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The first time Zuko watched his father bend lightning, Ozai had come to himself with a familiar smile, the one Zuko went on to fear.
When Azula bent lightning for the first time, she returned to herself beaming, giggling at her hands in awe of what she had done.
Zuko comes to himself screaming.
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08 Nov 2025
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Fueling the Flames by HappilyUnconventional34 for MuffinLance
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
22 Jun 2020
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At first, Sokka dismisses it.
He notices, they all do, that Katara feeds Zuko less. A lot less. He notices that Zuko’s portions are often burnt and lacking any care, so even the little bit he does get is barely salvageable.
Sokka notices, but he doesn’t care.
(In which Fire Benders need to eat twice as much because they create their own fire. Based off Chapter 17 of "The One Where Zuko's Hair Matches Sokka's and Other Tales")
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08 Nov 2025
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“Your lungs have collapsed. You can barely breathe on your own. Aang’s been keeping you alive with airbending.”
Oh. That explains a lot. Zuko can’t do anything but choke in response.
Thankfully, the Water Tribe boy isn’t looking for a response. “Not even four hours ago, Katara was the only thing keeping you from bleeding out on the pier. You’re probably just minutes away from being back where you were then.” He accentuates his point by gently applying more pressure to Zuko’s injury. Fucking ow. “You need them. If you want to stay alive, you don’t try anything. Okay?”
Shit.
. . .
When his ship explodes, Zuko isn't so lucky to get away unscathed. No amount of firebending can protect him from the solid steel the explosion launches everywhere. His ship is lodged in his chest, and he can't breathe. He must rely on the Avatar to do it for him.
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03 Nov 2025
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Uncle is gone.
Father says it casually, over dinner, the way another man might recount a minor inconvenience from his workday. Azula smirks, but the words just rattle around uselessly in Zuko’s head.
“Forgive me, Father,” Zuko says as evenly as he can. “I’m afraid I don’t understand.”
“I had Iroh executed.”
Or: Zuko never joins the Gaang.
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- Part 1 of Little Soldier Boy
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01 Nov 2025
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Ba Sing Se has fallen, and Prince Zuko accompanies his sister home with Iroh in chains. The Spirits are angry with him, sharing their displeasure at his choices as a vicious storm rages and swells around them, sending him off of the ship and into the roiling sea. Zuko drifts listlessly, barely clinging to hope that help will come and he'll be rescued. When another Fire Nation frigate comes into sight, he's filled with a fragile relief, only for it to come crashing down in terror when the soldiers aboard the ship turn out to be water tribesmen in disguise.
Imprisoned by the same people he fought and betrayed in Ba Sing Se, Zuko comes to the cold realization that the one thing he was so close to finally obtaining will never happen. Giving into despair and missing Uncle Iroh, he is faced with the reality of his situation and his future survival, or lack thereof.
(Based on Season 3, Episode 1 The Awakening,)
WARNING:
This story handles heavy topics including thoughts of suicide (by self inflicted starvation and neglecting injuries) and medical professionals (in this universe) trying to help in the limited ways they can. (hence the force feeding and non-consensual drug use tags).Bookmarked by Katowisp
11 Oct 2025
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Frostbite by CastleGhost (CastleScrybe)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 May 2025
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The morning that Hakoda arrives at Boiling Rock, circumstances prevent Sokka from meeting him, and from looping him in to their alliances with Suki and Zuko.
Without Sokka as a go-between, Hakoda somehow still, inevitably, ends up acting as a protector to Zuko when another prisoner recognizes and targets him.
Having already humiliated the warden in front of the entire prison, Hakoda is assigned a punishment that would spell certain death for someone who doesn't have literal fire burning under their skin.Bookmarked by Katowisp
29 Sep 2025
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Everything happened in the space of a breath.
The Yu Yen archer’s arrow arced through the air, aimed to strike Zuko squarely between his eyes.
The Avatar began to glow, rising into the air as Zuko’s clothes rustled from a strong wind.
Boom.
The wind stopped.
The glow went out.
The Avatar fell into Zuko’s arms.
—When Aang is struck by the Yu Yen Archer’s arrow, Zuko goes from being the Avatar’s capturer to the Avatar’s caretaker. But it’s fine! He’s just biding his time. Fetching frogs for the Avatar’s friends while he waits is only logical.
But… the Avatar seems to be getting weaker. If Zuko doesn’t do something, there may not be an Avatar to capture.
Fulfills a Bad Things Happen Bingo Prompt - Reluctant Caretaker
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28 Sep 2025
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It's time for the Avatars to meet.
(Also, Sokka might be having an existential crisis.)
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- Part 6 of Consider Chaos
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26 Sep 2025
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the heat that drives the light (the fire it ignites) by isamagicdragon, thegracious
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
16 Aug 2023
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“You must know the pain of losing a favored child. By sacrificing your own!”
