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1. A Coolness Only Water Brings by Blue_Lilly215

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Zuko (Avatar)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Aang/Katara (Avatar)
   • Sokka/Suki (Avatar)
   • The Gaang (Avatar) & Original Character(s)
   • The Gaang (Avatar) & Reader
   • Zuko (Avatar)/Reader
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Aang (Avatar)
   • Katara (Avatar)
   • Toph Beifong
   • Sokka (Avatar)
   • Suki (Avatar)
   • The Gaang (Avatar)
   • Firelord Zuko (Avatar)
   • Post-War
   • Avatar Aang (Avatar)
   • Slow Burn
   • Original Character(s)
   • Mostly Canon Compliant
   • I might've watched the movie leak
   • Zuko never looked so good
   • pls don't hate me
   • lowk my first ao3 post
   • (I keep my shit in the drafts)
   • Get ready for slow burn!
   • and yearning
   • Zuko is max yearner
   • it's mostly Zuko at first
   • Gaang comes later
   • Wrote this instead of studying for finals
   • it was worth it
   • I give FL a name bc it's just easier to write
   • but it can be reader insert
   • zuko's sexy I get it

   Summary

   ⊱ ────── {⋅. ✯ .⋅} ────── ⊰

   In an alleyway tucked between walls of packed earth and creeping vines, Nila lingered where the sun could not reach. The road ahead was clear all for the unified march of heavy boot steps. Sat on the soldiers' wide shoulders was a shining structure of crimson and gold, lace curtains drawn taut.

   The Fire Lord's palanquin.

   A stark image against the muted tones of her village, it scorched along the healing wounds of a century war. It served as the pure reminder of how powerless they'd been against flames. Nila didn't know this Fire Lord. Not really. But she knew this village and she knew its people.

   She knew, in that moment, there was no man they hated more than Fire Lord Zuko.

   ⊱ ────── {⋅. ✯ .⋅} ────── ⊰

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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