Kiss THIS!

zutara drabbles. (Plot, what plot? Have you ever heard of this strange thing they call plot?) A series of drabbles concerning a certain fire prince and water peasant and an authoress' many ways to get them to kiss.

Taken from the sixteen zutara prompts on lj. This is the eight one. Expect at least eight (hey, that's equal--Half way there, folks!) more. (I plan to finish) I don't know for sure if all of them will have a kiss, but I'm going to try.

In this drabble: Zuko returns home. Or at least, finds his home. (I'll give you three guesses for the ending and the first two don't count.)

"You can take me down. You can show me your home. Not the place where you live, but the place where you belong." –Toad the Wet Sprocket

"Here it is," he whispered, in a quiet voice that wasn't quite his own. "This is my home."

Or at least, it had been. The crisom hall of the Fire Lord wasn't much like how Zuko remembered it as a child. When he was small, it had always been clean, tidy—full of bright fires of varying colors and it always seemed so alive! Now, all that remained were cobwebs and ash inside blood-stained walls.

It had been three years since he'd been home—three years! And he thought about returning home so many times, with a thousand or more possible senarios that he thought he had figured he knew exactly what could happen and how to react. Ironically, the way he came home was the only senario he didn't think of—with the Avatar, not as his enemy and hostage, but as an ally and a good friend.

It was sad how much he hated this place now.

"Zuko," He felt her beside him, a cool presence in a place that always was too warm. "This isn't your home. It might've been, once. It might become your home in the future, but—" She stopped, taking his hand into hers. "It's isn't anymore."

"Where is my home, then?" He asked slowly, cautiously.

She smiled and leaned against him. "With me."

"I knew that." He laughed, realized it all too well when he pressed his lips tightly against her's.

Welcome home, Zuko.

XXX
END

Okay, now for something a bit off-topic…

I'm going to start a new Zutara story that's more than a one-shot (gasps heard)! Crazy, I know. It was going to be one-shot, but then the plot bunnies attacked and ate my soul for breakfast with a side of ketchup and ranch.

But I need help thinking of a title.

Summary is this: Prince Zuko has a crush on Katara. Katara is endlessly amused by this, until she begins to realize his feelings are perhaps not as one-sided as she previously thought…

The first couple of chapters will be humorous and fluffy before it goes completely 180 degrees and becomes angsty and adventurey.

Possible titles: Whisperer, Nightglass, and Shattered. If anyone else can think of a better title (for the love of God please…) I would love to hear any and all suggestions.

Thanks!

Jak