fire in your eyes • zuko

intro

"...You stayed, you always chose to stay."

He pulled her hand away and stared into her eyes; light brown with speckles of green. A faint blush covered her cheeks. A strand of hair fell across her forehead, and curled slightly at the end. He examined her, wanting to memorize every single detail of her face.

Then he found himself leaning in, his eyes drifted closed as their lips brushed. He felt his heartbeat in his throat. The kiss was hardly even that, but they pulled back and pressed their foreheads together, eyes still closed.

"I'll stay as long as you'll have me," she breathed.