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system-to-the-madness · 12 days

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Cherry Blossom Comfort 🌸 Zuko x Reader

Pairing: Zuko x Reader(can be read as any gender, no pronouns used) Genre: fluff Word Count: 1 724 Warnings: Major Spoilers for the graphic novel “The Search” Summary: Zuko opens up to you about his feelings about his family

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Zuko’s head was heavily resting in your lap, cushioned on the deep red fabric of your gown pulled over your soft thighs. His amber eyes watched your face closely as you ran your hands through his dark hair, admiring the way the soft strands so effortlessly slipped through your fingers. It had been a while since you had sat like this. Between the conflict at the former colony of Yu Dao, now its own state, and the immediately following search for Zuko’s mother, there had been little time for any kind of quiet intimacy between Zuko and you.

After you had found his mother, and had returned to the palace, Zuko had been quieter than you knew him to be. He had spent a long time talking to his mother before leaving her and his half-sister in order to return to the palace, and you suspected that whatever they had discussed, was still occupying his mind. Usually, he talked to you about whatever thought he couldn’t get rid of, but so far, he had kept it shut inside, making you wonder if it simply was something he did not want to share, if he didn’t want to share it with you, or if he only needed a little more time to think about it.

A few days ago, he had eventually asked if you wanted to come to Ba Sing Se with him, an invitation you had gladly taken. You were staying at his uncle's place, a small house with only a few rooms, which gave the two of you the opportunity to share the narrow bed and cuddle up each night. In the palace, there were always guards around, and Zuko had been advised that it would be better if the two of you were not to sleep in the same room, at least not too often, to avoid gossip. Zuko had been in an especially bad mood after that for a while, grumbling about how he was your boyfriend and why anybody other than the two of you should be concerned with your relationship. But if he had learnt anything in the year of being Fire Lord, it was that certain advice was better to be followed, and as much as both of you hated it, this was one of the instances.

This in turn meant both of you cherished the time at Uncle Iroh’s home even more. With the excuse of not enough space, you got to share a bed each night, falling asleep in each other’s arms without the concern of guards walking in or starting rumours.

Both of you were aware that you could not hide out in Ba Sing Se forever, but you had agreed that a holiday of a few days would be acceptable, and so you spent the days either helping in Uncle Iroh’s tea shop or talking long walks in the parks that spread wide and far through the city.

Now you were sitting in the garden that belonged to his uncle’s tea shop, back against the trunk of a blooming cherry tree, Zuko laying spread out on the ground, his head resting in your lap. Usually, you would have taken the opportunity to ask him what he was thinking about, but considering the events of the past month, the almost-war at Yu Dao and the reunion with his mother, which he still hadn’t talked about, you thought it would be better if he were the one to talk first. Or not. While you were curious about what had happened, you never wanted to make him feel like you were prying into parts of his life he wasn’t ready to share with you.

His eyes flickered from your face to the pink blossoms above your heads, before focusing back on you, a smile tucking at his lips before he spoke.

“You know,” he began, his voice soft, “For the time in which I was thinking Ikem was my father, I was almost relieved.”

Ikem, the man his mother had loved before having been married to his father Ozai, and the man who she had returned to after leaving the palace.

Quietly you nodded, more to yourself than Zuko. You had suspected as much, judging from his behaviour and how he had talked about Ozai in these days.

“If Ikem had been my father, I’d never have to worry about turning out like Ozai again,” he explained, his eyes almost absentmindedly tracing your features, like a routine that brought him comfort. “I wouldn’t be in danger to turn as crazy and delusional as him, or Azula. And I could have stopped feeling guilty for not being as powerful a firebender as them.”

You wanted to disagree, tell him he was as good as them, but the truth was they were more powerful than he would probably ever be, even though he had by far the better techniques and his skills were more refined. The only ones who had ever looked down on him for that had been the two of them, and to you it couldn’t matter less how good at firebending he was, or whether he was a bender at all. But you had a feeling this talk was better to be had at another time. Right now it was more important that Zuko got to share his thoughts uninterrupted, while he felt safe and comfortable enough to confide you.

