Quick Meme: Demon'Verse

[beckyh2112]

(Yes, I'll get back to my other memes eventually, but I want to play with my shinies right now.)

You may blame my newfound love of the Detective Inspector Chen novels for this entirely.

Previous installments are:
- Ozai and Lu Ten, enjoying life
- Ursa/Ozai, the first impression was... memorableThis AU is Fire Nation-royal centric, so not

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Lu Ten and young Zuko, breakable

[beckyh2112]

Lu Ten had to admit, the kid was a lot less annoying than he expected it to be. It was still a disgrace to the family name, being half human and all, but apart from Ursa's tendency to drop horrible surprises on his head, she wasn't a bad human.

He tickled the little prince with his tail, listening to the boy giggle. Zuko was two and a half years old, walking around on his little backwards feet. Tiger-stripes ghosted over his skin, sometimes there and sometimes not. Lu Ten wasn't quite sure what to make of that, but he was pleased Sozin's stripes showed up on the half-human baby at all.

He had Uncle's gold eyes, and he'd picked up the silver teeth from somewhere, though his were disappointingly human-shaped. He hadn't inherited the wings, either, though sometimes demons grew into wings as they became more a part of the Ministry of Lust. Sometimes they didn't.

The candles danced with the boy's laughter, and Lu Ten eyed that askance. 'Bending was a human thing, just another thing a little bit shameful about Ozai's son.

"Play?" Zuko asked brightly, holding his hands up. "Play, Luten?"

"Lu Ten," he corrected. "Don't slur them together like that. And sure, we can play. Let's go visit the volcano and play tag with the lava, eh? See who can get the least spattered."

"LU TEN!"

His tail lashed, and Zuko giggled at the sudden motion.

"What?" Lu Ten snapped as Ursa appeared in the doorway. "You don't have to yell all the time, princess!"

"I wouldn't yell," she hissed, "if you were the slightest bit conscious of how much more delicate Zuko is than you."

Re: Lu Ten and young Zuko, breakable

[moonylala]

This is adorable. I love that Lu Ten seemed to be both trying to find reasons to like Zuko and, at the same time, trying to remind himself why he shouldn't. His cluelessness about Zuke's limitations (no playing in lava!) is rather appropriate, given the fact that Zuko is probably the first half human he's encountered.

Also, baby Zuko is the most adorable thing ever