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learning friendship like a foreign language by Clare_Hope
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
24 Jul 2020
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Gradually, Zuko learns how friendships work. Also, his friends learn how Zuko works, and why.
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- English
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- 18,193
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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14 Jun 2026
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All Zuko had been trying to do was wash some dishes. Or: The one where Zuko and Katara both mean well, but still can't find their footing around each other in time to prevent explosive shouting, broken dishes, an impromptu arrest, and Team Avatar's third- nay, fourth jailbreak. Fifth? They've lost count at this point, but at least they're not willing to lose Zuko... now, if only he realized that.
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- English
- Words:
- 17,811
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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- 6
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- 379
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08 Jun 2026
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"I hate your dad so much,” Sokka considers for a second. He tries to mix it up as often as he can when they play this game. “That I have considered starting an official petition begging Aang to reconsider his commitment to nonviolence.”
It’s quiet for a beat. He’s afraid he’s miscalculated, but Zuko laughs, broken and sincere.
(Or: 5, 8, 15 years after the war, Sokka talks shit about Ozai.)
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- English
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- 4,111
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- 1/1
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- 1
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- 154
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08 Jun 2026
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the art of redirecting lightning by TheRainbowElectric
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Sep 2024
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A realization that’s been lapping at the edges of Sokka’s mind all night finally crashes over him in a wave. “You really hate yourself,” he says slowly, as the cold understanding sinks in.
Zuko’s glare could melt glaciers. “You wouldn’t, if you’d done all the things I’ve done?” he says, which would be fair, except — it’s not just about the things Zuko’s done, is it? It’s also about the things he hasn’t. Zuko hates himself for things that are his fault, and things that aren’t. For who he is, and who he hasn’t managed to be.
And Sokka can see, with sudden, sharp clarity, that if he were to plot the strength of Zuko’s self-hatred alongside the strength of his bending over time, the two lines would hug in almost perfect sync. Which leaves Sokka with only one question: whether someone’s self-loathing could run so deep and unrelenting that it sustains their bending for the better part of a decade.
The night before going in search of Sun Warrior ruins, Zuko starts to doubt that hatred is the source of his bending after all. Sokka helps him figure out what it really is.
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04 Jun 2026
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the god and the devil in the land of the sun by jublis
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
26 Jun 2025
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“You’re not your family, Zuko,” Sokka says immediately, like it’s a reflex, like he genuinely believes it.
“Does it matter?” Zuko says. “In the grand scheme of things, does it really fucking matter? Does it matter to the waterbenders who were kidnapped and killed under my grandfather’s command? Does it matter to the war orphans, the war children, who have lost their families and houses and limbs to the fire of my nation’s soldiers? Does it matter to the fifteen-year-olds getting drafted for the war effort, the ones the generals of my father’s council call kindling? Does it matter to the—” Zuko cuts himself off, chest heaving, eyes burning. “Does it matter to the Air Nomads?”
The hottest day of the year comes just before the end of the world.
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- Part 1 of dancing in odessa
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02 Jun 2026
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good to see you again, this is a home to me by jublis
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
30 Jun 2020
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That night, with Appa snoring next to them and Katara snuggled against his shoulder, Aang breathed and counted. He raked his mind for very little tradition, every little custom, everything he could remember about Air Nomad culture. Otherwise, it dies with me, he’d thought, suddenly terrified. It dies with me.
At ten, you become responsible for your own air bison. They’re companions for life. At eleven, each airbending child gets the chance to visit the wenwú shí of their Temple. At twelve, the standards become higher; assisting the air nuns and monks is your top priority. Thirteen, the first taste of travel; at the Eastern Air Temple, the Shēnqíng de hú will be the start of your spiritual journey. Fourteen is the age of enlightenment; with the mastering of your element, the arrows start being drawn over your skin.
It’s a long process, and a sacred one. Each age brings with it something new; with each age, something grows.
Needless to say, Aang hasn’t gotten a lot of experience with that.
Or, Aang never really stops grieving. Featuring Air Nomad culture, birthdays, and a conversation on a rooftop.
