They slept the same way; lips puffed out, dark eye lashes laying on soft cheeks that took on a slight blush. So slight that anyone else would miss it. But not him. Not the man who looked and studied their faces every day, the man who knew them, totally and completely. The man who loved them more than anything else in life, more than his own life.

Zuko leaned down and kissed his wife on the forehead, Suki moaning as she woke up. Her eyes fluttered open, a smile of her face as she looked at Zuko. He had moved to the small girl sleeping next to Suki, lips pressing to the side of her head, petting her short red follicles.

"Why are you up?" Suki moaned, a hand going to her eyes, "I thought we didn't have to do anything today."

"We don't. I just wanted to watch you both."

"Weird-o." She yawned. Zuko leaned back towards his wife, kissing her on her full lips.

"You love it."

"Whatever." She sounded most content, her violet eyes looking up at him. Hands slid under the girl, lifting her up and into his arms. He sat up, letting his daughter's head rest on his chest. She whined a bit, clenched little fists raising to her eyes.

"It's ok baby, I'm just gonna put you to bed." He cooed down at her. She groaned at the contact as her father took the girl to the small green room that was down the hall from the master bedroom.

She fell asleep in his arms before he hit the threshold of her room, her limbs limp on either side of her small body. Zuko pulled back the green blankets, laying his only child down on the bed. He covered her back up with the blanket, petting the side of her head lightly. He creeped from the room, sliding the door closed behind him.

The Fire Lord all but ran back to the bedroom, closing the door behind him before diving into bed. His arms went around his wife, purring a bit at the contact.

"I wanna sleep."

"Then sleep, don't mind me." Suki scooted back towards him, his arms holding her tight against his stomach. She shook her head when she felt a growing erection through his pants.

"Yeah… sleep."

"What?" He laughed, "It's a totally natural reaction for a man's body."

She shoved her hips back against him, grinding a bit as she smiled. "Totally Natural."

"Well when you are grinding on me who's really to blame?"

Suki groaned, rolling away from him and landing on her stomach. "I just wanna sleeeeeep."

"So sleep!" He laid down over her, a large, playful, smile on his face, "I'm not stopping you."

"If you really didn't wanna let me sleep you will leave me alone."

"I'm not bothering you…" The tips of his fingers ran over her side, her skin crawling in pleasure under her light green silk nightshirt.

"Will you cut it out?" She pulled his hand away, setting it down at his side, "I mean it Zuko, I was up late putting the baby to sleep!"

"You know she's not really a baby anymore, but we could make a new one."

"Damn it." She reached over and grabbed a pillow, draping it over her head.

"You're so pretty." His thin lips pressed to her neck, hot breath on her skin. A hand snaked around to her waist and to the hem of her loose fitting pants. "Let me taste you."

"If I let you will you leave me alone?" Suki snapped, looking back at him.

"Sure will."

Suki pulled the pillow away from her head, groaning a bit, "Fine."

"Perfect!" Zuko pulled her towards him, rolling her onto her back, hands pulling her silk pants down. "Hang on baby, you're not gonna regret this."

"Whatever, just hurry up."

Suki fell back onto the bed, body covered in small beads of sweat, hair sticking to her flushed over face. She was panting, legs shaking and body quivering.

"W-what the fuck was that?" She panted, looking up at him.

"That, my dear wife, was love making." Zuko laid down next to her after putting his shorts back on, brushing some of his hair behind his shoulder and out of his face.

"That was…"

"I did say you wouldn't regret it."

"Damn you!" She groaned, fingers brushing hair away from her sweat covered cheeks. "Now I can't sleep!"

"No one's stopping you." He laughed, rolling on his side and laying next to her.

"We just had sex for two hours!"

"Oh? Was it that long?" The Fire Lord lazily ran the tips of his fingers over her naked chest, a playful smile on his lips.

Suki's eyes snapped to him, "You're an ass."

"Funny, cause just a moment ago I'm pretty sure you were saying all kinds of good things about me." Suki rolled her eyes, "That and screaming my name."

Suki's eyes were narrowing, her lips in a frown as she looked at her husband.

"Oh Zuko!" He mimicked, a smile on his face. "Fuck me harder!"

She grabbed him by the shoulders, shoving against him hard with a heavy frown. The Fire Lady laughed as she pushed him backwards on the bed, her strong body moving with him. Zuko's strong arms locked around her arms, a smile on his face as he pressed their lips together.

Suki moaned into the kiss, the taste of her own body on his lips overwhelming her sensitive body with pleasure. Without breaking the kiss he pulled a blanket over them both, Suki's body laying against his most comfortably.

"Are you really mad at me?" He asked with a soft smile into the kiss.

"Yes." Suki snapped, "You will make it up to me one day."

"How?"

"You'll see." She mumbled into his chest, eyes closing.

Zuko ran his fingers though his wife's hair as she feel asleep against him, her breathing shallow ad she finally got the sleep she had wanted so badly. He wasn't at all tired, not even after pleasing her as he did. He thought about waking her up to they could make love again, but decided against it. She did need the sleep, as did he, even if he didn't want to admit it as he felt a wave of sleep crash over him.