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Three years ago, Agni saved Zuko’s life by gifting him a Spirit Blessing.
Sixteen years ago, Tui tied their life to Sokka’s.
Now on the run, with the crux of it all being the Avatar, the lives of both Spirit-Touched boys seem to keep aligning.
(Or; Sun Spirit Zuko and Moon Spirit Sokka go on their canon typical adventures but now with more PTSD and magical power ups)
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Zuko is the Avatar. Zuko's one duty to to capture the Avatar, and bring him home.
One hundred years is a long time for a war to wait. The avatar spirit leaves Aang's body, leaving Tui, the ocean spirit, to keep him alive instead. The cycle continues, but unluckily. 16 years ago, the Earth Avatar died young, and the Fire Avatar was born, unknown, in the Fire Palace.
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Zuko (a dragon), Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee assist the Avatar and companions on the journey to the Northern Water Tribe and fight alongside them both against the banished Fire Nation Prince Ozai and Admiral Zhao.
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- Part 4 of Dragon!Zuko AU
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There was a hand on his back, softly rubbing a soothing pattern against his shoulders. Zuko flinched away from the touch as much as he could while his stomach rebelled. It wasn't enough and the hand stayed where it was.
It took a few minutes before he was able to stop dry heaving. When it was clear that nothing else was going to come up, Zuko rolled himself fully back onto the sleeping bag. His head hurt, it hurt a lot. Usually, his head felt fine after sleeping but today his brain felt expanded in his skull, pushing up against the inside and mashing all the squishy bits together.
He wanted to get up, wanted to get away from whoever was tucking him back into the warmth of his sleeping bag. He whined low in his throat as the hands nudged his arms into the bag, the sound leaving his throat with a rasp. His eyes weren't focusing on anything, which wasn't out of the norm for his left side, but his right eye was fine. He should be fine. He was fine.
(He wasn't fine.)
“Are you okay?” A deep voice asked.
(Zuko becomes a middle child, everyone is horrified by the new information that comes to light, and Hakoda wonders who he has to kill to make this scarred boy happy.
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Theseus (What We Know Is Bound To Break) by GayBlueJay
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
26 Feb 2024
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A collapsed temple.
A tense alliance.
Painstakingly built trust.
Or: Iroh and Zuko nearly don't make it out of the Fire Temple during the Winter Solstice, but Aang, Sokka, and Katara manage to save their lives. Will the five of them be able to work together to stop the war once and for all? And when the unthinkable happens, will everything they’ve fought for fall apart?
A tale of love, despair, and finding a new family in the midst of the storms.
!! Rated Teen for swearing and canon-typical violence !!
(Title from the song "Theseus" by The Oh Hellos)
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Zuko has worn a mask since he had been burned, but now he must replace it with the one of the Blue Spirit. Unfortunately, he loses that one, and the avatar assumes that some random person saved him from the Pohuai Stronghold. Now, Zuko is faced with an opportunity he hasn't had before: capturing the avatar by earning his trust as his new friend.
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If I Came Apart When You Touched Me (Would You Touch Me Again?) by Save_My_Dreams_Like_Wine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
22 Feb 2024
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Roommates AU in which Zuko wants to learn more about BDSM and kink culture, and asks Sokka (an experienced switch) to show him the ropes.
Featuring: heavy hurt/comfort, a 16 point plan to kill Zuko's shitty ex, improving relationships with sex through good communication and a shitton of therapy, Sokka's need to constantly touching the people he cares for, and Zuko having oodles of Trauma.
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So, Sokka’s brilliant brain tried to piece together more of the clues that defined their resident walking mystery:
1: Zuko seems really… strange. Right now. Emotionally speaking. Kinda like Sokka after the eclipse where his invasion plan was thwarted and a lot of good people got taken prisoner and they ultimately failed to stop the Fire Lord
2: Zuko’s a good warrior. With lots of experience, and not just in bouts. Like as if he had a commission, before, as an officer. Besides the whole "yelling boat guy" position he seemed to have when he hunted Aang
3: Katara once mentioned that Zuko mentioned that his scar was the mark of a banished prince. Maybe "banishment" in the Fire Nation is different than at the South Pole, but it still seemed like a bad thing that was a consequence of a different bad thing
4: Zuko’s done some objectively bad things
5: Zuko gets nightmares. Bad ones
Sokka's brain wasn’t really liking the look of the puzzle.
[or where the Gaang try to piece together the clues about Zuko, stop the Fire Lord, and save the world. "Try" being the operative word. Tweens and teens are not known for their observational skills]
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A bunch of kinky drabbles where Katara and Zuko are porn actors who perform all kinds of scenes together!
Updates every day of October.
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Zuko flinches the first time that Sokka reaches out to cup his cheek.
It’s a visceral thing; a knee-jerk reaction that leaves Sokka stunned and Zuko humiliated, his reaction to something so small weighing down on him like the greatest of failures. He knows he’s not in danger, knows that he never is when he’s with the water tribe boy- it’s just, the last time someone touched his face, it was to permanently mar him. And his body seems to hold onto that fact, even if his heart so desperately wants to let it go.
