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1. fervently, arderntly, I surrender by ComeHitherFool

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Zuko (Avatar)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Iroh & Zuko (Avatar)
   • The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar)
   • The Gaang (Avatar) & Original Character(s)
   • Zuko (Avatar)/Reader
   • Toph Beifong/Kanto
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Katara (Avatar)
   • Toph Beifong
   • Sokka (Avatar)
   • Iroh (Avatar)
   • grown up gaang - Character
   • Political Intrigue
   • Slow Burn
   • Secrets
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff
   • Politics
   • Firelord Zuko (Avatar)
   • Protective Zuko (Avatar)
   • Eventual Romance
   • Zuko is So Whipped (Avatar)
   • Eventual Sex
   • Healing Sex
   • Light Angst
   • actually maybe not so light
   • Soft Zuko (Avatar)
   • Tension
   • Unresolved Romantic Tension
   • Zuko is a Mess (Avatar)
   • feelin cheeky may start a war
   • mildly irritated gf x wildly in love bf
   • everybody is aged up and looking FINE
   • everybody WILL hurt
   • man im so bad at summaries wtf
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • power struggles
   • its giving jinshi maomao
   • No beta but we dont die bc aang says no
   • Zuko is Down Bad (Avatar)

   Summary

   The king has a hole in his heart.

   A man is but a dustgrain in the palm of god, thus it must simply be within the confines of a King's moira to suffer for his country. Heavy is the head, after all. But has the young king not suffered enough? Zuko wonders how much more of himself he has left to give before he withers to ash.

   Then he makes a friend (shocking). She is a girl with no past and no future and is ensnared in enough secrets to bury her alive. And, in the way the bull knows the name of its slayer before it is calved, so too is he certain that this girl will be the key to breaking this curse.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,953

   Chapters:

   8/?

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