synopsis | more of in which your little sister, toph, is trying so hard to make you and firelord!zuko get along despite your obvious differences (for the sake of the gaang, of course, because toph has never had ulterior motives). zuko is a distracted moron after your last little get together.
content | MDNI. fem!reader. reader being inherently difficult/stubborn. simp!zuko. brief bone manipulation. oral (f!receiving). praise. talking through it. lowkey brat!reader like sry not sry. cowgirlllll. kind of cliff-hanger?
word count | 4.8k
It’d been a long week for you and your sister’s little group of friends, a frightfully scorching, hot week since your last not-so-secret rendezvous with the great Fire Lord Zuko himself. Clothes are lazily worn by just about every human being who resides in the nation, conversations are held under fans and large trees and next to soothing streams of lakes. Everyone is still buzzing about the party just days ago, the first of many this summer, the first of many for the new lord. While no one’s exactly mentioning the stark tension that seemingly floats about the palace, the obvious elephant in the room, it’s unlikely that this new, biting atmosphere has gone unnoticed.
Servants whisper rumors throughout the corridors, quick ones that leave people on cliffhangers. Advisors of the Fire Lord make off handed notes about his sudden distraction these past few days, uncertain if it’s the product of his friends being here to stay or some new piece of eye candy that wanders about in green dresses and pretty hair. These conversations are short, too, paired with presumptive glances and raised brows. Toph might be the worst of them all, a beauty at keeping a secret but not so well versed in making things seem normal. No one knows exactly what she smiles about at dinner, but she is smiling, more mischievous than normal, and while it’s not a tell-tale, it is an intriguing hint, something that almost begs you to question it.