She choked on her sobs when she came and Zuko kissed the tears away from her cheeks and murmured promises she knew he’d die to keep.

Somehow, that just made it worse.

OH KATARA. OH ZUKO.

I think I felt my heart drop a few inches after reading then. I enjoyed the bit of exposition that was lacking in the prequel to this but I love how you bring it back to this intense emotional connection between these two. It was lovely, lovely, lovely to read this. :D