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- Part 2 of heirloom
- Language:
- English
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- 3,077
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- 1/1
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- 1
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- 142
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- 2,474
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01 Jun 2026
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the firebender’s guide to living life after destiny by volkswagonblues
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Oct 2020
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Sokka looked around the throne room with interest. “I always wondered what the world was like from up here - must be nice looking out at your adoring subjects.”
“Being the Fire Lord is pretty dull,” Zuko said glumly, "unless you enjoy hearing people bicker about taxes. After a while, thwarting the occasional assassination is basically a form of stress relief."
In which Fire Lord Zuko and Ambassador Sokka get drunk, go fishing, watch theatre, uncover a conspiracy, visit a teahouse, destroy a historical monument, and reckon with the painful legacy of the past – but not necessarily in that order. [PODFIC AVAILABLE]
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- English
- Words:
- 99,298
- Chapters:
- 18/18
- Collections:
- 1
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- 819
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29 May 2026
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hotel sheets, brimming with finery by ofherlionheart
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
15 Mar 2021
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On a whim, Sokka types out: ‘hey. would u be my fake boyf plus-one for a wedding in two weeks?’ He hits send and doesn’t really regret it because (1) it’s 3am on a Tuesday morning so he doesn’t really have the bandwidth to care (2) he’s actually thought this thing out and (3) he’s armed with arguments.
‘what?’
He’s too tired to text out a full explanation, so he dials Zuko’s number. The call picks up on the second ring, and Sokka says, “You would be the ultimate flex of a significant other on an ex. You’re, like, the most thoughtful, big-hearted person I know, and you’re beautiful and fashionable and accomplished. You’re going to be world-renowned famous in, like, two years.”
Silence stretches for so long Sokka wonders if he misheard the call picking up; then Zuko’s rasp, lifted from a baritone to a tenor by the electronic filter of a phone call, says, “Okay.”
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A sleep-deprived Sokka caves to the impulse to ask Zuko, his close friend of seven years, to be his pretend boyfriend for his ex’s wedding; Zuko is too ride-or-die to consider this a bad idea.
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- Part 1 of the boo chronicles
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,190
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 122
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- 2,449
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- 264
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- 16,419
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24 May 2026
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Sokka has to bring his five year old with him on a trip to the DMV, which goes about as well as expected. Luckily, the man sitting next to them is a good sport.
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23 May 2026
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Zuko does not survive that first fateful Agni Kai.
But no matter how much Ozai strives to pretend otherwise, the Old Gods are not dead.
And the Old Gods are angry.
[REPOSTED- ACCIDENTALLY ORPHANED]
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 96,018
- Chapters:
- 14/14
- Collections:
- 25
- Comments:
- 1,334
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- 14,520
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- 4,959
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- 253,944
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22 May 2026
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All Along You Were There (But I Missed It) by Erisenyo
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 Nov 2024
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A series of oneshots following Sokka, Suki, and Zuko through the meandering, winding process of finally all getting together. Featuring Zuko's lack of socialization and obliviousness vs Suki's interpersonal skills and Sokka's enthusiasm.
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Sokka, Suki, and Zuko have been dating for years, over long distances and tough jobs, working their way to something solid and sure.
If only Zuko knew he's been dating them.
- Words:
- 116,449
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- 9
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- 410
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21 May 2026
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[“Wait.” Toph plants her feet. “I thought you already—?”
Zuko makes an aggravated noise and refuses to stop with her, grumbling when she catches back up to him, “Southern men receive armbands. Apparently.”
Toph takes a moment to consider that, and then the amount of time Zuko spent with her. Shaping that pendant and testing metals and techniques and the shared space of their bending when metal fills with heat enough for both of them to hold it.
Then she bursts out laughing.]
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Sokka and Zuko are finally each ready with the best, most perfect, most amazing proposal that's ever been seen.
The Gaang thinks there just might be a few details they're both forgetting...
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18 May 2026
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Lessons in Proper Asset Management by Erisenyo for MTB, desden0va
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
17 Apr 2023
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Sokka's first mistake was thinking he could watch Zuko being effortlessly confident and commanding and not find it anything other than impossibly hot. His second mistake was showing it.