Slowly, Father bows, until his forehead is touching the ground in respect. In obedience."If the Fire Lord commands it,” Father says, his voice ringing in her ears, “it will be done."
Or: Azulon asks Ozai to kill his daughter instead of his son. Ozai is loyal and obedient. His children, faced with a murderous father, are not.
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- Part 1 of it's not the waking, it's the rising
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04 Sep 2025
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Sokka is washed overboard while working on the fisherman's boat during the storm. He wakes on a deserted island.
Or... mostly deserted.
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02 Sep 2025
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In the weeks following the war, Zuko faces a gauntlet of Agni Kai challengers. Sokka worries.
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02 Sep 2025
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“Blessed Spirit, we thank you for the gift of this child’s life. We are forever in your debt.” The whole village is kneeling now, even the tiniest toddlers flopped down on their stomachs doing their best approximation of a bow. “Please, won’t you give us a name to call you? We would like to properly express our gratitude.”
Oh.
Well shit.
(Where Zuko saves a little Earth Kingdom girl from drowning, the villagers think he's a Spirit, build him a shrine, and long story short, a fake story about the Blue Spirit who dances with dragons suddenly becomes very real.)
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29 Aug 2025
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"Azula’s answering grin is bitter and horrible and broken as she leans in close to Aang’s face and says, ‘Listen Avatar, I can either join your group, or I’ll do something unspeakably horrible to your friends. Your choice.’”
OR: After Zhao’s failed siege, Zuko and Iroh are captured. A few weeks later, Ozai receives a ransom from the Northern Water Tribe signed in Zuko’s blood. Unfortunately for the Firelord, Zuko’s safety is all Azula cares about.
OR: Unfortunately for Sokka, that means the Gaang has not one, but two unstable, broken fire siblings to deal with. Y’know. Once they break Zuko out of prison. Because this is not a situation that calls for torture (probably. HE'S still on the fence about it, screw Aang and Katara and their stupid morals and how much he agrees with them)
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20 Aug 2025
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[BEING REWRITTEN] agni has (not) abandoned him by iliwaren
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
27 Jul 2025
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The boy hadn’t seen the sun in almost three years. It took only three months for him to feel its power drain from his veins and there was no warmth left in his bones after that, no matter how hard he reached for it.
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Three years after Prince Zuko is imprisoned after his Agni Kai, he escapes - just in time to arrive at the climax of the Invasion of Ba Sing Se. From there, he travels with the Avatar's team - first as a political prisoner and then, maybe (and indignantly), as Aang's firebending teacher.
(Zuko wonders why Agni let him suffer in the cold for so many years only to make him the Avatar's mentor. Destiny is a cruel, complicated thing. It takes him a while to figure out his.)Series
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18 Aug 2025
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Iroh insists they create a new life and identity in Ba Sing Se. Zuko wants nothing more than to bide his time until his next opportunity to return home, until he realizes ‘Lee’ can get away with things Zuko never could.
Zuko dons the mantle of the Blue Spirit again only to lose his focus when the Avatar comes to the city. This time, however, his attention is drawn to the annoying Southern Tribe warrior.- Language:
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10 Aug 2025
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With enemies everywhere, Jet does everything he possibly can to protect his kids.
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- Part 15 of The Best Path
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27 Jun 2025
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So yeah, she likes Zuko. Fucking sue her. She didn’t know him Before, like the others. The only Zuko she knows for herself is the one who’s way too easy to rile up, who carried her around and took Aang all the way to some ancient ruins and found some dragons with him. She likes that Zuko.
She likes him even more when she finds out about the Underground Rumble tournaments.
(three perspectives on the 'Zuko's Our Friend Now' Situation)
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- Part 12 of first rule of earth kingdom fight club...
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28 May 2025
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“Okay then,” Jet leans against the counter, palm against the wood, “What would you recommend?”
Zuko scowls, but tells him that today's special is Jasmine Tea, With Lemon—because Pao had told him repeatedly to “make sure you remember to mention the lemon."
Jet orders the jasmine tea, with lemon.
(or: zuko meets jet, gets a job in retail, and tries to adjust to life in ba sing se)
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28 May 2025
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It takes a while, but eventually Aang has a chance to see how Appa reacts to Zuko. He's not sure what he expected, but it's definitely not what he found.
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25 May 2025
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suffer the pain of losing your firstborn by TheTartWitch
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
12 Dec 2018
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this is what it looks like when your grandfather loves you but your whole family's emotionally constipated.
(except for your uncle, but that might just be all the tea he drinks.)Series
- Part 26 of One-shots of AUs
- Part 3 of Author's favorites
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Bookmarked by Katowisp
20 Apr 2025