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In the aftermath of war, Zuko and Mai find themselves on diverging paths, burdened by duty, silence, and a love that never fully healed.
As they navigate shifting relationships, political unrest, and the ghosts of what could have been, they must decide if what they once shared can be rebuilt—or if it belongs to another life.
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Burn This City, Burn This City Down by linkspooky
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
18 May 2025
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“Don’t you feel a little bit sorry for her? You know the princess’s story, she was betrayed by her friends and family and lost her mind."
“So what? Does being betrayed really hurt that much? Things like that happen in Caldera every day.”
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Caldera City.
In this city there’s a saying, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and family, and the real one, the true one, the secret one which is never known to anyone except himself alone, but sometimes that hidden truth may turn out to be another lie. The imperial city is a city full of political games - an unrivaled amusement park.
“People betray people. These things… they happen all over this city.”
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Months after Azula disappeared during the search for her and Zuko's mother, she suddenly reappears before the Fire Nation imperial court surprisingly sane and with a surprise announcement: she's engaged and will marry on her eighteenth birthday. With no direct heir for the throne besides his sister Zuko is forced to welcome her into his court. In a post war fire nation Zuko is desperate to figure out if Azula is on his side. -
What to Expect when a Waterbender is Expecting by SerenitySnail
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 May 2025
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Katara and Zuko have been trying everything for the last few months to become pregnant but nothing seems to be working and the pressure of the royal council is no help. When a young concubine comes into the picture Zuko becomes more than suspicious and as issues arise it's up to Zuko to get to the bottom of it before things get out of hand.
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Out of the two of them, Fire Lord Zuko has the propensity for being a little overdramatic. But this time, it's Ambassador Katara's turn. An investigation gone wrong, a violent escape, and a plot foiled; i.e. an average Tuesday in the Fire Nation.
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I am not scared of death(I've got dreams again) by dakotaawolven
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
13 May 2025
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Four years after the war ends, Ozai escapes his prison with the intention of killing his son and does just that. Iroh does what is necessary to protect his nephew—and the world—only he doesn't realize that the spirits have given them a much better chance than he could have ever hoped for. He wakes up the day they near the Southern Water Tribe and is overjoyed to find that he is not the only one the spirits have sent. With his nephew, a young moon spirit in her human form, young Katara and Sokka, as well as several much more unexpected companions, they know that this time, Ozai can not survive this war.
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A fire nation soldier finds the Gaang's camp and tries to harm Aang. Zuko won't allow it.
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May Thy Flames Burn and Scatter by ZukosAss
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Dune Series - Frank Herbert, Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Dune - All Media Types
08 May 2025
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One summer night, Zuko and Azula were collected by agents of a futuristic retailer that dabble in genetic modification, creating pets for the most powerful people in the galaxy. First they were tested on Ember Island, and Arrakis will stand as an even harsher proving ground. Without a stillsuit you'll be dead in an hour.
Can they work together long enough to escape back home?
!ATTENTION!
This work contains content (not necessarily spoilers, but probably wise to treat them as such) from Dune Messiah, and The Rise of Kyoshi.
Beta read by littlewormgrant
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Something is off.
Katara first notices it after Zuko’s arrival at the temple, after delivering her harsh warning and storming off from his room. For days, the feeling of wrongness persists. And then a spar with Zuko makes it obvious that her problems are only just beginning.
(Or: Katara and Zuko trigger each other's presentations and neither of them have a clue what is happening).
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Even after all this time? by Delulugirlie4
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 May 2025
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What happens when all of a sudden three years after the war ends Katara goes missing and no one knows where she's gone?
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A Zutara fic set after the one hundred year warSeries
- Part 1 of Zutara
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Despite balance being restored, and peace mostly established, Fire Lord Zuko has resistance factions, and trouble in the colonies to deal with. With the Avatar, their friends, and a mysterious addition in the form of a palace guard, he will attempt to become the leader of a truly great, prosperous and compassionate Fire Nation, and find new love on the way.
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Dishonourable by Xanadian
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
30 Apr 2025
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Zuko stains his legacy with dishonour. Only this time, he does it willingly.
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if these wings could fly (for the rest of our lives) by myriadsandme
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Apr 2025
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A series of one-shot fics about life and relationship of Fire Lord Zuko and Fire Lady Mai.
Domestic Maiko fluff. Inspired by my old headcanons from Tumblr.Title from "Wings", by Birdy
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Just a little experience between them, that was living rent-free in my head. This is an attempt to write about how Zuko and Jet can bound over small things and learn to trust each other, with some character analysis for Jet.
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Loose Ends by aithusahasnowings (foxinsocks)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
25 Apr 2025
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Sokka barely escapes the Dai Li and Lake Laogai while searching for Appa. Wounded and battling an infection, he stumbles his way straight into the Jasmine Dragon and into the arms of Zuko and Iroh.
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What if Zuko comes to the South Pole and notices the Avatar is not a 112 year old master of the four elements, but a child who immediately gives himself over to protect a village.
Aang, throwing sticks in people's brain gears since 2005.
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The Apothecary’s Blight by PhantomNyktos
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
24 Apr 2025
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Kanasu always knew this day would come. As the daughter of two countries at war, she was never truly safe in the Fire Nation. Her dad had tried to protect her, but when she’s finally discovered, she is forced to flee the home that refused to claim her.
Just when it feels like even the ocean is against her too, she is saved by the prince of the very nation she‘s running from.
She fights him at every turn, challenging his beliefs and patience. But as days pass, the lines between captor and captive blur. The tides are shifting, and for the first time in his life, Zuko wonders if he'll burn in the flames of rage or let the water pull him somewhere new.
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Like Exhaling, It Never Ends by ManyGayUmbrellas
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
22 Apr 2025
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The burns are deep. Aang frets over them as he keeps watch, the smallest flame cupped in his palms, too small to do any damage. Zuko assures him that this–this is not all that comes from fire.
(Tries not to remember how exactly skin smells when it begins to burn, flake away.)
Or: Zuko doesn't choose Azula during the Crystal Catacombs.
Or or: His sacrifice and everything that comes after.
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A betrayal. A murder. A mother willing to do the unthinkable to save her son.
In a single night, Ursa changes Zuko’s fate forever. With the weight of her decision marking every step, the prince is cast into an uncertain future, far from everything he once knew.
But destiny does not forget. And fire, no matter how far it is cast away, always finds a way to burn.
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The Mother of Faces took one look at Zuko’s scarred face, and offered him a gift. AU.
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- Part 2 of Avatar and the Four Nations AUs
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Book One: Fire by kategonerogue
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
15 Apr 2025
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"Long ago, if the stories were true, the Fire Isles used to be a great nation. An empire where you could walk down the streets without passing a frozen corpse, its eyes glaring at you as it thawed out in the heat of Agni's rays.
No one dared hope for that nation to return.
Not after the Ocean Empire attacked."
Zuko mines obsidian under a burning sun while Azula trains under their poisonous father, determined to return the blood her brother once spilled for her. When they uncover the Avatar—a boy the Ocean Empire will stop at nothing to destroy—they become fugitives in a world where ice hides more than smoke, blood is a weapon, and honor is a ghost long dead.
Across the sea, Princess Katara is desperate to capture the Avatar to prove she's more than just a pretty face to her family and Empire. But beneath her ice lies growing doubt, and beside her stands a man who has betrayed a nation once before.
In a world broken by a century long war, trust is game of roulette that can take your hand or your life, and honor is just one candlestick jump away from immolation.
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OR character switch AU where the Fire Nation was defeated and Azula and Zuko found Aang instead of Sokka and Katara :)