“I’m lying about liking the sea prune for your benefit,” he burst out, looking both relieved to have said it and rather apprehensive at her reaction. “I’m sorry. I wanted to like it, I really did, but it was just awful.”
Katara finally burst into laughter, so loudly that people glanced over.
Zuko gaped at her and then gradual suspicion stole over his features. “You knew I would hate it?”
“I had a good guess.” She smirked. “I’ve never met a foreigner that likes our sea prunes.”
He blinked rapidly at her a few times. “Seriously?”
She waved the remaining sea prunes under his nose. “Mmm…”
He swatted her away, but his mouth had briefly twitched into a smile. “You’re mean. You know that?”
“You have terrible taste in food.” She dramatically popped another one in her mouth.
He wrinkled his nose. “How can you stand it? It’s like swallowing rubber.”
“Maybe I enjoy rubber, Zuko. Don’t judge.” She held out the last one. “Are you sure you don’t want it?”
He pretended to gag. “Get that away from me.”
She just laughed again, pushing it closer to his face. “Yummy…”
He caught her wrist and held her away. “Don’t,” he warned, though his eyes held that shine of amusement that she realized she quite liked. It reminded her of being with her friends again. Of something normal. And on Zuko it was a very pleasing effect. Maybe because it finally made him look less grumpy.
“Or what?” she taunted. “You’ll scowl me to death?”
“That doesn’t even make sense.”
He sighed, but she knew he was feigning his irritation because she could see the way his mouth twitched again, still fighting a smile. “If I eat the last one, will you stop whatever this is?”
She didn’t have a chance to answer.
“What is that thing?” A monotone voice with a hint of disdain spoke from right beside them.
Katara jerked back and away from Zuko—just now realizing that they’d actually been standing quite close, his hand still wrapped around her wrist—as if they’d been caught doing something wrong.
So, I’m back to drawing fan art of fan fics! Starting with one of my favorite scenes from Incendiary by the very talented Roslynwrites / @roslynwrites
I really love this fic because the arranged marriage trope has been beaten to death in the Zutara-fic universe, but THIS fic does it right somehow, I have a feeling that this is becoming the new Stormbenders.
This particular scene really touches my bitter Zutarian heart. It really captures how these two would begin to connect(I’m a sucker for frenemy-banter), not only in canon, but in the universe of this fic.
Keep up the awesome work, Roslyn!
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