Notes: Not mine, never will be. The shortfic "Gravity of Love", which is featured in "The Enigma Challenge", would take place shortly after this fic takes place.
Katara took a cursory glance into the library as she walked past the open doorways, then back tracked in order to do a double take. Zuko was sitting with his back to the door, and was hunched over a large tome while the little turtle-duck snoozed in an improvised nest made of a small stack of books.
Curious, Katara walked into the library and peeped over Zuko's shoulder while she asked, "What are you reading?"
Zuko jumped, startled, and looked up at her, his face a study of guilt and surprise. The surprise Katara understood well enough, but where did the guilt come from? Before she could find out, the turtle-duckling let out a small peep and he quickly reached over and scooped the baby up. He then stood and, for lack of a better word, scootched around Katara and headed for the door, tossing something out that sounded like "feeding time".
Katara grinned and turned to look at the tomes that Zuko had been studying so diligently. Her grin only widened when she saw that the title of the first book was "From the Egg to Maturity; The Life of a Turtle-Duck". She cocked her head a bit as she read some of the passages, and resolved that she would borrow the book herself once Zuko was finished with it.
She turned to leave when something caught her eye. Frowning a bit, she looked and saw the corner of another book peeping out from underneath the larger tome. Curious, she pulled the book out and couldn't suppress a spurt of surprised laughter when she read the title; "Popular Baby Names of The Four Nations".