“And Azula…” He trailed off, his eyes leaving your face and returning to the blossoms above him. “I always got told these stories when I was little, about siblings sticking together, through thick and thin, like Sokka and Katara. But Azula and I never were like that. Even when I tried to be what I thought a big brother should be like, she only ever took pleasure in humiliating me. If I had been only her half-brother, it would have felt like an explanation, and I could have stopped feeling guilty for it.”

A crease was forming on his forehead, and you brought your hand from his hair to his face, brushing over his forehead with your thumb.

“Why would you feel guilty for the way she was treating you, hm,” you asked. “It doesn’t make sense.”

“No, it doesn’t,” Zuko agreed. “Still there were times when I just wanted to get along with her. I just wanted a normal family. For my father to love me the way my mother had, for Azula to treat me like her brother, even if that includes the one or the other rivalry. But not like some second-class human being.”

“In Azula’s eyes everyone who isn’t her is a second-class human being,” you mumbled.

“I know,” Zuko sighed. “But still.”

“I’m sorry that you never got the family you wished for,” you whispered. “You have every right to be upset about that.”

“For a moment I thought, I could have that family, you know,” Zuko admitted. “If Ikem really would have been my father- I could have had a normal family, the one I always wanted, a father who’s proud of me, my mother who never made me feel small or irrelevant and a sister who actually sees me as a human and not just a challenge.” He took a deep breath. “But I always would have doubted my position as Fire Lord,” he continued. “I wouldn’t have known where I belonged anymore.” He hesitated for a moment before he added: “I think I would have even started to doubt that I belong at your side.”

“I wouldn’t have allowed you to doubt that,” you told him, and the crease on his forehead softened under your insistent brushing over it. You could have been only of little help if he had started doubting his position as Fire Lord, but you would never let him question that the two of you belonged with each other. That was not a matter of heritage, it was a matter of your hearts, your souls. As dramatic as it sounded, you were convinced that Zuko and you were bound together by more than the emotions you were aware of.

Even before you had really gotten to know another, back when you had still been enemies, you had always found and saved each other, even when all rationality had dictated the opposite. You had defied probability and logic again and again, consciously, and subconsciously, so much that by the time Zuko had turned up at the Wester Air Temple with an awkward “Hello, Zuko here”, you had been convinced you were cursed to always run into him.

Now you were convinced it was something else entirely, something that would lead you back to find each other no matter when and where you were. For a while Zuko had loved to throw around the word ‘destiny’, and even though you hardly believed in that concept, you couldn’t imagine to not be bound to him by destiny.

Zuko’s eyes found yours, clear amber staring up at you on a mixture of wonder and admiration.

“No,” he finally agreed with you. “I belong with you. No matter who I am, or where, or when. I’m yours.”

You smiled at the certainty in his voice, knowing that right now there was absolutely no doubt in neither of your hearts about that. Gently you brushed his hair aside and leant down to press a kiss to his forehead. His eyes flickered closed blissfully, and you grinned at the way he puckered his lips, expecting a kiss there too, but you pulled away teasingly. When he realised you weren’t going to kiss him, he blinked his eyes open, frowning at you disapprovingly, while snuggling into the palm with which you cupped his face. Sometimes it still surprised you how touch starved he was.

“And I’m yours,” you whispered, making him blush. After almost a year of exchanged whispers like this you would think he had gotten used to them yet, but you loved how you were still able to fluster him so easily.

“I’m just glad I get to be by your side,” Zuko confessed, making you smile.

“I’m glad, too,” you replied before leaning down again, this time softly kissing his lips, pretending like the soft sigh that slipped past his lips did not make your heart skip a beat, but you had a feeling Zuko knew either way.

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jerk-bending · 2 months

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@sokkas-therapist @lilmartita @enby-spite

I have failed in finding the fic so I'll do my best on the cliff notes version and you can all suffer with me that I can't find the fic itself.

