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In which Sokka gets separated from the Gaang and ends up working in a particular tea shop in Ba Sing Se. Events then spiral, to involve strike action, war with the police state, and dating his worst enemy.
Or a story that starts as an enemies to lovers coffee shop au and ends as a revolutionary au. Sokka is not looking forward to explaining all this to Katara. -
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Zuko - no, Li has to try and conceal his identity whilst living with his Uncle in Ba sing se to everybody: no exceptions. It should be easy... but there's a girl who wont stop appearing and an awful boy who wont stop trying to make him upset. Not to mention how much this all is for him- everything is just so different. Too different...
NOTE: i haven't read city of echoes (yet) and just know a little about our girl Jin from the book. still hope u all enjoy !!
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Trouvaille (n): a chance encounter with something or someone wonderful
Y/N is the adoptive daughter of the head of the largest Triad in Ba Sing Se, spending her nights fighting against the Dai Li. She lived a somewhat boring life during the day, going out to tea with her friend Jin every week. Things were normal until the Pao Family Tea Shop got two new waiters. I guess you could say everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
TW// lots of heavy topics throughout this piece, please read the tags so if you're sensitive to this I'd advise you not to read
2023 update/rewrite is in progress so the story is hella disjointed rn
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After the Fall of Ba Sing Se, Zuko cannot bear to call himself Prince. He cannot bear their looks. He cannot bear the streaks of red, the golden silks.
This ship is not homeward-bound; not for him, not anymore. So he will retrace his steps, to the first and last place that ever felt like home. A great city that is dying. With spirits' mercy, he shall die with it.
No hero would come to the Earth Kingdom's rescue; Zuko made sure of that.
But an army...
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This is a continuation of my AU where Zuko is captured at the North Pole during the Siege of the North and sent to the Spirit World. He ended up in the Andor(TV) universe and in the Imperial Narkina V Prison facility. You do not need to read that one to understand this one, but it will probably help set the background for this story. And I apparently can't stop making references to it.
Head's up, Zuko might be a little Out Of Character for Book 2, but that is because he is already redeemed.
Also, Zuko's bad luck is pretty much the only constant in his life, and it will return with a vengeance at some point.
Also, I am Canadian, therefore you may notice some spelling differences from American English. Most common are honour and colour, but there may be more. If you spot it, that is all it is.
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- Part 2 of Burning Redemption: A Zuko AU Tale
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The Horrors of Dai Li by orphan_account
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Oct 2024
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Team Avatar arrives in Ba Sing Se, but not everything is as it seems. Joo Dee turns a blind eye to their questions, and a mysterious tall man is wanted by the authorities.
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Zuko's unwanted side business by Krissilla
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
02 Oct 2024
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Zuko loses Pao quite a lot of money with his bad customer service. Pao forces him to earn it back or risk having Iroh fired from his dreamjob.
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- Part 2 of Kinktober 2024
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Dragons in Ba Sing Se by TheLegendCreator
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 May 2024
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Masha has lived in Ba Sing Se all her life. There is no war here. This does not stop her inner paranoid voice from bringing up dragon nonsense when she sees two pale men.
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Far away, over the great walls of the city and beyond the wild seas, past the lychee groves that grow for hundreds of acres at the base of the Caldera, there is an estate with his name on the title, bequeathed to Iroh the day he came of age; his official residence when not at war or court. The rooms of the manor house are furnished with lacquered wooden furniture and decorated with gold silks and crimson velvets, and outfitted with other fine things as benefitting the crown prince of the Fire Nation.
Here in the Lower Ring, all Iroh can afford is a squalid set of rooms scarcely larger than a wardrobe, with a hastily-patched hole in the wall and torn rice-paper screens. But this apartment will keep Zuko safe, perhaps even become a home for him.
Shelter and security are fortune enough for Iroh, now.
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- Part 4 of city of walls and secrets
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In Ba Sing Se, Katara and Zuko confront the secrets of their nations. Katara wrestles with desires only human flesh can soothe, while Zuko seeks redemption by forsaking his past as the Avatar's hunter. As their bond deepens, Katara and Zuko encounter tests of loyalty and conviction.
