18 Works in Zuko (Ruby Redfort)
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Keep a Leftover Light by betterslightlysedated
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
11 Sep 2025
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Buzz decides to kill Bradley slowly. She starts with his fiancé.
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i love you more than the world can contain in its lonely and ramshackle head by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
07 Aug 2025
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After months of radio-silence during covert operations, and back-to-back midnight chopper drops, Hitch and Zuko are finally on the same side of the Atlantic for a long-overdue rendezvous at their favourite speakeasy that asked no questions.
There were many things Hitch can face without fear- enemy fire, kidnap and laying his life down for his job and country- but the weight of being seen was an op he can't train for. With drawn curtains, and behind closed doors, Hitch shows his partner just how much he's been missed.
-- fear, intimacy and longing to say 'i see you' when the world can'tSeries
- Part 8 of at the end of the world
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A collection of oneshots I'm writing for the Hitch/Zuko ship. I plan on writing a couple so I may as wll put them all in one place
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- Part 2 of Trans Hitch
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What if Ruby's parents died in the pirate attack in book 2?
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It's April 1974 and the 19th Annual Eurovision Song Contest is due to begin in Brighton, England.
In the fear that the Soviet Union will sabotage the contest to undermine the power of Europe and descend the world into World War 3, Ruby Redfort is given her mission: to go undercover at the biggest music competition on Earth and decipher the code before hidden operatives can act.
With time running out, she must act quickly to solve the code and save lives, all to the soundtrack of ABBA's hit single Waterloo.
-- 4 years ago this week, I did not know anything about Eurovision, and had to ask on the Discord if this was the ‘finale’. And now look at me, writing a whole plotted fic about it. How times change. -
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Valentine's Day Special!
A collection of unconnected one-shots and slice-of-lifes exploring every ship in the Ruby Redfort universe!-- 11 ships at last count!
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The catacombs were near pitch black. Claudia had said that there used to be skylights and oil-lamps in the 2nd century, but these skylights had been shored up somehow and the only light came from super-long-life torches held in what had once been oil-lamp holders. These shone a sickly dim light that almost looked no different to having her eyes closed. This was great news in Ruby knowing where she was going: always towards the light at the end of the very dark, very uneven, very cold tunnel. This was terrible news in that Ruby was in the easiest to access area of the ‘combs and the grave-robbers could find her any moment.
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Spectrum is approached by Harvard University to help translate a newly discovered fresco in Turkey. The only downside is that that fresco is some ten metres below any reasonable super spy's feet. However, when Ruby and Hitch find the catacombs, they realise not all is what it seems, and something much more dangerous is going on in the sprawling tombs. Alone in the dark, Ruby has to find her way out of the labyrinthe without ending up deader than the skeletons chilling alongside her.--Now with the most perfect art by Kitty a.k.a. @agentredfort on Tumblr!
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now that i have survived the spectacle of my youth by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
20 Nov 2024
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Ruby Redfort, wunderkind thirteen-year-old, stood before the poised adults wearing a pink T-Shirt stating, ‘YOUNGER & WISER’ and a cracked pair of glasses perched on her nose.
Her arms up to her elbows were bright scarlet with drying blood.
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Spectrum agents are used to dealing with unusual mysteries. Normally though, those problems don't include files from the future, and the involvement of some random teen girl.
Who is Ruby Redfort, and why is she so important?
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- Part 1 of Teenage Spy - The Files
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(say goodbye) to the life you make by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
05 Oct 2022
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sapph — 25/07/2022
i think a fic looking at the aftermath of ruby and spectrum if Hitch has to take his pill while being held captive would just be very interesting
sapph — 25/07/2022
maybe a bit too much work to do, and i dislike permanently killing characters because really digging into ruby's psyche could be kind of heavy, but i would love to read something along those lines
AND THEN I WROTE IT ANYWAY
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Ruby's mind ran with guesses of Spectrum booting her out, or a new villain, or LB’s resignation, or Selgood’s resignation, or–“As you know Hitch was on indefinite leave for a well-earned break–”
“He said four weeks maximum,” Ruby corrected her confidently. “He said he’d come back to see me after four weeks, if not sooner.”