Harmonic Convergence happens when the Gaang is adults. It was posted before we knew Fire Lord Izumi's name, I think, because Zuko comes down first. His and Mai's daughter is not very old when she starts airbending and Zuko is like...I need a spiritual explanation bestie or we are gonna Agni Kai right here.

I think Ty Lee actually HAS the first airbending baby tho now that I'm thinking about it. Because the narrator says no one was too surprised. For some reason.

I can't remember if Suki or Toph is the next one, but Toph arrives literally dragging her floating kid along on a tether. Little Lin comes too. And Toph is like "Yeah explain this, Twinkletoes, cause how tf am I supposed to raise a flying baby."

Suki I think is the next one, and that paragraph is short because it's like, "When Suki's daughter sneezes and shoots some feet in the air, Sokka punches Aang."

Then you get Aang sitting in an igloo with an ice pack on his eye while Katara is giggling because she knows Aang isn't running around on her, and this situation is so absurd.

The punchline to all of this is that Katara and Aang have yet to produce an airbender of their own.

If that sounds familiar to anyone PLEASE drop the link I am on my KNEES.

#atla #atla fic #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fic #atla fanfic #avatar the last airbender fanfic #kataang #kataang fic #kataang fanfic #maiko fic #maiko #maiko fanfic #sukka #sukka fic #sukka fanfic #jerkbitching

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thatgenderfluidmonstrosity · 1 month

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Firelord Zuko Angst, set after ATLA, and before LoK I think?

It was storming, rain pelting at the windows harshly, as if threatening to break them. The thunderous roars kept the Firelord awake. He was aggravated, tired and on edge. Every time lightning struck, he felt himself flinch or shiver. He supposed it was something he might never quite get over.

It was that very same night that a servant had burst into his room. He wasn’t sure if he was glad to have been awake.

“Firelord Zuko! You’re Uncle Iroh, he-”

Those were the only words that Zuko could register before he was out of his bed, asking the servant to take him to his uncle.

He didn’t think he had made it across the palace so fast in his entire life.

As he entered the room, pushing past the healers and servants, he felt like a child again, as if he were the only one able to help his uncle.

It reminded him of when Azula had struck Iroh down in the desert all those years ago.

His uncle, lying on a bed, his eyes barely open. He had been sick for a while, but even with the best Water-bending healers, there wasn’t much they could do.

“It's close to my time.” Iroh had told him.

Zuko didn’t believe it- he didn’t want to. He’s as terrified now as he was in the desert. Yet now he knew there was little he could do.

“Iroh-” He choked out.

He didn't realize he had already started crying.

“Ah, Zuko…” Iroh gave him a weary smile.

Lighting struck outside as Zuko grasped for Iroh's hand.

“Uncle I-” Zuko tried to think of something to say to him- anything to his dying Uncle.

“Shh, Zuko. It will be alright…” Iroh looked into his eyes.

“How? How Iroh? I- I need you around- I still need your guidance…” Zuko stuttered.

“You’ve grown into such a fine lord. That's all I ever wanted for you, Zuko-” He took a moment to cough.

Both of them tried to ignore the blood that shot into his handkerchief.

“But I don’t know what I’ll do without you- I’m not ready for you to leave-” His voice breaks as thunder booms.

“I’ll always be with you, nephew. No matter what, my words will live in your brain, and my soul in your heart. You are no longer the young and solitary boy that I watched over. You have grown so much, and I am so proud of you.” Iroh finally let the tears stream down his face.

Zuko felt Iroh’s grip get weaker.

“I- I love you, Iroh. You are amazing- You’ll always be amazing.” Zuko says as quickly as he can get the words out.

He watches as Iroh smiles once more, closing his eyes for good.

Lightning strikes again, yet this time, Zuko has no other warm hand to hold.

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This has also been posted on Ao3 and I would appreciate it if you could give it some love there!

