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happiness (that's all rolled up in you) by sooperlative
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
17 Jan 2024
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Zuko smiles at her again. It’s a bright, shiny, wonderful thing that makes his eyes twinkle. A child of Agni, as his people would say; one who shall light the way by the sheer force of his grin alone.
Ridiculous. Absurd. Beautiful. Katara has to squash the brief, incessant urge to freeze the rice and dab the starchy ice against her searing face.
“Okay,” he replies, and he just keeps looking at her, chopsticks hanging limp from his fingers. “We’re a team, Katara. It’s as simple as that.”Katara likes Zuko.
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"You see me."
And somehow, that makes all the difference.
(Podfic version now available!)
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- Part 1 of a moment to be real
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This was enjoyable and really sweet. I wish I read it at the start of my Zutara journey, I feel like that is when I would have gotten the most out of this but still. Very lovely and interesting. The one with the healing via blood bending.
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Katara knew it was supposed to remain only a temporary solace — a little warmth before the final battle, a handful of stolen nights that should be easy to forget. But with every touch, it becomes not just solace, but a need.
Secret meetings, quiet words in the dark, hesitant first touches that quickly turn into hunger — and both of them realize: “temporary” is never that simple.This story is a rewrite of Book 3, starting from “The Southern Raiders.”
It runs alongside canon, taking its events into account, but shows the moments we never saw — the ones I wish had been there.In simple terms: a hidden romance in the shadow of Sozin’s Comet, a first experience that grows into dependence, and a friendship that turns into something much more.
All the spicy chapters are marked with a * in the title.
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Aang, Katara, Soka, Toph, Zuko and occasionally Suki, and all the messed up family shenanigans that ensue. All unrelated one-shots, featuring all of the Gaang and occasionally just some of it. Takes place anywhere between canon and post-canon.
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"a moment to be real" is a series of standalone, multi-chapter stories that explore the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender after the events of "The Southern Raiders".
Book 1: i'm still here
Book 2: something you build- Words:
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Best thing I’ve read this year. Hands down. Hasn’t updated the sequel since 2020 though unfortunately
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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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This takes place after the events of the Southern Raiders.
After facing Yon Rah, Katara is still feeling too broken to go back to the others. Zuko offers a reprieve in the form of a short journey to small family cabin that they can stay at for another day, so she can have any extra privacy she needs.
They talk out some feelings, and Zuko offers something Katara hasn't had in a long time, the space to be fully herself.Series
- Part 4 of Zutara Week 2025
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Yon Rha is defeated. Kya is avenged.
If she repeats it to herself long enough, enough times, if she clutches her necklace tightly enough, then maybe she'll be able to believe it.
It's over. Yon Rha is defeated.
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Atla whumptober 2025 by Crunchy_grapes51
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
08 Oct 2025
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Katara is having a hard time navigating her grief. Luckily, her best friend is there to help her.
(takes place at the end of the southern raiders ep)
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Something pushes at the edges of Zuko’s consciousness. He remembers all those moments with Katara, the moments of shared silence where she waited, patiently, until he was ready to talk. He remembers how she pulled each little truth from his lips with just her gentle gaze and her willingness to listen without judgment. He remembers how they learned to trust again, in the simple breaths where truth became reality, where he talked and she listened. He looks at her again, sees the gentleness in her eyes, and knows it is time. He’s ready.
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"She nods into his chest, and Zuko pulls away, but holds her by the shoulders and meets her gaze, gold boring into blue. 'But this I know is true,' he says. 'There is no one else I trust with my life than you, Katara. And you’re the one I want by my side when I bring my treacherous sister to her knees'"
"Zuko turns to Katara with fear in his heart. He doesn’t know how to tell her that he wants her safe, that no matter what he’ll protect her, that he’ll die to make sure she survives, but he doesn’t know how"
"He whispers, 'Thank you, Katara,' and when she says 'I think I’m the one who should be thanking you,' he thinks he’s fallen in love for the first time"
"He breathes, and takes their hands, placing their entwined fingers on his burn. 'I’d take the heat of a thousand suns for you, Katara,' he whispers, the truth of his words burning deep into his skin, deeper than his scars. 'You must know that.'"
"He wants to tell her he loves her. He wants to tell her that she is his Azure Dragon, that she’s the one person in the world he wants by his side"
"'It’s your life, your love to give out. Never let anyone take it from you. Only you have the power to give it'"
“I’ve never been more sure in my entire life,” he says. “Katara, there is no one else I want by my side. Please, say you’ll stay with me. Please.”
"She looks at him, really looks at him. She’s quiet for a moment. 'I don’t love Aang,' she says. She rests a hand on Zuko’s cheek, caressing his scar lovingly. 'Because I love you. I’ve always loved you, Zuko,' she whispers, and it feels like coming home. It's always been you"
"'You love me,' she whispers. He leans in, kisses her softly, tasting their future on her tongue. 'Truth'"
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Katara struggles to determine what is right and wrong, and Zuko offers her words of wisdom and comfort.
A two-shot take on what happened post-Southern Raiders and pre-Ember Island Players.
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A series of seven unrelated one-shots written for Sokka Week 2020.
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The Picture in My Head (is Not What's On the Page)
Yue suggests Sokka write down the stories of his travels, only to find out he's been keeping a secret from everyone.
They're Counting On You by Pippinpaddleopsicopolis (Barnable)
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The Gaang goes out to the marketplace for a shopping day. Suki and Sokka catch a moment between his sister and their resident jerkbender.
(Zutara Week 2021, Day 3: Glowing)
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- Part 3 of Z/K Week 2021
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i'm still here (the official adaptation) by owedbetter
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
25 Nov 2021
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An adaptation of "i'm still here" by owedbetter.
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- Part 2 of a moment to be real
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Poetic
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"You didn’t kill that man … why not?”
Because she wouldn’t. It wasn’t because she was fundamentally good and infallible, and it wasn’t because she was weak. She wouldn’t, because that was not who she was.
It felt like a revelation somehow.
But the world didn’t stop and applaud. The night didn’t hold its breath. The fire burned on, eating away at kindling.
Or, Zuko and Katara, after the Southern Raiders, finally have a conversation.
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- Part 15 of Tales of the Gaang
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The Weight Between Us by Crunchy_grapes51
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Oct 2025
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A Fire Nation patrol finds them before dawn. The explosion leaves Zuko broken, half-conscious, and still trying to apologize for sins Katara no longer knows how to name.
In a hidden ravine, with nothing but her bending and her anger, Katara fights to keep him alive.
Healing shouldn’t feel like forgiveness — but maybe, for one night, it does.
Day 6- let me help you
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- Part 5 of Atla whumptober 2025
- Part 6 of Whumptober 2025- multi fandom
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Where the River Meets the Fire by ficandferal
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Oct 2025
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After “The Southern Raiders,” Katara doesn’t stop at finding Yon Rha; she learns to hold and to release.
One night folds the eclipse and the comet into a single edge, and Zuko chooses to stand exactly where her mercy is hardest.
Blood, river, ash, and the heat of a boy who learned to breathe like a vow.[ONE SHOT]
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After a summer storm hits, Zuko, Sokka, and Momo get separated from the rest of the group. As they look for shelter and await their rescue, the two boys take the first step to confronting the feelings they have long harbored for each other — with the help of a certain little winged lemur.
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- Part 1 of Follow the Winged Lemur