Birth
Author:
Foxfire_Inari
Prompt: #061 Birth
Title: Lighten Up, Boy
Word Count: 170
Rating: G
Author's Notes: A companion piece to News! (prompt 40, reveal) I've had this for quite a while, just lazing about on my hard drive at work. I don't know about this one ... Also, I don't know about the Naval rank structure, so I'm sure Zhao would have moved up in rank, but I don't know what is higher up ... So, you know ...
Uncle Iroh sat at a low table pouring chamomile tea. “Come, nephew, have some tea. It will calm your nerves.” The only response he got was a growl from across the room. Admiral Zhao, seated across from Iroh, gave a low chuckle as he turned to the young King. “Lighten up, boy.”
Although Zuko heard his uncle and Admiral speak to him, he wasn’t listening. His mind was simultaneously focused and scattered, working one million miles a minute. ‘Is it normal for it to take this long?’ As if sensing his nephew’s thoughts Iroh spoke, “Your mother took twice as long with you and she was fine. Do not worry.” Admiral Zhao nodded as her remembered the day.
The silence that had fallen over the group was interrupted by a series of short wails. Zuko immediately shot across the room to the door he knew hid his wife and new child. After a few moments the midwife opened the door and ushered her King inside. “Come. Come meet you son.”
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