Twilight | By : Harbor Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality > Het- Male/Female Views: 5467 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Three –Twilight
“What do they expect from this night?”
She was a beautiful broken princess standing before him staring down at the floor. He knew what she wanted to know. How long before she had to give up the rest of her heart. How long before she lost what she could still control. How long before they had to consummate their plan.
“My father will want a union for the others to see with marriage. He will want to show you to his conquered enemies to say that he has finally won the great prize of the Avatar.”
He watched her shoulders slump. “Yes he would do that.”
She felt as if she were nothing even if she had agreed to this plan. He knew that he would have to build her back to her strength with more than words. He knew that warmth and love is what she needed to heal. He did not know if he possessed those things but for her he would find them within his body. He needed her.
Zuko slowly moved his warm hand to her chin and gently raised her head. Her beautiful eyes held no light. He moved closer to her to let her feel the warmth flowing from his body. “I will let nothing harm you. I will honor and love whatever shall come from our union water maiden. I will never leave you.”
His golden eyes seemed to burn brighter as he spoke those words to her. She knew he spoke the truth. He would never leave her. He kept his word and she knew that he would take care of her. Her small hand rose up and lightly touched his hand on her cheek. “I know that you will. My faith and trust in you will never ever fade. I will stand with you for as long as you need me.”
Her touch was warm and made him gently take hold of her hand as his other hand circled her waist and pulled her back into his body. Her head rested on his chest as he held her. They stood in silence for a long while before the soft knock on the door interrupted them.
Zuko slowly pulled away from Katara and she sat on the bed as he walked away from her. The women of the Ozai’s court came around the corner carrying beautiful fabrics and head dressings for them to wear. It was just as Zuko had said. Ozai would want everyone to see this union was true. They would wed tonight.
He could feel her eyes on him as they dressed her in the wedding garb. He watched them reveal her skin as they expected him to do. She was their enemy and he was to treat her without care. Zuko’s eyes roamed over her naked body as she tried to cover her skin with her hands. The women dressing her blocked all her attempts. Her master had every right to see what gifts she offered.
Katara could hear them giggling about how much time he would spend in his room now. They never had to clean it before and most of them did not know where it was. She could hear them planning where to hang the sheet after the prince took her for the first time. Her body trembled with anger and fear as they continued stripping her body of its only shield.
“You are beautiful.”
His soft voice helped her focus on him and away from the fussing women. Her eyes met his, as he wanted. She ceased her attempts to cover her body seeing that he approved of her skin. She felt his warmth and power flowing to her as he held her gaze. She felt her strength flow through her bones and she straightened her back. She was strong enough to get through this and the women realized it and ceased talking about her future mating.
Zuko’s eyes cascaded down her naked form again as soon as the women moved away from Katara. It was his right to view her in her natural state. A rare and slow smile appeared on his face as his eyes travelled the entire length of her body. He watched her breathing accelerate as he walked toward her. She stared up at him with defiance and fear. He moved his warm hands towards her body and rested them on her hips. “Your defiance will turn to love soon my enemy. You will beg me to take you.”
“I will beg for death before I want your love.” She tried to push his hands from her hips but his grip tightened. A sudden cry escaped her as he freed one hand from her waist, grabbed a handful of hair, and pushed her mouth towards his. She struggled as hard as she could but her body slowly began to submit to his strength and warmth. Her cries of defiance turned into soft moans.
The women behind Zuko all expressed their jealousy. She fought the Prince when every other woman in the kingdom would lay down for him if he nodded. They watched her succumb to the Prince’s desire and kiss him back. The Prince pulled her closer and deepened his kiss. The women were rooted to the floor watching the display of his power over the water maiden. One of the braver females moved forward and spoke of their need to finish dressing his bride.
Zuko slowly pulled away from her lips. His eyes were darker than normal as he stared down at the dazed woman he was holding in his arms. When she finally opened her eyes, they stared back at him with a question. Why did he kiss her like that? He let his eyes roam down her body again and saw a heated blush rise on her face. She trembled in his arms and shyly pulled her arms away from his neck.
Zuko stepped back still watching her try to regain her composure. He had not meant to kiss her as he had. He could not deny that he was a man…a starving man that imposed this sentence of abstinence. He watched her skin disappear beneath the soft fabric. He was under no illusion that the possibility of ending his sentence stood before him. He knew that their joining would serve two purposes. It would end the fire nation and quell the pent up lust growing in his body.
The women finished their work and stepped back so he could inspect her. The question remained in her eyes when they met his. He gave her no answer and she turned away from him and followed the women from the room.
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She stared down at the ring on her finger as she waited for her new husband to return to her. The ceremony was elaborate and full of allies and enemies of the fire nation. Katara kept her head down so no one could see her emotions that ranged from relief to anger. She felt Zuko’s warmth throughout the ritual and relied on it to keep her grounded.
She heard heavy footsteps coming around the corner and knew her time was up. “It was as you said.”
Zuko stared at her from across the room as the approaching moonlight filled the space between them. “I know my father. It is Azula that will give you the greatest test.”
She did not raise her head as he spoke. Her mind was far from the evil of Azula. Her mind was on what would happen tonight between them.
He knew what ran through her mind because it was running through his but for different reasons. The Sage’s would check her in the morning. He knew that she had heard Ozai’s words. It stayed with her the entire ceremony. He could feel it in her body when he held her.
“Katara,”
Heat and fear leaped into her body at the soft but deep sound of his voice. She slowly raised her head and looked across the room to see him standing there staring back at her. She watched him walk towards her not letting go of the hold he had over her. She felt her legs straighten and she was standing before him. She lowered her head and he felt her trembling body as her fear grew.
"I am a blessed man.” At his first spoken words, she raised her head to look at him. She felt heat against her breast and the feeling of a weight leaving her body consumed her. The fabrics began to fall from her skin as he touched them. Her eyes locked onto his as he continued talking.
“I have you at my side and in my bed to keep me warm. In this room, the horrors outside of it will not exist. Only good shall live here, only joy shall be here. We shall comfort each other in this room.”
When the last of the fabrics fell from her body the fabrics he wore seared in half and fell to the floor to join hers. They stood naked except for the emotions running through their body and mind. He touched her body as a husband would touch his wife. She trembled and closed her eyes as he lowered her onto the bed behind her.
He rested all his weight upon the palms of his hands planted on either side of her waist; and stared down at her until she opened her eyes to look at him. Her alluring blues shimmered with unshed tears. He knew these tears held fear and sadness. He would make sure, she knew that in this room with him, tears of joy would be the only reason she would ever cry.
He stared back at Katara with lustful intent in his body to fulfill his silent promise. Zuko slowly lowered his body towards hers and hesitated for only a moment before claiming the lips of his wife.
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Author’s Notes
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