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1. By Way of Collateral by mheixo

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024), Avatar: The Last Airbender: Chronicles of the Avatar Novels - Various  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Toph Beifong & Zuko
   • Toph Beifong/Zuko
   • Toph Beifong
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Toph Beifong's Parents
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Feels
   • Angst and Romance
   • Heavy Angst
   • Political Alliances
   • Political Marriages
   • Political Intrigue
   • Arranged Marriage
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • New Avatar (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
   • Firelord Zuko (Avatar)
   • Fire Nation (Avatar)
   • Dark Romance
   • Depression

   Summary

   Brokered for harbor tariffs and trade routes, the marriage between Fire Lord Zuko and Lady Toph Beifong was never meant to be more than a performance.

   A fracturing court consumes him; she is an isolated stranger hidden behind a mask of perfect noble etiquette.

   But when military secrets leak to the Earth Kingdom, Zuko’s growing paranoia turns inward, driving a brutal wedge between them just as Toph discovers she is carrying the royal bloodline alone.

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   English

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