A/N: I changed the rating from "T" to "M" for reasons you'll understand after you read this chapter.
Zuko came dragging home the next morning, barely able to stay upright and singing an old ballad about two lovers and a tunnel of some sort. Katara met him at the door.
"Hi, Honey," she said sweetly from the porch. She reached out to touch his shoulder as he ascended the stairs, leaning heavily on the rickety railing.
He shrugged her hand away and continued up the creaky porch steps.
"I need you," he pointed in her general direction with a wobbling hand, "to stop yelling at me and go get me," he pointed at his chest in the same manner, "some aspirin. Now."
Katara went back into the house and brought Zuko out two Aleve's and a glass of water, then hurried back inside. Zuko downed it all quickly and followed Katara into their small home, slamming the door behind him forcefully. His noisy entrance woke up Ursa, and she started to cry.
"Why does that stupid little shit think it's okay to make THAT much noise at this hour?!" He yelled, storming angrily toward Ursa's room.
"Zuko, don't! Please! She's your daughter!" Katara cried, chasing after her irate husband.
He ignored her, trudging faster up the carpeted hall.
"Zuko, please! She's only a child!"
"She will learn, just like you. She WILL learn. I will have ORDER in MY HOUSE!" Katara had caught him by the back of his shirt, but being a rather large man, he flung her off and into the papered wall as if she were nothing but a feather.
"Please…" Katara croaked hoarsely before she blacked out, the force of the impact jarring her brain. In the small nursery down the hall, Ursa continued to wail.
"You're just like your little bitch of a mother, always whining on about something or another. I've had it. I've HAD IT! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP, YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE FUCK!" Picking up her tiny pillow, he muffled Ursa's cries, taking immediate relief in the quiet.
"Much better," he thought as he collapsed to the floor and faded from consciousness.
A/N: I know the chapters are really short, that just seems to be the way the story is flowing. Read and Review!