Or: Zuko usually doesn’t like having his face touched. But Sokka is an exception- and one night, he tells him why
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A Master Strategist by TryAndStopMeeeee (Marv_aka_Kitten_Writes)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
08 Nov 2023
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Zuko doesn't have time for games. There's only training, finding the Avatar and restoring his honor. Pai Sho isn't a game though. It's a demonstration of what's to come: the most ruthless reclamation of honor the world has ever seen.
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In Our Bedroom After the War by Save_My_Dreams_Like_Wine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
10 Oct 2023
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After the end of the 100 year war, Zuko doesn't sleep. Visions of the war, of his sister and father, all his failures, haunt him every time he closes his eyes. Instead, he walks the city, stares at his ceiling, does anything but sleep. This can only last so long.
When Sokka stops by on a diplomatic visit, he notices, and decides to do something about it.
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Once Azula got her bending as a child and Zuko still hadn't, Ozai left him to die on a mountain. Little did Ozai know, the boy was rescued and spirited away by the last remaining dragons, who took him in as their own.
Years later, the Avatar comes across the dragons and their young charge, and Zuko is sent off to travel with the Avatar and find his destiny. But he has a lot to learn about the Human World in the meantime...Series
- Part 1 of Zuko Amongst the Dragons
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Zuko returns to the Fire Nation victorious, having captured the Avatar who managed to escape from the Pohuai Stronghold. He knows everything will return to normal now that he is the Crown Prince once again. But there are words. Words from the mouths of servants and maids, about the Avatar being tortured and his own uncle committing treason by attempting to break him out. Zuko doesn’t believe it but he has to check, because his uncle has gone missing for a while. And in the dungeons starts a conversation, one that changes Zuko’s path forever.
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The Scars of Faded Flames by I_make_shit_up for Atticus my beloved
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
30 Jul 2023
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Zuko was cast out of the fire nation without warning, without a crew, and worse without his uncle. His father had made his mission more then impossible, and with a fresh burn covering a third of his face he wasn't sure how far he could make it. When he gets offered a chance to escape the hell inflicted on him he takes it and doesn't look back.
3 years later he's living a new life with a new name. The town's people don't care that he can light a candle across the room when he's been helping heal their wounds for so long. But someone does care, and that someone needs a teacher.
Zuko might not be able to avoid his father's war forever...but maybe he can help end it.
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Sometimes the Stars in the Sky Shine Brighter Than the Sun by soda_acid
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
17 Jul 2023
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"Really, I don't know how you manage it, Zuko. I wanted to bash my head into the table, like, 30 minutes in."
Zuko snorts, "If I did that every time I got the urge, nothing would ever get done around here."
"Still, it's impressive! A few years ago, I wouldn't have thought of you as a patient leader, but you really fit the role, Zuko."
Zuko glances over at Sokka from the corner of his eye, "You think so?"
Sokka grins, "I know so! Trust me, I'd tell you if you were doing horrible."
At that, Zuko laughs, and the sound makes Sokka's heart soar. Back when the war was going on, a laugh from Zuko was unheard of. It was hard to even get him to smile. But now, 3 years after Zuko's coronation, his smiles aren't as few and far between as they once were.
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Zuko knows he's in love with his best friend. He also knows he can never have him the way his heart wants. He's fine with that, as he keeps telling himself.
Or: 3 years after the war ended, Zuko and Sokka are as close as ever, but both seem to yearn for a little more. One of them just has to realize that their feelings aren't as unrequited as they think.
(Note: later on, this work will include violence, so be warned!)
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Toph, as the gaang all knew, could sense lies by the liar's heartbeats. What people outside of the group( or a gaggle of children focused on war) didn't realize was that in order to feel the irregularities of a heart, you need to be sensitive to the tiniest of changes in a person. Pregnancy, for one.
Rated for topics of abuse of power on a minor, past rape, etc. Nothing is explicit but warnings are warned.
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[PODFIC] Night Terrors - crowreys_wormstache by LenaReads (LenaLawlipop), Whizzwhazz16
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
05 May 2023
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crowreys_wormstache's summary:
Zuko still dreams about the Agni Kai with his father. He still wakes up screaming.
But now Katara is there to calm him down.Podfic of Night Terrors by crowreys_wormstache.
Length: 5:40 minutes
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Aang,
Since your last visit, my uncle’s health has only gotten worse. My daughter is with him most days. I’m grateful for the time they’ve had together.
He keeps asking for a guide to the Spirit World. I don’t know what he means by this and I’m not sure he knows either. He’s visited the Spirit World before, but I get the feeling it’s different this time. I wanted to ask if you would come and see if you can help him. Whatever happens, it would honor him to have the Avatar at his side at the end of his life.
Your friend,
Zuko---
When Zuko asks for him, Aang packs up the family and heads to the Fire Nation capital to guide Iroh to the Spirit World. But there are things Iroh needs Zuko to know, first.
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Zuko has ptsd and Sokka helps him through breakdowns. It's not always easy but Sokka would never leave his adorable turtle duck