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    Hakoda kills a Southern Raider. This backfires spectacularly. Zuko is just trying to keep four kids from dying while not being a traitor to his nation. Toph is concerned. Sokka finds himself rethinking everything he had previously considered the norm.

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    Kuei orders all of the Fire Nation out of Ba Sing Se after Azula fails her coup. This has wider ramifications than he thought.

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    Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.

    Featuring Azula's extended field trip, Jun not signing up for this, and Sokka's increasing desire to scream. Come get your international politics with a side of baby dragons.

    Podfic and German translation now available, see chapter one notes!

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    just as a river ebbs and flows, zuko’s found family slowly realises that maybe... just maybe, he was just as much a victim of his father’s hand as they were. literally.
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    four moments that they never thought would happen. especially at a party).

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    Zuko went through the worst day of his life, was given the worst quest in history, and then was banished by the worst man in the Fire Nation. So now he's stuck on a rotten ship surrounded by people who hate him who would without a doubt give him the teasing of a lifetime once they found out he didn't know how to maintain his new nails.

    Or, Zuko is going through the weirdest puberty in the world. He thinks this is normal. His crew begs to differ.

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    the fire lord— a position that harboured the implication of death and destruction freshly in the minds of the world. the title that harboured pain and suffering— and the burning of a child. the staff always feared him. but now, they’re wondering if this kid is truly as scary as he is powerful. spoiler: he’s not so scary after all.
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    zuko is a good leader and could definitely get mad hoes if he wanted to)

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    As the last of the airbenders die, the first of the kindling-men burns.

    In a nation now defenseless from itself, Zuko is born with a body of firewood and lighters on his hands.

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    Ye shall be judged. Will ye be found wanting or worthy?

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    Fire Lord Zuko was happy, content, for the first time in a long time. His nation is stable, the economy slowly rebuilding itself, the children laughing at school instead of on battlefields.

    He wakes up, every morning, to Sokka asleep beside him.

    He wants to be able to look over and see him like that, hair strewn over this face, peaceful, for the rest of their lives.

     

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    It's Valentine's Day and I realized I've never read a Zukka proposal story.

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    A podfic of MuffinLance's amazing story, Towards the Sun

    "Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU."

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    Zuko was imprisoned after his attempted escape on the Day of the Black Sun. He's scheduled for a public execution. Someone took exception to that. It's not who you think.

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      Part 1: the fire lord— a position that harboured the implication of death and destruction freshly in the minds of the world. the title that harboured pain and suffering— and the burning of a child. the staff always feared him. but now, they’re wondering if this kid is truly as scary as he is powerful. spoiler: he’s not so scary after all.

      (or, zuko is a good leader and could definitely get mad hoes if he wanted to)

      Part 2: he doesn’t know how to say the words that stick to his tongue— the pain is like a poem without flow— like an epic without meter. it’s a wound that won’t clot, and it’s something so much greater. the words that stick used to feel like a trap, but something about it seems freeing now— a little secret that he’ll take to his grave. because he knows that in the end, not matter what, it’s the one thing he’s sure to reach.

      (or, zuko isn’t okay— and he doesn’t know how to reach out)

      Part 3: he’s staring at his hands like he wants them to burn, like he and his hands are the cause of every atrocity to ever take root in this world. he stares at himself the same way in the mirror, she thinks.
      but as his eyes flicker to the assassin slain on the ground, she realises his tears are not for his wounds— they are for the man he has just taken a life from. she realises, he has never had this type of blood on his hands before.

      (or, zuko learns how to ask for help, one word at a time)

      Part 4: and in the fading light, with sanguinity and the stars aligned zuko wonders what all this is for. what he’s for.

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    Zuko is encountering far more than a headache as he does his best to navigate the political and financial intriciates of being the new Fire Lord well aware that most are watching and waiting for him to fall. It only makes him more determined to prove that he can do this, that he can be a good Fire Lord to his people. But in his efforts to take care of everyone there is one person Zuko has forgotten about: himself.

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    Zuko was hurting. He was hurting, but if he said anything, everyone would make it worse. That was how it always had been, and how it always would be.

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    he doesn’t know how to say the words that stick to his tongue— the pain is like a poem without flow— like an epic without meter. it’s a wound that won’t clot, and it’s something so much greater. the words that stick used to feel like a trap, but something about it seems freeing now— a little secret that he’ll take to his grave. because he knows that in the end, not matter what, it’s the one thing he’s sure to reach.
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    zuko isn’t okay— and he doesn’t know how to reach out).

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    A month after Zuko’s coronation as Fire Lord, Sokka leaves the Fire Nation with his family. When he returns, it’s been five years.

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    Everyone gets some pining in this household.

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    lieutenant jee is watching from the side— the little brat is all grown and becoming the person jee never thought anyone could be. but the kid has always overworked himself, and maybe that’s why their reunion is so bittersweet.

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    a 5 + 1 of the people zuko loves telling him it’s okay to rest, and the one time zuko encourages someone else to take a break).

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    late nights spent in good company are something that feels recognisant of a deep poem about the main character of a coming age movie. never did sokka think that would be a life he could make for himself.
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    fellas.... is it gay to tell your best friend you’re in love with him?”)

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    [“Shush! You need to be quiet or they’ll hear us!”

    Who will hear us?” Zuko balked, “Sokka Son of Hakoda are you making me do something illegal?? I’m the Fire Lord, I can’t just-“

    Sokka grabbed his face and pulled him into a rash kiss, effectively silencing the other man. “Zuko, baby, I love you. But you yell really loud sometimes.”]

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    Zuko has been extremely stressed lately, yet still finds time to support Sokka and listen to his problems. So Sokka, being the good boyfriend that he is, decides he needs to do something to help give back. Time for a plan!

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