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1. Through Burning, Through Drowning by Ghost_of_Laertes

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Sokka/Zuko (Avatar)
   • The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar)
   • Katara & Sokka (Avatar)
   • Aang & Zuko (Avatar)
   • Toph Beifong & Zuko
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Sokka (Avatar)
   • Aang (Avatar)
   • Azula (Avatar)
   • Katara (Avatar)
   • Toph Beifong
   • Suki (Avatar)
   • Whump
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Minor Injuries
   • Sickfic
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • diverges as of book 3 episode 11: The Western Air Temple
   • Zuko Joins The Gaang (Avatar)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Zuko is Bad at Feelings (Avatar)
   • acutally all of the Gaang is bad at feelings
   • emotional pain equals physical pain
   • Major Character Injury
   • Eventual Romance
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Hiding Injuries
   • Non-Sexual Nudity
   • sorta-sexual sorta-nudity (shirtlessness)
   • Idiots in Love
   • Falling In Love
   • Caretaking
   • Past Mai/Zuko (Avatar)
   • Past Sokka/Suki (Avatar)
   • Pining
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   After Azula poisons Zuko on his way out of the Fire Nation, every insult thrown his way results in physical injury. Zuko's attempt to join the Gaang ends... differently, and the Gaang is left to decide what to do with his unconscious, battered body. Will they help him? CAN they, if they wanted to?

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   Diverges from "The Western Air Temple," and makes minor changes to "Day of the Black Sun".

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   38,542

   Chapters:

   12/?

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