Coppercurls
Recent bookmarks
-
we'll grow toward the sun, though sometimes it'll be hard by jublis
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
20 Jul 2020
Tags
Summary
There isn’t any shame in relying in others, Zuko had told her, once. Face soft with sleep, curled up on her bedside in the facility, as she painted her nails in an attempt to stop chewing them. I learned it the hard way. Sometimes you need to hit rock bottom to climb your way back up.
And sometimes when you hit rock bottom you break your neck, she’d answered. Why let yourself get that low?
It’s difficult to know which way is up and which way is down sometimes, he’d said. Finger tapping his scar. It isn’t the hitting the ground that gets you. Sometimes it’s the fall.
Or, Azula takes the long way home. Featuring the passage of time, the life-changing aspects of a field trip across the Earth Kingdom, and making a place for yourself.
Series
- Part 10 of heirloom
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 8,903
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 167
- Kudos:
- 1,251
- Bookmarks:
- 209
- Hits:
- 8,667
Bookmarked by Coppercurls
25 Sep 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Zuko had never excelled at anything. Azula was a prodigy. Uncle always knew what to say. And Father... Father was strong, iron-like. But Zuko had only ever been good at surviving. Putting one foot in front of the other in a grim show of stubborn determination, gritting his teeth and bearing it. Survival was all he had ever been taught. He knew how to do it. So when he was kidnapped by the Southern Water Tribe, he expected to fight as he always had. He didn’t expect to be taught instead how to live.
In a warring land, the Water Tribe forgave the enemy in an act of defiance. For this, he was torn from them, and this time, his wounds won't heal so easily.
Forced back into nothing but survival, the last person Zuko expected to see was Hakoda's son. Hakoda was a promise of safety. The relentless blue of Sokka’s eyes was a promise of happiness. Zuko could have both if he just reached out his hands, but he found them clutching into fists. After all, he’d been burned one too many times.
But hey, at least between Hakoda and Sokka, Zuko could appreciate the family resemblance of pure, asinine stubbornness.
PODFIC AND TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 399,595
- Chapters:
- 44/53
- Collections:
- 41
- Comments:
- 13,912
- Kudos:
- 18,153
- Bookmarks:
- 5,963
- Hits:
- 835,549
Bookmarked by Coppercurls
24 Jul 2025
-
Faithful Knight, Patient Poet, Gentle King by HigherMagic for lecterisms, red_right_ankle
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
18 Oct 2021
Tags
Summary
"I hope you live a long and happy life, Sire," Gwaine says, with a pitiful attempt at his usual tavern drawl that does nothing to hide his solemnity, his sincerity. Arthur's eyes betray nothing as he takes his seat at the head of his dining table and gestures for Gwaine to join him at his right side. Gwaine settles, and sighs, and says after another swallow of too-sweet wine, "And I hope that his and mine lasts just a little longer."
Gwaine is the villain in this part of the story. He accepted that a long time ago.
Bookmarked by Coppercurls
22 Jul 2025
-
Tags
Summary
What if Gwaine had met Morgana that day in the market instead?
AU Merlin rewrite from 3x04 thru 5x13.
(Other minor canon characters appear that are not listed in tags, characters are only tagged if they show up in multiple chapters)
[Main Couple is Morgana/Gwaine with canon Arthur/Gwen coupling to begin with and eventual Arthur/Merlin and Gwen/Leon]
Bookmarked by Coppercurls
11 Jun 2025
-
- Words:
- 3,417
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 20
Bookmarked by Coppercurls
19 May 2025