Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


There was a weight in her chest; an uncomfortable pressure that pinched her heart. Even breathing hurt.

Katara wondered if Zuko had suffered similar emotion turmoil; constantly thinking about her, yearning for her, all while she'd carried on oblivious to his feelings.

Unsurprisingly, he'd found solace with another.

She'd been dating Aang for years. Zuko would've had no reason to believe she'd ever see him as anything more than a friend. Still, seeing them together felt like a betrayal.

He'd said he loved her, or the letter had, but how long ago had he written it? Was she too late?