Hello just found you blog which I love btw. Can you do a zuko x disabled reader where the reader is really insecure bc they have a limp when they walk since they were little and it's always made them feel ugly and incapable and they have been made fun of bc of it and somehow zuko finds out and basically proves that they are lovable?? Just fluffyness. Thank you :) hope this is alright. You can do what you like with it tho ofc
How were you supposed to be a graceful waterbender when you had a limp
The stances you trained with caused you great pain in your leg
You had felt like a failure of a waterbender because you weren’t able to train as fast as the others that you were with
along with the fact that your own grandmother, the head healer of the northern water tribe, could do nothing to fix your leg
what had you done that your grandmother could not heal you
after that, you stayed to yourself
the pity was too much from you
plus all of your friends and the other kids, bulled you endlessly
so when you met team avatar
it seemed like the perfect chance
maybe you could be of some use to them
even though you weren’t the best because of your leg
you were still intelligent
plus you knew healing practices that could be of some use to the group
so along the way you met Zuko
you bonded a little bit because of the imperfections that you both had
their was still a caring side to him
and the longer that the two of you were around each other, even within the group
you found yourself growing more and more attached
falling further and further in love with him
but your insecurities were never far from your mind
he was a prince for heaven’s sake
why would he ever want something so disgusting in a partner
one day, while the two of you were out and about in disguise in a small fire nation village
a group of children began teasing you for your limp
you ignored it the best you could
at one point, you and Zuko had gotten separated briefly
He had gone off to look for something while you were heading to the town square for a quick rest
A group of kids came back to tease you some more
it was all stuff that you had heard before
but then one of them shoved something in front of your foot
laughs came from every direction while you were struggling to get up
the girl that had tripped you knelt down to you
you recognized her as a girl that had been flirting with Zuko earlier while buying food
once you had rejoined him, you handed your stuff to him as he finished bagging it all up
the girl had been glaring at you
if looks could kill, you would have been a pile of bones
now she whispered in your ear
‘i hope you know that someone as ugly as you could never have someone as beautiful as him’ she seethed ‘what a burden you are’
looking back on that remark, you thought that if she knew who he really was that you would defiantly be six feet underground
tears welled in your eyes as the laughing continued
you got up and ran as fast as you could, not knowing where you were going
the laughing became harder as you struggled to run, which just made you feel worse
eventually you made it to a secluded ally where you collapsed and began to sob
‘she’s right’ you thought to yourself ‘im such a burden. if i hadnt come, i wouldnt have been slowing them down so much while they were trying to move along. why am i here?’
running feet pounded nearby with someone’s frantic breathing.
“Y/N!” a voice called to you
you looked up with tears in your eyes just in time to see zuko throw himself on you in a hug
‘are you ok?” he asked frantically
this was the most emotion that you had ever seen him with
you wiped your tears from your face and nodded
he looked like he didn’t believe you
‘what happened?’ he almost growled while asking the question
you spilled everything without even thinking about it
everything that happened, what they said, how you felt like a burden, everything
once you were finished you breathed deeply and almost sobbed again
zuko looked at you with a blank face and a jaw clenched
he grabbed you and clutched your body close to his own once again
‘dont you ever EVER think that you are a burden. EVER!’ he seethed.
his heart was beating fast
you were shocked at his tone
zuko sighed, cupping your face with his hands and pressed his forehead to your own
‘you are not a burden y/n. i love you too much to ever consider you to be a burden.’
“you-” a harsh swallow forced its way down your throat. ‘you love me?”
you stared in Zuko’s eyes
and he stared back at with an extreme amount of intensity before replying to your question
‘yes. i love you. i love you for who you are, as a person. not the way you look. the limp you have is no matter to me. it’s just part of who you are. part of the person i love.’
a few more tears fell from your eyes
‘i love you too’ you whispered.
zuko placed a quick, soft kiss to your lips
after everything that had happened today
and all the comments that you had heard through your life
washed away from the feeling of warmth zuko had given you
you knew that they wouldn’t go away forever after this one incident
you felt perfect in zukos arms
and you knew that this would give you a new start
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