It wasn't the first time she sneaked into his tent after sundown, and it was far from the last. Making sure her brother, Suki and Aang all were asleep before tiptoeing across the campsite. In the beginning Katara had kept an eye out for the tiny earthbender as well, but after that first night in the fire prince's tent Toph had greeted them both with a big grin at breakfast, asking if anyone else had felt the "small earthquake" the previous night.

Katara collected her breath before pushing the tent flap aside. Zuko had already fallen asleep and the sight made her lips curl into a smile; his dark, tousled hair, his arms stretched above his head as he faintly snored. She let the piece of fabric swing close behind her as she crawled up to his side.

It had been two weeks since Azula attacked the Air Temple, two weeks since Zuko saved her life and two weeks since she had saved his. In those fourteen nights, Katara had found herself spending ten of them in the warm comfort of a certain firebender. She didn't plan for this turn of events. But after Zuko helped her heal from her mother's death, after he found Yon Rha with her, after he comforted her with his body, she couldn't deny her feelings any longer.

"Wake up", Katara cooed, letting her fingers trail imaginary patterns over his chest. Zuko stretched his arms in the air, arching his back from the bedroll with a deep sigh of exhaustion as he came to.

"Hey you", he grumbled with a smile, his eyes still closed as he draped an arm over her shoulders to tuck her in closer.

"I missed you", Katara whispered, her fingers trailing lower on his chest, tracing the v line of his lower abdomen that would lead her to her goal.

"Fuck", Zuko groaned, rolling his lip between his teeth, "that's mean, Kat."

"Should I stop?" she asked teasingly innocent, her fingers stilling in their trail.

"Agni, no", he breathed, and it was all she needed to hear to muster up enough courage to dip below the waistband of his sleeping pants. Her fingers skimmed along the edges of the patch of hair before teasingly dragging a straight line from the base to the tip of his cock with her nail.

Zuko swallowed audibly, already breathing heavily as he twitched awake in her hand. She wrapped her hand around his shaft, giving it an excruciating slow tug that made Zuko writhe with want. He reached down for her hand, wanting to guide her to grip harder and stroke faster, but Katara's unoccupied hand seized his wrist.

"Ah ah ah", she tsked, smirking up at him, "I'm in control tonight."

The way the words floated through the air and the way her eyes lit with determination and lust made Zuko crumble under her touch. He sank back down on the bedroll and Katara let her grip on his wrist go, pride fluttering in her chest and stomach.

"Now", she began, the hand around his cock picking up where it had left off - teasing and stroking, "are you going to listen?"

Zuko nodded, biting his lip and holding onto her tight to prevent himself from reaching down again.

Katara laid her head down on his chest again, hearing his already erratic heartbeat, watching intently as her hand moved up and down his shaft. The sight alone made her core warm up and the noises Zuko let slip through gritted teeth made her rub her thighs together in an effort to appease at least some of the pounding between her legs.

"Kat", he moaned, "agni, go faster." He burrowed his head in her hair, pressing kisses to her scalp, not daring to watch her slender fingers work, disappearing down his sleeping pants before reappearing at the bottom of his shaft again - because he knew the sight would be far too much for him to handle.

Katara mused the proposition over before answering with a simple, "No", enjoying the pained pleasure that was stuck in his throat, enjoying the rush of power she felt as he breathed heavily.

"Am I going to have to beg?" Zuko whined, though a proud smile donned his lips. She had come a long way, he thought, from distrusting his every move to letting her enjoy herself - and him in extension.

"Maybe", she smirked.

"Not going to happen." Zuko shut his eyes tight and let out a deep moan of impatience mixed pleasure. His body warmed at the weight of the curvaceous waterbender pressed into his side and the treatment of her hand.

And then, it was gone.

"Wha-", Zuko snapped his eyes open, "where'd you go?"

Katara sat on her knees next to him, her hand had moved away from his sleeping pants and instead rested on his stomach. She looked at him with mischief in her eyes and a smirk on her lips.

