In which Zuko spends his well-deserved retirement gallivanting about the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom on an extended field trip with his wife, sampling (and occasionally critiquing) different tea shop offerings, watching a variety of wonderful, revoltingly-colored sunsets, correcting the stances of bandits who propose to mug them, and generally being themselves free of all political pressures or expectations.
(Mai’s wondering if she should tell him that that’s actually his cup of soy sauce he’s about to drink.)
…The other important thing here is that it’s swan2swan’s birthday, and y’all should send him a good wish or two; the reason this piece came about was because I happened to be scrolling through the comments on my horrifically dated drawing of an older Zuko and Katara playing Pai Sho, and spotted one by him saying something along the lines of “I’m looking forward to when you turn traitor switch ships.” To which my response was “LOL NO We’ll see.”
The irony, I thought, deserved preservation of some kind.
Searching the “Mai” tag. Came across this again. Reblogging once more. Because it was a birthday present. And it was wonderful. ^_^