Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. what friends are for by MeasurelessCaverns

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Mai/Zuko (Avatar)
   • Mai (Avatar)
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Iroh (Avatar)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Smut
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Second Chances
   • Exes
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Romance
   • Mutual Pining
   • One Shot
   • Post-Canon

   Summary

   Zuko reached up, fingers catching the loose strand just before it could touch the chutney on the bao. He tucked it behind her ear with casualness. His hand lingered for a millisecond too long along her jawline, where Mai knew she hadn’t imagined his thumb swiping the edge of her mouth.

   Crumb. She told herself quickly. The warmth of the bao still clung to her mouth, and now his scent was wrapped up in it, too.

   She moved back a little, reasserting distance. Her expression stayed neutral. The bite was good. The chutney was sweet and tart. The pork was well-spiced. Perfect balance. She hated that she could barely enjoy any of it in the frenzied state of her mind.

   It wasn’t lost on him how purposefully she avoided his gaze this entire time.

   [Part 2 of a two-part one-shots series, but can be read as a standalone.]

   Series

   • Part 2 of tit for tat

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,812

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   28

   Kudos:

   62

   Bookmarks:

   10

   Hits:

   1,367