He awoke out of a seemingly dreamless sleep; eyes and mind still hazy. It took a few moments to blink the sleep out of his dark gray eyes, and a few more to figure out he wasn't in his own bed.
To his left, on a bed that seemed to stretch miles long, lay a naked fair-skinned male. He realized then he was in the Fire Lord's bed. Even stranger was the nude body of his fiance at his right.
"Wow..." The airbender thought to himself, "It really wasn't a dream!"
The heat emanating from Zuko's body overpowered the room. With a flick of his wrist, the Avatar airbended the window open.
"Thanks Aang. I was just about to ask you to get some air in here." A groggy Katara mumbled, her eyes still closed.
Aang slid down and rested his head on his hand, propping himself up on his elbow. "You should get back to sleep. The moon is still out." He lightly kissed his wife-to-be.
Katara turned over as Aang wrapped his arms around her, drawing her close in a spooning manner. Zuko followed suit lazily wrapping is arms around Aang, lightly kissing the Airbender's shoulder.
"Ugh..." Aang quietly grumbled, "Why do Firebenders have to be so hot?!"
Katara chuckled at the double entente. "Just deal with it for now. The sun will be up soon. He'll be awake before you know it."
The exhausted Avatar fell fast asleep despite the mild discomfort. He would need all the rest in the world to deal with all the controversy that lay ahead of him.
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