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The Gaang accepts Zuko's offer to take him as their prisoner. Though he is their captive, they have no intention of harming him. However, one thing that people need to survive is oxygen, which becomes quite a hard thing to acquire if you're trapped in an airtight space.
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Zuko nearly suffocates due to the Gaang's poor thinking skills.
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The Taste of Tea by thispatternismine for MuffinLance
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
17 Oct 2020
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He drinks the tea and tries not to look uncomfortable as Zhao moves closer and closer. He doesn't know how, but somehow every time he blinks the man is closer. He should say something, but what? He’s not actually doing anything wrong. (He should move closer; Zuko is his prince, and he should be hanging on his every word. It was perfectly reasonable.)
If uncle were here, objecting would earn a stern look and a proverb on the nature of politeness and being receptive to your conversation partners.
Zuko says nothing.
Zhao is next to him now. He rests a hand on Zuko's thigh.
He wants to say something, but his head feels like it’s stuffed with cotton and his tongue won't work properly.
Wherever Zuko goes, Zhao always seems to be there, smirking & offering him tea. He doesn't want the tea-that-is-not-just-tea. But he can't explain why to his uncle, or tell him that the very thought of tea makes him want to scream (in rage, not fear, because princes don't feel fear).
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A series of one shots or short fics that show Zuko dealing with his trauma (badly). Featuring Panic Attacks, flashbacks, self-doubt, Ozai being an asshole and the Gaang being (mostly) awesome.
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What Sokka always wants to say is I’m sorry. To everyone and no one in particular. He doesn’t know why it started, but he does know that the urge to apologize crops up constantly––when he took Katara’s toys as a kid, when he saw someone’s home destroyed on the news, when someone else knocked over his things.
There’s no real rhyme or reason, but it consumes every part of his being. Constantly, constantly. I’m sorry.
Started from a writing prompt: "What I always wanted to say was..." and it snowballed into this 12k slice-of-life/mental health/coming out/reflection piece.
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A Little More Time (Kill Me Later, Love Me Now) by constellayetion for burnt_oranges, greeksalad
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
21 Dec 2020
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Recovery: A process of moving forward. And moving back.
The group leaves Zuko for two weeks. Just two weeks.
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In the wake of Ozai's death, Zuko begins to fall apart. Sokka will do everything in his power to make sure that doesn't happen.
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or, zuko might be losing his mind, but he also might just be really sad & traumatized
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“I’m not cut out for this shit,” Lance admits, hardly able to face Keith as he says it. He passes the bottle back.
Keith stares at the glass, at where Lance’s lips just were, and is unable to bring it to his own. It feels too intimate. He frowns, sorting through things in his mind. “…For parties?”
Lance looks at him like he’s being purposefully dense. “For Voltron.” He rolls a hand out toward the sky. “For— for being out here in space.”
Or, sometimes a few drinks go a long way.
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close, but no cigar (zuko's impressive collection of near death experiences) by starryeyedchar
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
21 Jun 2023
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Zuko wakes up the first time it happens to the smell of burning flesh. He at first thinks it’s just a lingering memory, the vestiges of a nightmare he’s had many times, but then he hears the shouts and clanging of metal that accompanies it.
The telltale signs of a fight, right outside his door.
So of course he does the sensible thing and rushes toward the commotion without a second thought, still in his loose bedclothes and bleary-eyed from sleep. He practically falls out of the door, stumbling right into the middle of both the hall and the battle waging within it.
At this point, Zuko's no stranger to attempts on his life. He can handle it.
Or five times Zuko's friends save him from an assassination attempt, and one time they're almost too late.
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The Avatar and his friends accept Zuko's offer to be their prisoner, but destinies are not so easily changed.
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It all starts with a tiktok and a shitty meme, like most things do when it comes to Sokka.
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and where you go, i will go too (yes, i am now a part of you) by andy_aguecheek
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
29 Jul 2020
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“I, uh…” Zuko shifted in his seat. “Well…” He gestured vaguely, hands following the movement of his wrists. “Yes,” he settled on finally, averting his eyes. “I’ve met my soulmate.”
