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1. Hot Blooded by BirdOfHermes

   Fandoms: Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (Movie 2026), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Aug 2026

   Tags

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   • Zuko/Reader
   • Zuko/Original Female Character
   • Zuko (Avatar)/Reader
   • Zuko/Black Female Reader
   • Past Zuko/Mai - Relationship
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Reader
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s) of Color
   • Original Female Human Character(s)
   • Katara (Avatar)
   • Pre-Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (Movie 2026)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Bodyguard
   • Alternate Universe - Bodyguard
   • Bodyguard Romance
   • Non Benders (Avatar)
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Enemies to Friends
   • Belligerent Sexual Tension
   • Banter
   • Flirting
   • Zuko Wins Ozai and Zuko's Agni Kai (Avatar)
   • Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck
   • Zuko-centric (Avatar)
   • Firelord Zuko (Avatar)
   • Protective Zuko (Avatar)
   • Zuko's Scar (Avatar)
   • The Fire Nation Loves Zuko (Avatar)
   • Long-Haired Zuko (Avatar)
   • Sparring
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Forced Proximity
   • Fire
   • Assassination Attempt(s)
   • Assassination Plot(s)
   • Assassination
   • Hot Springs & Onsen
   • Literal Sleeping Together
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • Sleep Groping
   • POV First Person
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Romance
   • Slow Dancing
   • Rough Sex
   • Cunnilingus
   • Blow Jobs
   • Biting Kink
   • Scratching
   • Feral Behavior
   • Missionary Position
   • Cowgirl Position

   Summary

   Fire Lord Zuko discovers he's being followed and confronts his stalker only to learn she's been secretly hired by his Fire Nation council to protect him from an upcoming threat on his life. He and his new bodyguard determine the assassination attempt will most likely happen on the boat to a peace summit in the Northern Water Tribe, so she joins the crew to protect the Fire Lord to and from the peace summit.

   There's just one problem.

   Zuko's new bodyguard is a gorgeous smartass that makes the hot-blooded prince lose his temper at every turn from all her teasing.

   It'll be a miracle if he lives through the assassination attempt and the cat-and-mouse flirtatious relationship they form on the way to the peace summit. Adult!Zuko/Black Female non-bender!Reader fic set between the original ATLA series and the 2026 movie.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   24,201

   Chapters:

   5/6

   Comments:

   26

   Kudos:

   54

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