#just...the tenderness

what if.......after The Firebending Masters when aang and zuko get back.....zuko realizes he still has a bit of that tar still stuck in his hair, and he tries for like an hour to get it out and as he’s sitting alone mumbling angrily to himself contemplating just cutting it off when sokka finds him and helps him work the stuff out....and maybe sokka takes more time than what’s actually necessary....and maybe zuko is frozen in shock the entire time and mentally SCREAMING...just....what if...