1 like = 1 zutara hc (i’ll do this in a few hours tho!)
1. zuko and katara are getting ready for bed and right before she drifts off to sleep she mumbles “i love you zuko” he freezes for a moment, slowly smiles and kisses her on the temple before he too drifts off bc he realizes she said it first but he’s always been in love with her
2. whenever they hug zuko buries his face in the crook of her neck and squeezes her so tight afraid to let go
3. katara loves to tease zuko and whenever she screams for help (as a joke) he always drops what he’s doing and runs towards her, she giggles at his reaction everytime and she always replies with “i got you again”
4. zuko and katara have 2 boys and 1 girl; firebender kaito, waterbender hikaru and firebender kya,, kya’s the youngest and is always being protected by her older brothers even though she can easily take them both (this idea came from my drawings btw)
5. zuko is always hesitant with physical affection so whenever katara notices, she always smiles lovingly, grabs his hand, pulls him towards her and kissed him on the cheek as he blushes and becomes embarassed
6. they always make sure to visit ember island as much as they can and they take a walk along the beach, hand in hand,, zuko loves the way the sun hits her tanned skin and he is always caught looking longingly at her
7. i tweeted abt this before but zuko asks sokka for help on how to approach katara and sokka goes “you have nothing to worry about, my sister looks at you like you put the stars and the moon in the sky”
8. whenever katara talks animatedly about anything and everything, zuko always finds himself staring at her and admiring her
9. once zuko gets past his hesitancy, he always finds ways to physically touch katara and she finds herself leaning into him every single time
10. katara loves the colour of zuko’s eyes and how they shine brightly under the sun, when she compliments him he replies “your eyes under the moonlight is my favourite shade of blue”
11. they train with each other,, zuko teaches katara firebending forms and katara teaches zuko waterbending forms,, at the end of it all they always find themselves laughing and play fighting with each other
12. they’ve always had a crush on each other since the catacombs and zuko wished he would have kissed her then,, they look back on that and zuko always says “i love you more now than i did back then”
13. zuko tends to have nightmares in the middle of the night so every night katara makes sure to hold him extra close and to whisper sweet words to him always ending with “i love you and i’ll always stand by you no matter what”
14. zuko was never good with words but with katara, everything seems to matter so much more. as they cuddle on the couch, zuko leans into her some more and, while holding her hand, says “i’ve never loved anyone as much as i love you”
15. katara loves showing her thanks through words, “thank you for loving me zuko” in which he replies, “i think i’ve always loved you, you know? even when you weren’t mine i was yours”
16. zuko would read bedtime stories to kaito, hikaru and kya and would always fall asleep next to them,, katara always tucks them in at night and kisses them one by one on the forehead
17. katara loves to hug zuko around his waist because whenever she does, she looks up at him and he always looks adoringly at her
18. katara speaking to suki abt zuko, “i think i’ve loved him before he was mine and now i love him even more that he is” she says as she stares at zuko bantering with sokka in the distance, zuko looks to her and smiles softly
19. zuko and katara have learned so much from each other, they balance each other out and support each other in troubling times,, when everything has settled down they talk about their feelings and zuko blurts out “everything i am and have become is because of you”
20. katara’s the playful one in the relationship so whenever zuko is pouting she always acts goofy and of course zuko can’t help but smile at her as he chuckles and pulls her into his arms
21. zuko is always busy with firelord duties but whenever katara comes to visit him he always drops what he’s doing and gives her kisses all over her face as she blushes and laughs at his actions, embarassed that others might see
22. zuko loves the way katara looks with fire lilies in her hair (he loves the way she looks regardless) so he always manages to bring her a bouquet of them everytime he comes from the market
23. katara loves watching zuko interact with their children, ‘he’s such a good father’ she thinks and when he turns around with baby kya in his arms to look at katara with a smile, she can’t help but gaze into his eyes and mouth the words ‘i love you’
24. they spend time apart from each other doing their respective duties as firelord and southern water tribe ambassador, when they’re apart they bring their stuffed turtle ducks with them, cuddling it at night and squeezing it which emits the sound of each others heartbeats
25. they rarely fight, but when they do they don’t speak to each other for days, too stubborn to give in,, zuko is usually the first to give in as he slips into their bed, whispers im sorry and hugs her so tight afraid he’ll end up losing her one day over one of their fights
26. every night before going to bed they go outside on the porch and look up at the stars and the moon, one day zuko says while looking up “this view could never beat the way your eyes shine when you look at me”
27. zuko trains with aang everyday and everytime zuko comes home he is always ecstatic to show katara what he learned “katara look look,, are you looking?” he says in an excited voice and she always ends up laughing at him which causes him to blush
28. zuko’s an overthinker so when it comes time to finally ask katara to be his she steps in and touches his arm “i was yours before you even knew it” zuko is stunned for a moment before his shoulders relax and he’s pulling her into a soft kiss
29. zuko and katara love to have deep conversations before going to bed and in one of those conversations katara confesses “i think that it was always us, even when it wasn’t, you know? it was always going to be us in the end”
30. whenever katara remembers her mother, zuko lets her cry all her tears until there are no more and then he proceeds to carry her towards their bed as he lays her down, smooths out her hair and kisses her temple letting her rest for the rest of the day
31. katara loves to mess with zuko so whenever he has an important meeting to attend she messes up his hair and ruffles it up a bit, zuko pretends to hate her actions but little does she know he loves spending even this little amount of extra time with her
32. zuko often wakes up in the middle of the night worried that somehow katara wouldn’t be by his side anymore, when he realizes she is there everytime he relaxes, smiles and hugs her waist, breathing in her ocean breeze scent which he has come to love unconditionally
33. “hey i love you” katara always tells zuko every chance she gets because she knows it means a lot to him to hear those words especially from her
34. zuko meets hakoda for the first time, he is a nervous wreck and his mind is running with scenarios but hakoda just laughs at his nervousness, pats him on the shoulder and says “i know how much you love her, i’ve seen the way you look at her and that is enough for me”
35. whenever she has the chance she always hides from him, zuko being the overthinker that he is assumes the worst and looks around in a panic but when he sees her holding in her laugh from where she’s hiding he can’t help but smile and shake his head as he hugs her lovingly
36. katara teaches hikaru, their son, a few waterbending forms and when hikaru immediately gets down the form zuko smiles at them and says “hey katara, looks like our boy is a protege after all” he smiles proudly at the boy who has his features and katara’s beautiful blue eyes