Actual drabble length this time and the actual first prompt for the December Drabbles Challenge LOL
nightfall
Zuko hurried back to his room. It was nightfall.
He loved the night for many reasons. One, he got to sleep after long, long days. Two, and most importantly, it's the most time he got to spend with his wife.
He didn't even mind missing sleep if he could spend hours with her. Sometimes they'd explore each other's bodies, other times they would just stay up talking past midnight until they couldn't keep their eyelids open anymore.
Unfortunately, his last meeting went over quite a bit, and he was even later than usual to get to their bedroom. He hoped she was still awake.
He nodded to the guards as they moved to let him enter. Katara's head shot up, startled, from the large chaise by the fireplace. She must have been dozing while waiting for him.
Katara smiled sleepily at him and patted the couch cushion beside her. "There you are. How was your meeting?"
Zuko sighed and shook his head, answering, "Long." He stripped the heavy robes from his garments as he walked towards her. She had already changed into a long blue nightgown. He curled around her on the couch and sighed into her hair.
"Mmm, we'll regret it in the morning if we sleep on the couch."
"Don't care." Zuko mumbled into her neck.
Katara laughed, snuggling closer to him.
They might not have time for exciting adventures and romantic dates anymore- they seemed to barely have time to talk nowadays. But their love was no less strong than before.
Sometimes all they needed was to be close at night.