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1. the poison leaves bit by bit by paintingcranes

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   13 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Katara/Zuko (Avatar)
   • Sokka/Suki (Avatar)
   • Katara & The Gaang (Avatar)
   • Azula/Mai/Ty Lee
   • Toph Beifong & Katara
   • Katara (Avatar)
   • The Gaang (Avatar)
   • Iroh (Avatar)
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Toph Beifong
   • Aang (Avatar)
   • Sokka (Avatar)
   • Suki (Avatar)
   • Minor Characters
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Katara (Avatar)-centric
   • Bisexual Zuko (Avatar)
   • Bisexual Katara
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Canon
   • Ignores the kisses in the last 5 min of the show
   • All gaang friendships are critical
   • Decolonization
   • Anti-Kataang but very pro-Aang
   • Politics
   • Slow Burn
   • POV Katara (Avatar)

   Summary

   After the war, Katara struggles to breathe.

   She’s always known who she is and what her duty was - now she hasn’t got a clue. She didn't realize that learning to live, after just surviving for so long, would be this hard.

   OR: Katara falls in love with Zuko, but first she learns to love herself.

   OR: Katara travels the world, Zuko supports a political revolution, Aang faces his trauma, Toph accepts help from her friends, Suki inspires other women, Sokka leads, and everyone heals.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   108,395

   Chapters:

   11/?

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