#avatar the last airbender #atla #avatar the last airbender fanfic #atla fanfic #zuko #fire lord zuko #atla zuko #zuko angst #zuko and iroh #uncle iroh #iroh #atla iroh #character death

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zukos-other-missing-eyebrow · 4 days

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Chapter 2 is posted, guys! I really liked this one. Have fun reading!<3 Any critiques and comments and kudos are greatly appreciated:)

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar) Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Azula (Avatar), Hakoda (Avatar) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, There Is No War In Ba Sing Se, but seriously there is no war, Prince Zuko - Freeform, baker sokka, Fluff, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, How Do I Tag, Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, Period-Typical Homophobia, stuff like that, Meet-Cute, Kinda, Gay Panic, Fire Lord Iroh, Work In Progress, Slow Burn Summary:

Zuko falls in love with blueberry cookies (and the cute baker).

#zukka #zuko #sokka #zukka fic #fanfiction #fanfic #ao3 #avatar the last airbender #archive of our own #avatar #atla #avatar fanfic #atla fanfic #avatar the last airbender fanfic #zukka fanfiction

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fresh-shoes · 6 days

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Anyone have any ATLA fic recs where Zuko can bend two elements? Or a place where I can find those fic recs?

#atla #atla fanfic #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fanfic #fic help #fic rec #I’m currently reading Embers (because I am in the ATLA fandom and apparently it is a requirement)#(just kidding so far I’m loving it)#and I stumbled upon Fire and Water #haven’t read it yet but I’m gonna #beginning note mentioned they loved fics where Zuko bends two elements #and I just went #wait there’s more?#so if anyone knows how I can find them #lmk

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nile-the-empathy-cleric · 2 months

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Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Katara & Sokka (Avatar), Aang & Katara (Avatar), Katara & Zuko (Avatar), Sokka & Suki (Avatar), Sokka & Suki & Zuko (Avatar), Aang/ Katara Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), The Gaang (Avatar), Hakoda (Avatar), Suki (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Chit Sang (Avatar), Azula (Avatar), Mai (Avatar), Ty Lee (Avatar), The Warden (Avatar) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Boiling Rock Prison (Avatar), Prisoner of War, Torture, Fire Nation Politics (Avatar), Nightmares, Dreams and Nightmares, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Lovers, Canon-Typical Violence, Slow Burn, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Minor Aang/Katara (Avatar), Prison, Trust Issues, Sokka-centric (Avatar), Zuko-centric (Avatar), POV Multiple, Disabled Zuko (Avatar), Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, Kissing, Making Out, Trauma, Touch-Starved, Protective Suki (Avatar), Aftermath of Torture, Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Flashbacks Summary:

Sokka couldn't abandon his father when the invasion failed. It was his plan after all, his failure. If the ship was sinking Sokka would go down with it. He needed to prove himself. Katara is a wreck. She can't lose Sokka too, she just can't. With the invasion failing and the unwanted addition of a certain prince, Katara feels hopeless. Zuko desperately wants to prove he can be trusted. He knows trust is something you earn and he'll do whatever it takes. Understanding Sokka's choice to stay behind, Zuko knows just how to earn that trust.

What if Sokka was captured alongside Hakoda and the others on the day of black sun?

So uhhh I started writing a Zukka fic instead of working on my grad thesis.... anyway what’s done is done. Enjoy my “what if Sokka was sent to Boiling Rock and fell in love with Zuko during the rescue”–– or don’t enjoy it, I’m not your dad.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla zukka #zukka #zukka fanfic #zukka nation #avatar the last airbender fanfic #first chapter is centered on Katara but after that it's the Sokka and Zuko I swear #sokka/zuko

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marsconer · 2 months

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OH, BROTHER WHERE ART THOU ? — atla prequel fic

TRADITION : fire lord azulon, casted with jet li, CUNNING : fire lady ilah, casted with michelle yeoh, TALENT: prince iroh, casted with remy hii, BRUTALITY : prince ozai, casted with dylan wang, INNOCENCE : lady ursa, casted with lola tung, FREEDOM: aliya, casted with simone ashley, VIRTUE : lady saori, casted with jamie chung

this is mostly for @introverted-indigo

#avatar the last airbender fanfic #avatar the last airbender #atla fancast #natla #avatar the legend of aang #atla prequel #iroh and ozai #general iroh #fire lord ozai #fire nation family #urzai #kinda #fire lord azulon #fire lady ilah #fire lady ursa #fic: oh brother where art thou ?#atla oc

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avatarthelastbackbender · 8 months

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Art for Chapter 20: The Night Lands from A Song of Ice and Fire on AO3!

