#prettydeadwritter

It'd been a long few days since Zuko and you had slept in the same bed. It wasn't anything wrong with the relationship, in fact you both were very happy but you just couldn't seem to sleep. you struggled every night to just lay down and fall asleep. sometimes even asking Zuko to just talk to you to see if it'd help you, usually it didn't. so you started to just sleep in one of the few guestrooms.

Most nights you'd lay in the bed and then get up and walk around, then you'd sit at the small desk of the room and read for a bit before getting back up to walk around and pace. it was almost a routine. you'd read a little of a book or scroll or maybe even write something you were thinking, then you'd go back to pacing around the room.

it wasn't like you didn't get exercise either, you and Zuko walked around the palace often and while he worked you'd wander the and sometimes just pace like you were doing in the current moment. you just couldn't seem to sleep.

you tried tea even though the taste wasn't always for you, you tried to just force yourself to lay in bed until you'd sleep but you'd end up tossing and turning too much, you tried to work out a few hours before but that just made you feel the need for a bath. you felt defeated as you laid in the guest bed once more.

it's not like you weren't tired, you were. that's what struck you as odd. you felt exhausted, like as though if you sat down too long you'd fall asleep but all it did was make you antsy.

though tonight was a lot...nicer to you. you felt like you could actually sleep in the same bed as your dear boyfriend, that you'd actually fall asleep within a short time frame.

though it was a few hours late you went into your shared room being as quiet as possible, you assumed he'd already be asleep since the two guards outside his room said so, though they did say they hadn't checked in a minute.

you crept over to your side of the bed, softly pulling away the covers to be greeted by his sleeping features. he always looked so peaceful when he slept. you crawled into the bed stirring him awake slightly. you shushed him gently while scooting closer to him to hug his figure as his tired form wrapped an arm around yours.

"took you long enough" he murmured to you only to be greeted with a soft kiss to his cheek and snores shortly after.

it may have been a few days since you last slept in the same bed but Zuko felt no time had passed since he last held you in his arms while he slept.