“What?” Sokka leaned forward interestedly, ignoring the soft ache behind his ribcage. “Is it that goth chick? Mel?”
“Mai,” Zuko snapped. “And...no, it’s not her.”
“Then who?” Suki asked. “Do we know her?”
“Yes—No. It doesn’t matter.”
“You don’t have to tell us, Zuko—” Katara started.
“Good!” Zuko said, standing up. “Because I don’t want to!”
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Soulmate AU Where you see in grayscale until you hear your soulmate laugh for the first time. Sokka laughs a lot, loud, proud, and bright. Zuko...barely even smiles.
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When they get into a tight spot being chased by Fire Nation soldiers, Sokka can only come up with a solution that requires one of them to stay behind. Zuko only sighs. There are more honourable ways to die, after all.
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Katara's cell phone rings at 3 in the morning and she hates that she didn't turn on do not disturb.
"Hello?"
"Katara? Hey, uh, Zuko here...sorry to call so late but I need some help. Could you come pick me up outside the Jasmine Dragon?"
"Zuko, are you drunk?"
"No, no, no everything's fine. But could you maybe bring a first aid kit? And don't tell Sokka?"Or
Ozai is physically abusive and Zuko's managed to cover it up until he's 22 and calling Katara to come help him with his injuries. She's pre med and discrete.
She's also probably going to murder Ozai when she figures it out
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It's a week into Zuko's banishment when his soulmate severs their connection. And just like he doesn't deserve to be home until he's regained his honor, he figures he doesn't deserve a soul connection, either. It's all part of the same lesson.
(Soulmate AU: When your soulmate experiences a powerful emotion, you can feel it too. At any time for any reason, though, you can sever this connection to your soulmate so neither of you feel it anymore. Only the partner who severed the connection is able to unsever it.)
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Sokka is so sure that Zuko is being a sneaky, conniving jerkbender - he just had to catch him in the act! He really doesn’t expect for the guy to keep unveiling horrible childhood trauma every time Sokka steps in it, though, and it’s really starting to get awkward and concerning.
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i couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted by Draco_sollicitus
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
26 Jul 2020
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Zuko hasn't worried about that part of himself for so long; it was buried by the exile, buried by the war, buried by duty and responsibility.
Then, Sokka returns to the Fire Nation after time away at sea, and Zuko can't ignore that part of himself anymore. The boy he once fought at the South Pole has become a man, and Zuko's feelings can't be hidden much longer -- no matter what the laws of his country say.
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“I’m going to go practice some firebending forms,” Zuko says stiffly, running a hand through the tangles in his hair. “Tell Aang to join me if he wants to once he wakes up.” Gold eyes dart up to where Aang had strung up a makeshift hammock and was still sleeping soundly, snoring like a buffalo yak.
“Alright,” Sokka says, watching as he walks out without another word, evidently having reverted back into his usual brooding self. “Have fun!” He calls after Zuko loudly, which he means to be sarcastic, but comes out painfully, embarrassingly sincere. His face burns, and as soon as Zuko passes out of sight into the the temple, Katara turns to him, leveling him with a Look.
“You like him.” She says, and it’s not a question.
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old habits die screaming by justanothermess
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
29 Nov 2024
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“But you just said honor is about doing what’s right. You must have known that wasn’t right,” Sokka presses.
There’s a long moment of silence. Then, “I knew it didn’t feel right. But I always told myself that if I knew the first thing about honor, I would still be home.”
“I don’t understand."
“I didn’t, either,” Zuko sighs.
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Of course Sokka has seen the scar. It’s kind of hard to miss.
…It just hadn’t occurred to him that it meant anything.
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Three times the Gaang made insensitive assumptions about Zuko’s scar, before he was their friend, and the time they finally learned the truth.
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“when this is all over, I’m tracking down whoever put that dumb ugly thing on his face, and making them a war hero!”