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1. The Shark In Your Waters by Laterata

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

   • Mature
   • Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   09 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Iroh & Zuko (Avatar)
   • Iroh/crippling guilt
   • Zuko/his myriad of issues he refuses to acknowledge
   • Zuko & Zuko's Crew (Avatar)
   • The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar)
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Iroh (Avatar)
   • Jee (Avatar)
   • Zuko's Crew (Avatar)
   • Katara (Avatar)
   • Aang (Avatar)
   • Sokka (Avatar)
   • Zhao (Avatar)
   • referenced Zhao/Zuko
   • Rape Aftermath
   • Rape Recovery
   • or the lack thereof. This is Zuko we're talking about after all
   • explicit descriptions of rape aftermath
   • Mpreg | Male Pregnancy
   • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
   • Omega Zuko (Avatar)
   • Attempted Abortion
   • Vomiting
   • Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
   • giving Zuko a little breakdown. as a treat
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Partially Blind Zuko (Avatar)
   • Partially Deaf Zuko (Avatar)
   • Self-Harm
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Morally Ambiguous Iroh (Avatar)
   • "he had a complicated past" yeah he sure fucking did buddy
   • Iroh loves Zuko but that doesn't stop him from using his nephew as a pawn to try and fix the world their family broke
   • he's oblivious to how much Zuko's already been used against his will
   • Animal Death
   • Graphic Description of Corpses
   • coming soon: war crimes!
   • Zuko Whump (Avatar)
   • Sexism
   • Homophobia
   • giving Jee a boyfriend 2k25
   • Spirits
   • Blue Spirit Zuko (Avatar)
   • Zuko (Avatar) Needs a Hug
   • Zuko Needs Therapy (Avatar)
   • is he going to get either? probably not
   • Creepy Zhao (Avatar)

   Summary

   Zuko had scrubbed the smell of sex and blood of himself, but that didn’t stop it from clinging to the inside of his nose. Could the others smell it? Could they taste his shame in the back of their throats too?

   Irrationally, Zuko wanted to crawl inside himself. Peel those watching eyes off him; don’t look at me! They knew, somehow. They could see it on him. Some kind of tell, some stain he couldn’t see or wash away.

   What if they all knew? Laughing behind his back at what he’d given up just for a fraction of a chance to get his honor back.

   What honor? Any scrap he’d had left after the Agni Kai was lost the moment he spread his legs for Zhao.

   They could all see it, couldn’t they?

   Zuko wondered if he could ever be rid of the things Zhao did to him.

   ---

   Zuko deals with the aftermath.
   He goes about it the same way he deals with every other shitty thing in his life: with gritted teeth, stubborn pride, and a whole lot of yelling.

   Series

   • Part 2 of handgranade hearts

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   59,255

   Chapters:

   8/15

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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