Prompt: #053 Siblings
Title: Wild-eyed Boy
Word Count: 257
Rating: K
Authors Note: Maybe a little spoiler-ish, it takes place after the last chapter in Book 2. Okay, so there isn't any real Zutara in this one, but it is hinted at. A little foreshadowing, perhaps, to what may happen at some point. lol Enjoy!


Azula watched from across the room as Zuko paced before the largest window in her study. Back and forth. Back and forth.

"You are going to wear a hole in my floor, dear brother."

The glance he cast her way caused her to frown. She had heard the servants speak of the wild look in Zuko's eyes but never saw it for herself, until that very moment. Honestly, she was a bit surprised. After bringing him home she thought he would have been elated to be there, even if it is on her good graces and he's being used as a pawn (he doesn't need to know that). Finally he stopped in the center of the window, looking out towards the ocean.

Zuko stared out to the horizon. The blue water of the ocean was never something he thought he would find calming after all the time he spent on them, but it was. Blue was now synonymous with calm in his mind. Actually, almost any color other than red had a calming affect on him. Being in his home, around his sister and all this blasted red was wearing on his nerves. He was beginning to feel like a caged animal. A thought struck Azula at that moment.

"You don't have to stay. You can leave. But, know this, if you do leave you cannot ever come back. Not unless father and I are both dead."

He turned sharply to face his esteemed and honored sister. "I guess I'll just have to kill you both, then."