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The first time that Sokka sees his childhood nemesis after ten years of blissful separation, he makes out with him in front of his homophobic family. Zuko's proposal- that they fake a relationship for a summer of public events on Sokka's home island to mess with his father and grandfather- is absolutely ludicrous, and it definitely won't work. Not only is Sokka straight, but he and Zuko have hated each other for as long as he can remember.
Then Sokka realizes he can use it to his own advantage as well. It's just for the summer, right?
Zukka fake dating modern AU with a heavy sprinkle of trauma and healing!
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Love Amongst the Dragons: The Tale of the Feral Fire Prince by Natural_Logarhythm
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
22 Aug 2025
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Zuko never thought that his banishment would lead him to a new family. And he never in his wildest dreams imagined that family would be the first dragon hatched in decades.
Zuko finds himself adopted by dragons. His dad is going to be so pissed.
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back to the garden (we will go) by argentoswan
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
10 Sep 2024
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Zuko is in love with his best friends, and his best friends are in love with each other. That's the way that things have always been, and Zuko is okay with that. He's perfectly content watching them love one another from afar.
Or- Sokka, Suki, and Zuko take care of each other after the war and find more than friendship along the way, while Toph bangs her head against a wall in the background. Post-canon AU.
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Aang and Zuko were stuck in the goop at the Sun Warrior temple for hours. They had to talk about something during that time.
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The boy flew up the stairs, a flurry of black clothes against gray steel. His footfalls still fell like feathers on wood, he was glad he knew how to make his steps quiet. Otherwise his life would’ve been over right there, right then. The boy slid the door open, peeking no more than his eyes above, he looked around and quickly took note of the few unconscious men scattered around.
The boy scrambled into the tower, looking around in awe. He counted 3 unconscious men, one of said men possibly dead. Several bruises littered across each of them, one had a slice to his arm, another had his ankle at a weird angle, and the third had his arm twisted in such a way that it had begun to lose air. He tensed, screams could no longer be heard outside. In only moments the worst happened.
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- Part 1 of Blood drips from your tainted wings
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“Zuko?”
“Yeah…” His voice croaked out, unrecognizable.
Sokka gasped softly. He didn’t want to stutter over his words. “Do you want to talk about it?”
Sokka kept his question fairly ambiguous. What did Sokka want to talk about? Were they going to talk about their breakup or the fight Zuko had with his dad?
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it's been a month since Zuko and Sokka broke up and pretty much went no contact with each other... so why is Zuko at Sokka's front door step?-
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If I Came Apart When You Touched Me (Would You Touch Me Again?) by Save_My_Dreams_Like_Wine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
11 May 2025
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Roommates AU in which Zuko wants to learn more about BDSM and kink culture, and gets Sokka (an experienced switch) to show him the ropes.
Featuring: heavy hurt/comfort, a 16 point plan to kill Zuko's shitty ex, improving relationships with sex through good communication and a shitton of therapy, Sokka's need to constantly touching the people he cares for, and Zuko having oodles of Trauma.
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WIP Roommates BDSM AU, previous toxic jet/zukko
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Iroh never meant to tell Ozai about the firebending masters, Ran and Shaw. The blood sport of hunting dragons unnerved him, and he was charged by the Sun Warriors to keep their society, and the dragons, a secret. Iroh obliged.
Ozai never believed his brother really slew the final dragon. He knew a liar when he saw one, and Iroh had never mastered the art of hiding secrets from his younger brother. As a result, the Fire Lord believed a dragon still existed and was ripe for killing.
He decided he would do something about it.
Or rather, that his 13-year-old son would do something about it.
(Aka Ozai suspects the last dragon is still alive and sends Zuko to finish it off.)
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You're Under My Skin, And I Hate It by CaptainParisStarr
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
25 May 2025
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When Sokka lands a lucky blow and trips the leader of the Fire Nation soldiers attacking his village, he finds himself pinned down by a very startled Zuko who shows no signs of wanting to hurt him. No, what Zuko wants from Sokka is something he can never have; or can he?
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For some reason, the heart-rate monitor picks up its pace next to Sokka, and the two men look over at it in unison. Sokka pretends that the device is inconsequential to their current conversation. “You're taking off work for me?" he asks, dumbly. "You didn't even call out when you had the flu and I had to haul your body off the kitchen floor.”
"Yeah, well..." Zuko shifts, picks at a non-existent hang nail, brings it to his mouth to bite at. Sokka tracks the movements like the man of science he is, but it does very little to help him solve anything. “Consider this a thank you for the flu-thing, then,” he says around a mouthful of thumb.
