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Disoriented, he leans against a wall, trying to stay calm. He closes his eyes, battling another wave of dizziness.
Hospital, it occurs to him. I’m at a hospital.
OR: Carter stumbles into the ER with a head injury, and no memory of how he got it. His friends take care of him.
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20 Mar 2026
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Carter knows it was wrong of him to lie to Carol, of all people. Lie and tell her that someone is home, when really, Gamma won't be back for another week and his parents are off God knows where. Carol, who's the first to ask him how his weekend was or ask after the few family members he's mentioned in passing to his co-workers. Carol, who always, without fail, brings him water and snacks after his anxiety kicks his ass or even if he's just forgotten to eat during a shift. The lie seemed to bother him more than his actual ailment.
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or, Carter gets really sick and leans on Carol (among others) for help.
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04 Mar 2026
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BTHB prompt- Sleep Deprivation
There was a second, John thinks, when he knew the elastic was going to snap, right before it actually did. His eyes had been closed, he remembers, and his muscles tensed for the impact of the rubber on his hand. Right before the slingshot broke. Right before. Right before.
Right before he snaps, John knows something is about to happen too.
His vision falters. His hearing grows distant. His stomach swoops, and the world tilts.
And then he's on the ground.
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The one where Carter is sleep deprived in S3, except it goes catastrophically wrong.
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- Part 18 of Bad Things Happen Bingo 2025
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19 Feb 2026
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The pain is all in his head.
When John was in rehab, he heard the words so often they became a mantra, one that echoed in his mind from the moment he woke up to the moment he fell asleep. Slowly but surely, the nonexistence of pain became an internalised truth.
Except now he's sitting on a bench outside of the ER, curled into himself because he hurts, and for once, he can't be convinced that the pain exists only in his head. Something is wrong.
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Shortly after Carter arrives back to work from rehab, he starts to feel unwell. He knows he hasn't been using, but does everyone else?
Part 1.
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- Part 1 of Guilty until proven innocent
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13 Feb 2026
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(that means it’s noon) that means we’re inconsolable. by flustraaa
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
26 Jan 2021
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he doesn’t know how to say the words that stick to his tongue— the pain is like a poem without flow— like an epic without meter. it’s a wound that won’t clot, and it’s something so much greater. the words that stick used to feel like a trap, but something about it seems freeing now— a little secret that he’ll take to his grave. because he knows that in the end, not matter what, it’s the one thing he’s sure to reach.
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zuko isn’t okay— and he doesn’t know how to reach out).Series
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30 Jul 2022
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What if the Ember Island Players had showed the Angi Kai?
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12 Feb 2022
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It’s only when the Fire Sages are completely out of sight, Azula in tow, that Zuko exhales. He slumps involuntarily into Katara and of course she’s ready to catch him, as if she’s been expecting this all along.
“I’m fine,” Zuko pants, even though his legs aren’t quite cooperating. “Sorry. Just dizzy. That’s all.”
Katara’s not buying it. “You really need to lie down.”
“Just—just for a few minutes,” he concedes, and maybe he should’ve put up more of a fight, because judging by Katara’s face, actually agreeing to rest might be the most worrying sign he could’ve given her.
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12 Feb 2022
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Zuko's gaze was almost delirious as he looked up at Iroh.
“Tired...wish I was dead,” Zuko whispered. Sokka almost dropped his bowl in shock; only Toph’s quick action saved it from smashing into the floor.
Iroh’s eyes were wide, reflecting the firelight. “Nephew,” he breathed out. “What- do not speak like this-“
“Should have died on that stage, Uncle...” Zuko murmured, eyes hazy with fever. Sokka shifted uncomfortably, knowing the other boy would have hated for them to hear this. “Wish he just... killed me and got it over with...”-or, Zuko gets himself burned protecting the GAang. In his delirium, he reveals more about himself than he'd have liked.
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- Part 6 of Zuko is loved
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12 Feb 2022
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Foraging for food should have been simple and straightforward... except for the fact that Zuko has the worst luck.
The universe never did like to make anything easy on him.
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- Part 20 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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30 Jan 2022
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Sokka confronts Katara and shit blows up. Zuko's body finally breaks under all the stress and Sokka is there to help him.
PS: So this is set after the events of "You are part of us". You can read this as an independent work but you will understand the context more if you know the previous part. Anyway enjoy:)
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- Part 2 of Let me return to you
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30 Dec 2021
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Zuko, still new to the gang, has a bit of trouble adjusting, and this especially shows with his trust in telling them when he's not feeling his best. Riddled with fever, the ex prince has no choice but to allow the others to help him, though some are less eager than others. Though, help becomes the only option as Zuko's health begins to be snuffed out.
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30 Dec 2021
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Alec is hurt but he wont let anyone take cafe of him until he gets worse and really doesnt have a choice.
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Zuko does not survive that first fateful Agni Kai.
But no matter how much Ozai strives to pretend otherwise, the Old Gods are not dead.
And the Old Gods are angry.
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Mid-Season-One Zuko is held for ransom by Chief Hakoda. Ozai's replies to the Water Tribe's demands are A+ Parenting. Hakoda is… deeply concerned, for this son that isn't his, and who might be safer among enemies than with his own father.
Podfic and translations in Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian now available! See chapter one author notes for links.
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Chief Hakoda and his men are out on patrol when they encounter a surprise: an injured boy alone on the ice.
Hakoda brings him back to the South Pole, but keeping this boy alive may be dangerous in ways Hakoda had not anticipated...
A canon-divergent story where Zuko comes of age with the Southern Water Tribe with his only two friends in the world: Sokka and Katara.
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“Have you ever thought about getting a new face?” Ursa asked.
Zuko’s eyes snapped to her, “What?”
“A new face,” Ursa said, and stared into his eyes. “A new life. One free of all the responsibilities that you never asked for.”
Zuko watched her for a moment. Then he shook his head. “I’m sorry. I would have liked to grow up with you to guide me, but I am not that child anymore. I like my life now. I can’t turn my back on it.”
“Oh, my boy." Ursa said. "I wasn’t asking permission.”
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or the one where zuko (accidentally) fakes his own death