Always Read the Fine Print on Spirit Deals [6/?] - Azulon's A+ Grandparenting

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Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Relationship(s): Ozai/Ursa, Ozai & his family, Ozai & his issues

Summary: This fic is about two things:

1) Treating Ozai as an actual character with motivations beyond simply Being Evil For The Sake Of Evilness, & dealing with his relationship with his family.
2) Making him suffer.

OR:

Ozai makes a deal with a spirit. It does not go well for him.

Chapter 1: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Chapter 2: Things Go Very Wrong

Chapter 3: Ozai Cries in This One

Chapter 4: Azula Gets to Bully Her Father (As a Treat)

Chapter 5: Ozai Gives His Son A Hug (Out of SPITE, But Still...)

Chapter 6: Azulon's A+ Grandparenting

Extract:

He tried to hide his nerves as he and Azula approached the throne and knelt before their grandfather.

(She looked perfectly calm, of course.)

They both waited.

"Rise, my dear grandchildren."

Slowly – at the exact speed dictated by their protocol teacher – they knelt upright. He almost looked up, but a quick glance out of the corner of his eye showed Azula with her gaze still lowered. It was usually safest to copy her, so he did.

That was a good sign, right? He'd greeted them as his grandchildren. "Dear grandchildren" too. And Zuko couldn't detect a trace of sarcasm or mockery.

Sure, so he was terrible at spotting stuff like that. But Azula wasn't, and she might be a good liar but she wasn't that good. She might look calm, but she was much tenser that she had been the few times that they'd met with grandfather with father present. He was pretty sure that even she would have twitched just a tiny bit if something seemed wrong.

He didn't allow himself to relax though. Whatever the reason for them being called here without their parents, it must be serious.

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