I know this update has been a long time coming (and you guys probably hate me for that last cliffhanger) but I hope you all can enjoy!

Are interested in arranged marriages, slow burn enemies to friends to lovers, and of course war and conquest and dragons? You should probably check out ASOIAF on AO3 using the link above :)

A Song of Ice and Fire AU Masterlist

#avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla fic #atla fic rec #avatar the last airbender fanfic #atla fanfic #avatar the last airbender fanfiction #avatar fanfiction #avatar fic rec #fic rec #zukka #sokka #zuko #asoiafatla

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artistic-moth-man · 2 months

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So the avatar after korra is coming in 2025 right

I didnt know this until recently, and at that point id built up my own ideas for the earthbender AND firebender after korra, the fate of the beifongs, etc

I wanted to make a comic out of it, but i think thats gonna take too long

On another note (i promise this is related), bloom's magic and Emily Windsnap rewrites are getting delayed

In conclusion

I have nine months to make an avatar fanfic with incredible mind blowing twists, lovely characters, mysterh beyond belief, and a combustion bending avatar in a world that doesnt need them anymore and i plan to make this fanfic goddammit

STRAP IN FOLKS, BECAUSE HEART OF A LION TURTLE IS COMING TO YOU SOON!!

#atla #avatar #avatar fanfic #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fanfic #lok #legend of korra #legend of korra fanfic #artistic moth man art

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o-dragon05 · 2 months

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#avatar the last airbender #ATLA #avatar the last airbender fanfic #Netflix #ATLA fanfic #prince zuko #zuko/oc #fanfic #ao3

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manias-wordcount · 5 months

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Since your requests are open, can I ask Azula, June and Ty Lee (separately) with S/O, who loves teasing them? In sfw way, if you curious.

S/o who loves teasing them HCs (Azula, June, Ty Lee)

𝗔/𝗡: 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗺!

𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚? ⇒ 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩

𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧?

𝙗𝙪𝙮 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚?

Azula

Catch her on a good day and she’ll do it right back

Might even let you get away with doing it in front of others if it’s a good enough day

Hell, she’ll probably even let you get away with murder since she likes you so much LMAO

But catch her on a bad day?

Yeah she won’t be as receptive

Definitely slaps your hand away and gets snippy with you so respect her boundaries and let her cool off

But out of everything you do, she probably likes the more physical teasing the most

Whether it’s brushing against her arm or twirling her hair around your finger or sneakily kissing her cheek and disappearing a second later- she enjoys it the most

And naturally, you gotta be prepared yourself

Because you know Azula will bite back at you any chance she gets

Ty Lee

So…because she really, really likes you…

It’s all super embarrassing for her

Even after a while of dating

Usually, she’ll have no problem holding her own

But something about you just has her blushing like crazy at a few sweet words you start sending her way

She definitely knows by now that you take advantage of her reaction

Especially since you tend to have the biggest dumbest smile on your face afterward

But you just make her feel so, so special that she doesn’t mind too much if you tease her

And of course, she’ll try to tease you back every now and then

But really, she’s more than content with having her cute girl moment because you like making her flustered <3

June

Chances are she likes to tease you MORE than you like to tease her

And that’s saying something

So the two of you tend to get into back and forths where you’re pushing each other boundaries of what the other person can handle

And while this is second nature for the two of you, it’s awkward for everyone else involved

Especially whenever this type of thing happens in public

But June tends to overwhelm you after particularly long back-and-forths

And she’ll do some more teasing after she realizes she’s won and that you can’t take any more of this

But don’t worry- you’ve won against her your fair share of times

And despite her hard exterior, she can get real, real, real flustered if you say the right words and push the right buttons (or in this case, touch the right places)

And luckier for you- you just so happen to be the only one who knows just exactly how to break through

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