Lightning Strikes Twice
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“Isn’t it kind of… my decision?” he suggests delicately, trying not to be an asshole about the whole thing.
His advisors are visibly sweating. One of them tugs at her collar and clears her throat. “...Of course, your Majesty. We did not mean to suggest… that you could not free the Princess, only… that you should not.”
She trails off and the advisor next to her quickly adds, “--my Lord.”
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- Part 4 of Zuko vs. Adults
- Part 1 of Lightning Strikes Twice
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"At every step of the way, you needed people to trust you to successfully make your next advance, but you never even gave them the chance to do so. Do you want to know what it reminds me of?”
Azula is no longer having fun. Her heart is beating deep and low and she’s not sure why. It feels like sirens are sounding off painfully in the back of her skull.
“No.”
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- Part 5 of Zuko vs. Adults
- Part 2 of Lightning Strikes Twice
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Ty Lee has stopped dancing, and is looking at her with an awe that gives her pause. “Smoke and steam: Azula of the blue flame burns with righteous fury!”
Is the fight over?! “Don’t think that poetry will save you!”
She laughs softly, and it sounds like the bells of a distant cathedral. “I really missed you, ‘Zula.”
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- Part 3 of Lightning Strikes Twice
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"Tell me what’s happened, and I’ll handle it.”
“...Okay,” Zuko eventually rasps. “But only if you swear on something that matters that you won’t make fun of me.”
Azula scowls. “What are we, five? Fine, I swear it on all of my titles.”
“...Swear it on Father.”
“You little--” Azula has to stop and force herself to take a deep breath so she doesn’t accidentally singe off his remaining eyebrow.
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- Part 4 of Lightning Strikes Twice
- Part 6 of Zuko vs. Adults
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The red-crowned rattle-crane, aptly named, has a splash of crimson across the top of its head, still wet from where Azula’s brush had been a moment before. Its eyes are coffee-brown and shining. The sharp spear of its beak is enticing.
The viper peers through slitted eyes, effortlessly giving the impression of both danger and inherent laziness. Power without effort. Beauty without purpose.
Azula wants to tear it to pieces, but that’s how she feels about everything she makes.
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- Part 5 of Lightning Strikes Twice