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Sticks and stones may break Katara's bones, but words—well, words were how the sticks and stones were brought to her homeland, to her family, to break countless bones of her own people. It was no surprise to her that at State University, Ba Sing Se, she would hear those same words, parroted by the pretentious, infuriating Zuko. She grew used to parrying his rhetoric, to challenging his debates, to waging her little war as she helped to organize against the bigger picture that set them against one another.
So what was she to think when, one day, Zuko crossed the aisle? How could the same mouth that spouted apologia for years now proclaim an alliance with her? How can she ever trust him?
A contemporary AU where the Gaang is a bunch of organizers, and Zuko has been the asshole thorn in their side.