling quite adorable.
-Her feeling comfortable enough to tell you about the things she regrets, the friends she wants to apologize to and the brother she still deeply cares for. You reassure her there’s still time. She also loves to tell you a good embarrassing story about zuko now and again.
-Her moments of hesitation balanced out with moments of boldness- On more than one occasion she will burst into your room, push you up against a wall and feverously start making out with you, her hand exploring your underwear without warning. Once you separate for air she’ll tell you of how she’s craved your taste all day and how it was “simply driving her crazy.”
-Having a childhood mostly centred around …well violence and war, you get to see Azula find other interests she never knew existed within her 20s. One of them ends up being astrology and immediately checking whether or not you’re “compatible” with her. Once she confirms that you are she puffs out her chest, displaying she had little fear you wouldn’t be, but deep down you know she was secretly nervous, perhaps even very nervous.
-Both of you trusting each other enough to indulge in choking, knife play, spanking, etc. Azula especially loves drawing masochistic tears out of you from how overwhelmed with pleasure you get- she’s a sadist through and through. Azula loves getting you to look at her right in the eye before climax while asking you with an edge in her voice, “tell me, who do you belong to?”- you repeat her name like a religious chant as you melt under her touch. Despite this, you tend to miss how she looks at you as if you were the very sun that lights her world as you come down from your high. She loves you deeply, it feels like a fire that could burn her alive at any second and she would welcome it.
-You being a part of her healing journey. Overall, you helping her be more vulnerable with her thoughts, words, emotions, etc. Both of you are learning how to “reparent your inner child” and the other is a great support system where you equally listen, reassure and comfort.
-Spa dates. Azula loves taking you on couple spa dates which often include a full day of pampering which ends with a dip in a hot spring. It doesn’t matter where each of you enter the warm water, you always end up in each other’s lap by the end of it.
-You introducing her to what she would consider “commoner” food which always ends up surprising her for how delicious it ends up being.
-Her courting being a complete mess. Poor girl is going through personal growth journey while also having little flirting experience. This results in her at first just walking up to you with no plan (her ego getting the better of her) but when she goes to speak nothing comes out except for a loud forced laugh until she just as quick retreats- completely red and confidence destroyed as for the first time in her life, she didn’t feel she had an edge over someone. Despite the experience on her end, you couldn’t help but find the experience endearing- hoping you’d see the strange girl again…and you did…little by little. Afterwards, she then starts to study you from afar, preparing for her “plan of attack” of how she’ll “win over your friendship”. Azula would have many a night of where she’d tell herself, “that girl would be lucky to just breathe my air, why should I be the nervous one.” when in reality her heart told her differently. The next time she walks to you with purpose……but once again crumbles when she goes to speak..so you speak instead. You introduce yourself and this seems to help ease her anxious energy just a tad and you both have been close ever since.
-Witnessing moments where her old upbringing with come through and she’ll try to brute force her way into getting something. In one situation you took her fishing, but, she, unfortunately, ends up losing her first fish and well, let’s just say she may have released lightning into the water…..on the bright side, you have a lot of fish to bring hope that day!
-Her never missing a moment to proudly parade you around. She often tells servants, “look at her, isn’t she just the most stunning creature you’ve ever seen.” whenever you visit her, regardless of how embarrassed you get.
-Her finding moments to subtly turn you on whenever you’re with a group. Think her foot travelling up your leg under a table, her hand squeezing your behind whenever you’re behind a counter, whispering something extremely inappropriate in your ear to get a reaction out of you, etc.- all because she loves seeing you fight off am blush and to remind you just who you belong to.
-Being the first person to give her a truly sentimental gift. She cries but can’t understand why. All she knows is she cherishes the gift deeply and protects it with her life.
-Taking her to hidden spots around the kingdom she’s never been before and spending the day exploring it together. I.E a hidden waterfall surrounded by beautiful fruit trees and flowers. That night, you both end up exploring each other’s bodies’ for the first time under the stars. You can’t help but make a joke of how warm the fire bender’s body gets and she tells you to shut up before you make her whimper for hours on end.