Victory is Sweet (Salvage-inspired oneshot)

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Relationships: Fire Nation Citizens & Zuko, Hakoda & Zuko, Zuko & MuffinLance OCs

Summary: Sea prunes are served at Firelord Zuko's coronation feast. Some people are more enthusiastic about this than others.

Extract:

She peered suspiciously into the crate, and her worst fears were realised. The crate was packed – packed! – with vile-looking slimy lumps.

She stared at Chao in mute horror, which he apparently assumed was awe.

“Great, right? They’re called sea prunes.” His grin grew wider, and her heart sank. “And guess what?”

“What?” she asked, numbly.

“I got another six crates waiting outside! He had loads of the things!”

[ Read on Ao3 ]

Inspired by Salvage by @muffinlance. You don’t need to have read it to understand this, but you should because it’s awesome.