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Sokka gets into a motorcycle accident and suffers a mortality crisis that makes him want to try and be more emotionally vulnerable. Unfortunately for both himself and Zuko, his roommate, that might mean admitting to himself that he kind-of-sort-of wants to share more than just living space with the other man.
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(you left your mark on me) a golden tattoo by manbun_zukka (adykecalledCJ)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
23 Jun 2020
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Sokka woke up on his thirteenth birthday with a word tattooed on his hip in unfamiliar, red script. He knew immediately that he’d just gotten his soulmate. He also knew that his soulmate was not from the Water Tribe.
He couldn’t help but panic, because the writing was in red, and red meant only one thing to the Water Tribe, and that was fire.
His soulmate was from the Fire Nation.
Sokka groaned and rolled over, pressing his face into his pillow and wishing that it could all be a dream.
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Zuko woke up on his thirteenth birthday with gentle, blue writing curving over the left side of his rib cage. His soulmark. And his soulmate, whoever they were, was not from the Fire Nation.
They were from the Water Tribe.
His father was going to kill him.
He always knew that his father would lead to his eventual demise, but he’d hoped that he might make it till sixteen, at least.
Looks like he got thirteen years. He’d had a good run, but if his father ever found out about his soulmark, he’d have Zuko burned alive.
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- Part 1 of dual blades
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Sunsets and Sunrises by Nock_and_Bolt
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Jan 2025
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It’s been six months since Uncle Iroh died, and Firelord Zuko is fine.
Really, he is.
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It's Okay, I'll be Your Positive Self-Talk (How to Train Your Firelord) by Des98
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
26 Oct 2022
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Zuko is always worried about caring for everyone except himself. Sokka has a discussion with him about it. He will teach this boy to value himself even if he has to hammer it into his thick head. Also, the author decides that "The Promise" comics could use their own personal spin where Zuko isn't punished for doing his best and Aang is taking absolutely none of his self-sacrificing bullshit.
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- Part 5 of Into the Silence Verse
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The Tale of Jin and Zuko by Saucerful of Secrets (Drowning_In_Greed)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Nov 2022
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When Jin hears about the amazing new tea maker at the local Pao Family Tea Shop, she decides she simply has to check it out. What she gets is some delicious jasmine tea and a crush on the young waiter that works there.
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When Sokka accidentally gets drunk off his ass at a frat party, it's up to Zuko to take care of him
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The Three-Body Problem by Philosopher_King
Fandom: Avatar: Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender
07 Mar 2021
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A canon-compliant series tracking the origins and progression of Aang, Katara, and Zuko's romantic and sexual relationship, beginning three and a half years post-canon and extending (with time skips) into their children's young adulthood.
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'Cause my heart softens to your name by solum_ad_legendum
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
15 Dec 2024
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"You’re super early," Sokka said. "The only person who arrived before you is Zuko.”
“Who’s Zuko?” Katara asked, and jumped nearly a foot when she realized they were not alone. A slim but muscled figure stood in the corner of the living room, in front of a stack of boxes all labeled "Nerf Weaponry."
He looked around Sokka’s age, or perhaps a few years older. His face was…
Horribly scarred. Katara’s heart clutched at the injured flesh around his left eye. But it was also…
Beautiful. There was no other word to sum up the angles and lines of his face.
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When Burnt Children Still Love The Fire by lizziegrace970
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
22 Jul 2024
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Shinriki Iroh has not spoken to his family in nine years. Almost a decade since he was forced to leave his niece and nephew with a monster he once called ‘brother’. That all changes with a single phone call.
When Iroh gets a phone call saying that Ozai lost custody of his children, Iroh takes in his nephew, Zuko, whom he hasn't seen in nine years. Iroh tries his best to help the poor boy, but there's only so much he can do. Between Zuko adjusting to a new way of life without pain, Ozai's upcoming trial, a psychotic sister, and Zuko's rapidly declining mental health, it might be more than Zuko can handle.Or...
After years of being in Ozai's abusive home, Uncle Iroh takes in Zuko, and Zuko discovers things about his mental health that will make things change forever.
(NOT ABANDONED. I PLAN TO UPDATE THIS FIC.)
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"As it turned out, Katara was the first to have the opportunity for a night alone with Zuko—which she thought was only fair, since it was Aang’s impulsive kiss when he was alone with Zuko that had started all of this."
Katara and Zuko have dinner together, discuss their past and future relationship with each other and with Aang, and Zuko gives Katara some practical instruction.
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- Part 5 of The Three-Body Problem