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la parfum de fleurs by orphan_account
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
02 Jul 2024
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The news that Fire lord Zuko had been assassinated lands at Sokka's feet in a neatly-bow-tied scroll. A year passes.
Sokka receives the next letter from Iroh's favorite messenger hawk, which he catches as it struggles to land in his balloon.
The letter is short. His eyes skim the scribbled mess on the parchment. He reads the five words over and over and over until his brain catches up with his vision.Sokka,
Zuko is alive.
Iroh
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Zuko is assassinated. For a year, Sokka grieves his best friend and everything he never said, until Zuko appears right back where he died.
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Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he’d been in panic mode since waking up, but Zuko feels the horror flood his veins like ice water. Painful, sharp, inescapable, freezing him in place. His breaths come in short, inefficient pants that he needed to get under control or he was going to pass out. He really did not want to have a panic attack in public, let alone at his place of work. The second one of the day even, fuck.
But then a savior appeared.
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Deserving Me, Deserving You by orphan_account
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
10 May 2024
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Getting better is hard, and Zuko is struggling to let Sokka help him, scared he’ll lose him if he lets him get too close; Sokka is having a hard time not feeling rejected every time Zuko leaves him alone. At least Katara gives good advice.
Set a few weeks after You Can Stay
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What's The Matter? Sokka Got Your Tongue? by tjlyricz
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
08 May 2024
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“Tch,” Jet smirked, standing up abruptly. He clung onto the sides of the chair that held Lee its captive. “Ya see, ash maker, I believe there’s a chance you might know this guy. In fact…” He brought his hand up to cup the scarred side of Lee’s face. His thumb took a gentle swoop across the scar with Lee trembling underneath him. It was cute how Lee leaned into his touch. Still just as touch-deprived as their first time together. “I think you’ll be quite excited once you see who it is.”
(Kinktober 2022: Day 12: Prompt: Gags! Jet decides to find yet ANOTHER way to get "Lee" to confess to being Fire Nation. This time, he decides to bring in someone from his past.)
WARNING: Non-con things happen in this fic
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- Part 12 of Kinktober 2022 ;)
- Part 3 of Tea Time Troubles
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What Happened To Your Mother? by Huni_obri
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 May 2024
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"Zuko..." Aang was the first to speak up at that moment. "What happened to your mother?" Aang wouldn't admit it to Zuko himself, but he and the others had been wondering that for quite some time. They had found pictures of her in his Ember Island home, but Sokka had convinced them it probably wasn't a good idea to ask him about it.
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Zuko tells the Gaang about his mother and how she got herself banished for protecting himSeries
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Zuko still has nightmares sometimes about his father, and Sokka is more than happy to comfort the people he loves, even if he's not quite sure how. As for Zuko, he's just learning how to be normal about it. Plus, friends cuddle, right?
Or, the two times Sokka found Zuko after a nightmare, and the one time he didn’t.
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What if Zuko got injured before The Blue Spirit episode?
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Zuko's breath caught in his throat as Hakoda reached out to pat him on the shoulder, a gesture meant to offer comfort. But to Zuko, it felt like a jolt of electricity, setting his nerves alight with panic.
Without thinking, Zuko recoiled, pushing Hakoda away with a force that surprised them both. The panic that had been simmering beneath the surface erupted into a full-blown attack, overwhelming him in a tidal wave of fear and confusion.Series
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He lets out his own sigh. "Ozai didn't deserve you."
He feels a dampness spread through his sash and he pulls Zuko away briefly. "Oh. I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking when I said that, I—"
Zuko shakes his head. "That’s not why I’m— ah—“ he wipes at his eyes. “We took everything from you. And I can never make it up to you. What my great-grandfather did to your people... It is my worst atrocity."
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Zuko and Aang are traveling to the fire nation for a visit. In the middle of one of the hottest nights yet, Aang wakes Zuko from a dream, and they have a heart-to-heart of sorts.
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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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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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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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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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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