Disclaimer: I do not own ATLA.
A/N The song I believe all should listen to while reading this chapter is "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner. Not the version in Rock of Ages.
Middle of Chapter 36, while Zuko and Katara are in the cave during the storm.
Pairing: Katara and Zuko.
He softly pushed the damp hair out of her face as his lips slanted against hers in a gentle caress. Katara has never known such fierce passion that could be released in such a small gesture, but Zuko managed to do it well. His hand was now knotted in her straggly hair while the other was firmly wrapped around her waist. His kisses were like breaths of fresh air after months in smog. Nothing was more perfect than feeling his skin against hers.
Slowly, he began rolling her shirt up her back and broke their kiss momentarily so he could lift it over her head. Once the damp garment was discarded, Zuko leaned in and kissed her neck while he deftly untied the knots of her wrappings. Soon the strips of fabric, plus his own shirts, were in a wet heap on the cave floor.
She didn't know how it happened, but soon she was straddling him as he sat on the jagged ground beneath them. His kisses were languid and lustful, savoring every breath and taste she had to offer. It was like he was trying to imprint her being in his mind.
"Katara, you are so beautiful," he murmured against the delicate skin of her neck and collarbone. Her response was a shiver as his warm hands ghosted up the center of her back at the dip of her spine. Zuko continued to kiss her neck and chest as her hands wound themselves in his shaggy hair, his lips pressing delicately against every inch of her skin. Katara couldn't hold it any longer, a low moan escaped her parted lips like a sigh. His lips paused right above her puckered nipple and lifted his golden stare to her flushed face. "Katara?"
"Make love to me," she murmured. There was no bashfulness or shame in her voice, just confidence. The same was reflected in his ever-expressive eyes. He nodded once and lowered his head back down to her nipple and began to suckle and nip it gently. His free hand ghosted down her arched back and cupped her firm buttocks through her pants, causing her to moan out again.
Zuko didn't warn her when he tugged her pants over her hips and down her thighs slightly until they met his own. She had to stand so he could push them off completely, along with her sandals, and toss them aside. Katara was just in her lower wrappings when Zuko pulled his trousers and pointed boots off, leaving him in a tented loin cloth. Unabashed, Katara straddled him once more and ground herself down onto him, eliciting a deep guttural moan from his chest.
Zuko abandoned his tender touch for a more passionate grip, pulling Katara towards him and capturing her lips in a rough kiss. Their hips continued to rock back and forth against each other, even past the point where Katara could feel her wetness soak through her wrappings and wet Zuko's loin cloth. It was enough to make her inner muscles quiver and coil in anticipation as Zuko's lips slid against her own.
His fingers had somehow found their way to her inner thigh without her noticing and untied the flat knot, now unraveling the fabric and pooling in his lap. He pulled away slightly and mumbled against her lips, "Sit up."
She complied instantly, letting herself become completely naked in the cold and damp cave. Zuko hooked his thumbs under the waist band of his undershorts and slid them off quickly, revealing his bobbing member to Katara's titillated eyes. As she stared, she felt Zuko pull her back down and position her right above the throbbing organ. Without hesitation, she sank down onto him, moaning loudly as he filled her to the brim.
Zuko continued to pepper kisses all over her bare skin as she began to slide up and down him, taking on every inch she could. He began thrusting up into her, as well, enhancing the sensations within her and causing her to moan even louder. Zuko's mouth found its way to her nipple once more and his hand went to the juncture of their hips, stroking her in the rhythm that his tongue flickered against the fleshy peak of her breast.
The coiling came again and Katara quickly found herself succumbing to her mountainous orgasm, shouting in ecstasy as climatic pleasure radiated through her entire body. After her moans subsided, she felt Zuko moan against the skin of her chest and twitch underneath her, finding his own release.
They collapsed against the wall, Katara laying her body on top of Zuko's and his arms wrapping around her bare back. He kissed her shoulder and whispered, "I love you so much, Katara."
She smiled into his neck and replied back in a muffle, "I love you too, Zuko."
A/N This chapter was revised on December 20, 2013.