"Agni", Zuko sighed, draping an arm over his eyes, "you're going to make me beg, aren't you?" Katara didn't answer, scraping her nails lightly over the muscles on his chest. The arm covering his face fell down the side of his body, reaching out to trace the skin of his lover. He caressed her arm and let his finger dance over the smooth planes of her exposed midriff.

"Well", Zuko said indifferently, with a shrug, locking his eyes with hers, "maybe I'll take care of it myself." Her eyes widened as she shook her head no, earning a raspy chuckle from Zuko.

"Don't you dare", Katara answered after she'd collected herself from his unexpected proposition. Zuko only chuckled again, his fingers interweaving with hers as he gave up any and all control.

Katara's free hand started its journey down the front of his pants once more. She hooked her thumbs in the waistband and dragged the fabric down his thighs. She hovered over him as his erection sprung free, letting her breath hit the tip of his cock, making Zuko shiver at the sensation.

He squeezed his eyes shut tight as her tongue ran over his head once, twice, thrice. "Agni", he breathed, biting his lower lip as to not awaken the others.

Katara's fingers wrapped around his length, her tongue still lapping at its head, smiling proudly to herself at the sounds escaping Zuko's lips. A slow, slow stroke up and down his shaft had his hips lifting from the ground and Katara quickly retreated.

"Kat", Zuko whined, his hand squeezing hers.

"Beg", she answered, licking her lips seductively as she watched his hooded eyes full of lust - lust for her, because of her.

Zuko threw his head back in frustration, swallowing audibly before he opened his mouth to speak only to close it again without a word. Katara raised her eyebrows in a dare, waiting for him to cave, and he opened his mouth once more.

"Please", he muttered out through clenched teeth; he did not beg, last time he did his skin had melted and distorted the left side of his face. He had not begged when he joined them at the Western Air Temple, he had not begged when asking for Katara's forgiveness and he would not beg now.

Though Katara didn't move.

"Please", he tried again.

She wrapped her fingers around him again, slowly stroking up and down his shaft, twisting her wrist as she neared the head in that special way she knew he loved. She lowered her head back down, running her tongue over the tip of his cock, encircling it, before she took it in her mouth.

Zuko let out a loud moan at the surprise of her warm, wet mouth surrounding him, his hips bucking off the bedroll and his head falling back against the pillow. Katara took more of him in her mouth, lowering herself as far as she could without gagging, causing Zuko's breathing to grow irregular. She hummed around him, sending vibrations down his cock that made him twitch.

"Oh, Katara", Zuko moaned, his hands entangling themselves in her hair as she bobbed up and down his length; sucking and licking, savouring the taste and feel of him.

A loud pop left Katara's mouth as she brought her head back up, releasing him from her mouth.

"Beg", she repeated, her hand lazily stroking along his inner thighs.

"Fine", Zuko gave in, "I'm begging you, please, Katara, just-" he stopped his rambling as Katara took him in her mouth again, and not teasingly like before. She let her hand stroke the parts of his length that her mouth didn't occupy, quickly licking up and down his salty skin, sucking on the tip of his cock.

It was all too much.

His hands sought something to grip at, his fingers entangled themselves in her hair again, guiding her head with more force than ever before. He was already close and as Katara let her unoccupied hand roam down her body, circling the wonderful bundle of nerves above her center, the sound of her fingers dipping in and out of her and the moans eliciting from her throat sent him over the edge.

Zuko twitched in her mouth, tugging on her hair as he all but screamed out her name. Katara circled her tongue over him, lapping at the fluid gushing from the tip of his cock, and he laughed with joy and exhaustion after he came down from his high.

"I think it's only fair if I get a turn too", Katara smirked as she crawled up to the side of him, nuzzling her head on his chest with a content sigh.

"Only if you beg", Zuko snickered, rolling both of them over to pepper kisses down her throat and neck.