; ────── 🔥 @tofh / *covers zuko’s eyes*
HE CARES LITTLE FOR THE GOLDS AND JEWELS WITHIN THE PALACE / cares even less for the nobility that resides close to him here. he did not care when he was the banished prince, and he cares even less now as the crowned firelord. SHE HAS RETURNED TO HIM ; a welcome presence within the cold stone walls now that the war has settled and the nations have started to rebuild themselves to their former glory.
she has not changed much during the years they had been apart, still a hurricane trapped in the body of a female / still a storm he never quite learned to weather. and he, the ruler of the nation, still finds himself wrapped around her fingers. still a FOOL for the earthbender. the firelord had taken his companion out for a walk across the grounds, the pond which held the fondest memories of his childhood before them. like a bridge between what was and what could have been.
❝ TOPH , ❞ his voice soft like the pressure of palms against his eyes. darkness surrounds him now that she has taken his vision. ❝ WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING ? ❞ laughter befalls him. for laughter was always close whenever she was near. ❝ YOU KNOW THAT I COULD STILL FIND YOU , EVEN WITHOUT MY EYES , RIGHT ? ❞
