Disclaiming Banner: Someday, when I'm all grown up, I still won't own ATLA.
A/N: To answer a recent question, yes I have decided to accept suggestions/prompts/requests. Can't really hurt, can it?
Missing from History
She had hated Prince Iroh upon first sight across the wedding alter. And neither one of them did much to encourage lovingness in their marriage. Her husband had never mistreated her; this loathing had not come from any cruelty on his part. Chiefly, the lack of tenderness between them came out of their helplessness. Crown Prince Iroh needed a proper wife to further the Royal Line, and Te Lan fit all the criteria. She was of noble blood on both sides; her brother was a high-ranking naval officer and her elder sister had already produced two fire-benders. She was attractive enough, and skilled in ceremonial fire dancing (it was the only instance she felt allowed to indulge in passionate catharses).
But it was too difficult to read what Iroh thought of her. He was polite, but distant in a way that was studied and enforceable. He was a general first, a Prince second, and he might be a husband third. She only hoped they would produce an heir quickly and that she could go back to her tea ceremony in peace.