It had been four weeks and a bit, but Ruby knew that flights could be unpredictable and maybe Hitch’s holiday plans had involved a bit of going off the grid away from phones or watches or calendars.
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not in springtime, summer, winter or fall by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
24 May 2022
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Hitch tries his hardest to not remember their original conversation about ‘Zachary’ versus ‘Hitch’ for the pure embarrassment his younger self had brought upon the name.
On first impressions, Zuko had been athletic, broad and stunning in the gusts of winds from the rotors and well, Hitch did like a man in uniform.
In comparison, their later conversation about Zuko’s own first name was far more distinguished, if a bit late for how serious their relationship was at the time.Series
- Part 2 of at the end of the world
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- English
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- 3,249
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 26
- Hits:
- 248
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hillside's burning / wild eyed turning by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
25 Jan 2022
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A missing scene from Catch Your Death in Hitch's POV as he rescues Ruby from the forest fire. Set in Hitch/Zuko AU.
“Go get her,” Zuko encouraged.
There was no need to say ‘good-bye’ or ‘good luck’: they both knew there was no way Hitch would leave Ruby behind, even if it meant Zuko had to fly back to Spectrum with the two of them hanging from the rope.
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- Part 7 of at the end of the world
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the only place i can hold you tight by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
17 Oct 2021
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“Hey,” Hitch replied, letting Mimi pad past him to give Zuko the toy ball she had picked up. He threw it lazily down the hallway for her and she skittered past Hitch again to chase it. “Bad day?”
Zuko made a face as he shucked off his heavy flight jacket and kicked his boots off. “Just long. Lots of upstart new agents declaring I need to go faster when the wind’s against us.”
Hitch hummed in sympathy and stepped forward to wrap Zuko in a hug.
“Did I miss dinner?” Zuko asked in a muffled voice.
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Three scenes from across the years involving food, friends and Hitch being cared for and caring for others!
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- Part 6 of at the end of the world
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all the secrets i keep (i tell to you) by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
20 Sep 2021
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"Looking back on this moment from the other side of the Prism Vault mission, Hitch couldn’t even say he had felt trepidation before entering the Vault and learning what he now knew. Maybe if he was feeling poetic, he’d say it was the end of his safety and security for a long time to come, even if he hadn’t appreciated that security at the time."
Set between Chapter 4 and 5 of 'Come to me feathered and frayed' when Hitch visits the Prism Vault and reads his own file.
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- Part 4 of at the end of the world
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i'd take care of you (if you asked me to) by sappho_e
Fandoms: Ruby Redfort Series - Lauren Child
18 Sep 2021
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However, Zuko soon got his answer: muzzle flashes of light sparked in the darkness and he tightened his grip on the throttle in anticipation.
Finally, Hitch came tearing around the corner, turning to squeeze off shots at the people behind him. He was lit up by flood lights that were beginning to snap on to illuminate his escape, and his gun glinted in the sudden brightness. Hitch must have somehow been spotted in the process of smuggling the top-secret documents out from the site and Zuko just hoped that he got what he came here for.
Zuko comes to Hitch’s rescue during a Spectrum mission and ends up needing rescuing himself.
Set pre-relationship but not for long babey.
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- Part 5 of at the end of the world
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For a couple so deeply embroiled in secrecy and backstabbing, Zachery and James had been welcome distances from the day job.
A series of meetings between Zuko and Hitch, in the first two years of knowing each other.
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- Part 1 of at the end of the world
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He thought about Bradley again, and almost was grateful because at least then he wasn’t thinking of Ruby. Bradley was tucked up in Twinford, where he would be safe and sound, and Hitch had done everything in his power to keep him there.
But Bradley Baker the Agent had been on a shooting-star plane just like this one, and his heart probably hadn’t pounded so hard when he realised he was going to die.A series of missing scenes to fill the two week gap where Hitch went missing after the plane hijack scene in Blink And You Die.
Set in a wider AU where Zuko and Hitch are very ‘good friends’ and have been married for the past eight years by the events of BAYD.Series
- Part 3 of at the end of the world
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Ay, I wrote one of these for character practice.