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Sokka learns just how attractive it is when his boyfriend is very, very good at things. And maybe a bit of finance, too.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 25,893
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 176
- Kudos:
- 2,063
- Bookmarks:
- 372
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- 31,029
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18 May 2026
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(“You’re not sleeping,” Mai says softly.
“How’d you know?” Zuko asks.To be honest, he’s kind of gotten to the point where he’s surprised that anyone can perceive him outside of his necessary functions- he exists solely to sit in council meetings and shoulder the blame for genocides and famines and the suffering of one-hundred years. Doesn’t he?)
The war is over, but the fallout is just beginning. And where lightning strikes, thunder is bound to follow.
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- English
- Words:
- 22,035
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Comments:
- 318
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- 2,673
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- 953
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- 26,898
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17 May 2026
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In the weeks following the war, Zuko faces a gauntlet of Agni Kai challengers. Sokka worries.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 8,786
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 15
- Comments:
- 208
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- 9,977
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- 1,785
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- 59,536
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17 May 2026
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The palace staff can't say they're exactly pleased with the attitudes of the royal family, to say the least. Now, after a few wild fights, the old banished Prince is sitting on the throne and leading their nation. What are they supposed to make of it all?
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The five times the palace staff weren't sure what to think about the new Fire Lord + the one time they were.
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- Part 1 of Avatar 5 + 1 Things
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 13,930
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 26
- Comments:
- 485
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- 15,528
- Bookmarks:
- 2,829
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- 131,763
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17 May 2026
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The Fire Lord needs a new hairdresser, a grueling process of vetting and testing and background checking. Sokka might know just the person, though--if only he can find her in the city. And if only he can figure out how to make sure Zuko likes her without revealing the whole, you know. Fire Lord thing.
Or,
Sokka takes Zuko on a date in the city that does not go at all how Zuko expects it to. (At least not at first)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 10,275
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 282
- Kudos:
- 5,174
- Bookmarks:
- 873
- Hits:
- 44,757
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10 May 2026
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hands, at the day's end by SmileHoney for viscountesskate
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
01 Sep 2024
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With time, it becomes familiar— the shape of a club, the slide of the boomerang, the heft of a spear, the curl of a fist prepared to land a punch— and sometimes, when he looks at his hands, he doesn't recognize them. They had once been unsure and clumsy and soft, but now they are certain and steady and rough.
He begins wrapping them in fabric, the way all the men in the village did, just so that he doesn't have to look at them and wonder if they’re his or not.
(It isn’t just his hands that don’t look like they’re his— he looks in the mirror, and no longer recognizes the person staring back at him.)
or,
sokka and his hands
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 16,760
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 44
- Kudos:
- 484
- Bookmarks:
- 149
- Hits:
- 4,297
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10 May 2026
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Should I Write It In A Letter? by RejectsCanon
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
29 Aug 2024
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Honestly, I’m not sure what else to write. I guess I just wanted to talk to you. I think I miss you guys. The only people I talk to here are Uncle and a staff that’s terrified of me. Is it strange to say I miss before? When we were all together? I know that’s terrible to say– we were at the height of the war and fighting for our lives. Sorry, I don’t know what I’m saying anymore. Should probably try to rest some more. This wasn’t much of a letter, but I hope you write back anyway.
Stay safe,
ZukoOr, Sokka and Zuko begin writing letters to each other after the war. Despite being half a world away, they become closer than ever.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 13,181
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 106
- Kudos:
- 2,040
- Bookmarks:
- 239
- Hits:
- 17,026
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09 May 2026
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Deathstroke's Apprentices by Beauty_In_Her_Darkness
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans (Animated Series), Teen Titans - All Media Types
02 Oct 2021
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When Robin agreed to become Slade's apprentice to save the Teen Titans' lives, he never would have imagined that he'd still be Renegade three months later. With the nanobots still in the Titans' bodies and Slade taking on a second apprentice, Robin is stuck as he tries to keep his friends safe all while plotting how to escape from Jump City's most feared crime boss.
AU of Teen Titans season 1 where the Titans don't find Slade's lair and don't get the nanobots out.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 101,528
- Chapters:
- 28/28
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 204
- Kudos:
- 1,681
- Bookmarks:
- 447
- Hits:
- 45,361
Bookmarked by aceit
26 Apr 2026