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Zuko finds himself within the walls of Ba Sing Se, forced to take on a new life as a tea server in Pao’s Teashop. Of course, he isn’t happy about it.
To ease Zuko’s transition to his new life, and perhaps for just a little bit of his own enjoyment, Uncle Iroh has taken it upon himself to teach his nephew the art of tea.
And so, begins the Fire Prince’s Tea Journal. Or Zuko tries a new tea with each chapter.
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There was a stranger sleeping under their stairs.
Zuko wasn't one to turn a blind eye to a homeless kid, but trouble was the last thing he and Uncle needed here in Ba Sing Se. They just finally settled into their roles and found a rhythm for their day to day routines. Living a mundane life had never really appealed to the former prince before, but he could see the benefits in it in terms of fleeing his father's ire and Azula's dogged pursuit.
Stirring the boy awake, Zuko is shocked and alarmed by who it is that had huddled outside of his apartment all night. Confused and in rough shape, Sokka is desperate for answers and aid while stuck in a city he doesn't know. Sokka turns to the one familiar face in the crowded Lower Ring with the fragile hope that he'll find out who he really is.
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Sokka has amnesia and that's Zuko's problem now. Feelings ensue. -
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Zuko has no memories of his previous life. Together with the old man, who introduces himself as his uncle, he goes to Ba Sing Se, the safest city in the world, because he is on the run from his own nation, which, to make matters worse, is also responsible for a war that has already lasted a hundred years. But the walls of Ba Sing Se can neither protect Zuko from his past nor from what is hidden behind them.
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What does it mean when you’re living through a pandemic, suddenly find yourself in Ba Sing Se with absolutely no explanation, and the only thing you have going for you is an uncanny knowledge of your Spotify playlists? Escapism during quarantine just got a whole lot more epic. OC Self-Insert.
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Running With The Wolves by BlueEyedArcher for MysticPandora
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
21 Jun 2022
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“Li, table five needs your attention.” Pao urged him from behind the counter.
His heart climbed in his throat and thundered until his breath drew short. Panic crept like a tight band around his chest as bright blue eyes followed him the way a hawk tracks a meadow vole through the brush from its perch. It was a sensation Zuko rarely felt since he left the Fire Nation all those years ago. The feeling of being prey in someone else’s eyes. The feeling of being pinned to the spot, unable to force himself to move or breathe. He wanted to flee, to race out the back of the tea shop and rush back to the safety of their cramped tidy apartment and pretend the water tribesman had never even entered the shop, but it was too late. He was watching Zuko with expectancy.
Suddenly the carefully crafted life he had built here in Ba Sing Se was teetering daintily on crystal foundations. All it would take is one strike to topple it all until only the shattered remnants remained for him to cut himself on.
“I’m surprised to see you here.” The tribesman greeted warmly, his voice twisted up with an edge of amusement.
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I see in your future a dragon,
A heart of pure violet,
Your destinies are linked,
In heart, mind, and body.A tarot reading, a cup of tea, a bitter sibling fight, and a rock placed in an inconvenient spot sends Sokka down a bizarre road to Ba Sing Se without the rest of Team Avatar, but instead Zuko and Iroh. But the road to Ba Sing Se leaves gives Zuko and Sokka a chance to realise just what the stars have in store for them as Sokka figures who the dragon in his fortune just might be.
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IT’S THE JINKO WEDDING, FINALLY!! (How did it take me roughly three years of being in this fandom, and shipping this pairing, before I wrote this fic?!) And the tears are happy ones, of course! Please enjoy.
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- Part 18 of The Amber Dragon Anthology
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“Uncle, this place,” he gestured to the city outside of the bare window once the door was shut. “It’s a prison,” he folded his arms, staring holes into the floor. “I don’t want to make a life here.”
“Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not. Be at peace, nephew. We are safer here than anywhere else in the four nations.” he spoke calmly, setting a hand on his shoulder. Zuko huffed, brushing his hand off with a shrug as he returned his gaze to the rest of their new home.
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Zuko feels unsafe in Ba Sing Se, but maybe living there isn't such a terrible thing.
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An AU where Katara tags along with Zuko and Iroh after the events of the abandoned town, and finds something completely unexpected as a result.