Preview of something I’m working on for @zhaozaipalooza
He’d given up waiting for his father to arrange a marriage for him, which was the normal way of things, & accepted that he’d have to seek out a bride for himself. The party was an ideal place to look; everyone present had been personally invited by the Firelord, demonstrating their status & royal favour. Anyone he chose from this select group would surely be met with his father’s approval.
(Perhaps Ozai himself might even earn his father’s approval…)
But every time he set his sights on a potential candidate, he was rudely interrupted by his brother. The man was already an incorrigible flirt, but one glass of sake in him & he would not leave a woman alone – including women that Ozai was trying to talk to.