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Zuko does what he’s always done; he keeps going. There isn’t much of a choice for someone who was lucky to be born — you really can’t do anything unless you’re prepared to do it against the odds. He’d gotten used fairly quickly. Even so, it was getting harder by the day to keep going. He’d always thought that sometime, in the end, it would pay off. There would come a time after the fight, grueling work rewarded by rest and recognition. An end, or at least a respite, or an upturn of some sort. He still clung desperately to that idea. Losing sight of it felt like death.
Or: An alternative timeline of events in which some things are just slightly different, the timing is slightly off, and in turn the characters make vastly different choices. The story diverges from canon halfway through season 2 and Zuko joins the Gaang early under different and far less heroic circumstances. Heed the tags and warnings.
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The Ugly Years Of Being A Fool by ecslipse
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Dec 2025
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Zuko is trying. He really is.
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In the order; Zuko has a mental breakdown. Tries to ignore the reality and convinces himself of lies. Later tries to have a talk with Captain Jee but misunderstands everything because of his social constipation. And he tries to do ninja moves even though he can barely walk properly. Did I mentioned he stealed from the pirates?
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- Part 3 of Seasons In The Sun
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- English
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- 5,340
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- 1/2
- Kudos:
- 3
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- 100
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In the Dawn of All My Layers by chavahlah (howlpropaganda)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Nov 2025
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Political unrest is rife in the Southern Water Tribe. Katara hopes that Fire Lord Zuko's visit during the Glacier Spirits' Festival will be fruitful, but she seriously doubts it. In the middle of celebrations, the Glacier Spirits themselves wreak havoc on Wolf Cove, and even Aang can't seem to calm them down.
On the far East side of the South, things aren't much better. A dreadful famine has set over the village of Glacier Combe, and the Chief's daughter Yanagi ventures into the barren ice floats at the first sign of spring.
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looking for a creation myth (ended up with a pair of cracked lips) by hesitantskeleton
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
03 Oct 2024
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(PODFIC VERSION)
The ever-pressing weight of life and being alive is... a lot. Zuko's life is falling around him, and he's not really sure how to continue.
Sokka's life is debatably great. His friend just fell in love with his other friend, he got an A+ on his calculus final, and his favourite bakery just started serving drinks.
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Or, Zuko needs a reason to keep going. Sokka takes one look at this wet flop of a cat and decides that he needs friends.Series
- Part 2 of Creation Myths
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looking for a creation myth (ended up with a pair of cracked lips) by hesitantskeleton
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
25 Sep 2024
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The ever-pressing weight of life and being alive is... a lot. Zuko's life is falling around him, and he's not really sure how to continue.
Sokka's life is debatably great. His friend just fell in love with his other friend, he got an A+ on his calculus final, and his favourite bakery just started serving drinks.
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Or, Zuko needs a reason to keep going. Sokka takes one look at this wet flop of a cat and decides that he needs friends.Series
- Part 1 of Creation Myths
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The narrow path to safety by Myth0mania
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
07 May 2024
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Zuko's Story of fleeing a war-ridden country, while telling Sokka about his past.
Continuation of "No one ever said you have to walk this road alone"
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- Part 2 of Walking on the sky
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After the events of "Zuko Alone" the Fire Prince, disheartened from another rejection, rides himself into the middle of nowhere, and decides to wait out his life.
Agni becomes distressed by his Chosen's loss of morale, and how far he's veered off of the path set for him.
So, Agni decides to set him straight.
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Prince Zuko is in exile from the Fire Nation. If he wishes to return, he must capture the Avatar. His journey begins, in order to restore his honor.
At least, that's what people believe his intention is..
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- Part 1 of Real Honor
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"I am Wan Shi Tong, He Who Knows Ten Thousand Things, and this is my library, my domain," he answered instead, "Who are you, mortal?"
The boy hesitated but answered, "I... was Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. My... the Fire Lord has banished me, with no recourse to return."
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На плечі Зуко звалюється багато обов'язків — навіть забагато для настільки юного та недосвіченого хлопця. Його переслідують страшні та деструктивні думки, але чи він дійсно настільки самотній, як йому здається?
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A Silence Louder Then Words by the_crazy_fandom_lady
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
03 May 2023
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Zuko has been traveling the world for three years now and he hasn't found the Avatar. He is starting to give up hope as he hides his fathers shame under layers of cloth and a hooded cloak but the feeling of burning flesh remains. will his father even let him back if he dose find the Avatar? Only time will tell.
a Mute Zuko AU also includes lots of Blue Spirt Stuff but thats not until latter
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zuko wakes sokka up during a particularly hard night battling with his brain.
tw for mentions of self-harm so be careful friends
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When Zuko's injured by an assassin who failed to take his life, he's saved by a boy who claims his name is 'Kuzon', the more he gets to know Kuzon, the more he starts to spiral into contemplation and fear of things he's wished to never think about. his sexuality and wanting to marry for love and not power to his bloodline as he was raised to believe was all that mattered.
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Zuko looked round the room wildly. A trash can stood near his velvet-draped door. He bolted for it and heaved, the contents of his stomach reminding him that he once again had not eaten dinner last night. Stringy blue half-digested liquor pooled at the bottom of the bin.
He collapsed back to lying on the ground. It had been three months since Fire Lord Zuko invaded his own city of Ni-Ban. About five months since a terrorist attack from Ni-Ban-based Fire Nation First left almost a thousand Harbor City citizens dead. Five or six years since Zuko realized his bending had dried up, giving him yet something else to keep hidden every day. Eight years since Zuko killed his younger sister Kiyi. Eleven years since Azula disappeared.
He tried to think back. When had it gotten this bad? Had he had a better grasp on things, before Kiyi died? On the day Kiyi drank the tea... what had Zuko done that morning? Had he slept in a bed the night before? Had he appreciated the smell of honeysuckle as he passed through the royal courtyard? Had he signed laws and given policy orders with faith rather than sick fear?
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Or, 13 years after Ozai's defeat, the world worse, the gaang broke up, and Zuko needs help.
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- Part 2 of Fragmenting Flames
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Zuko had never been enough.
All his life Zuko had been alone. Drifting, in a lonely universe trying to make a path for himself. If only he was stronger, if only he had worked harder, if only he could do something right in his life. Maybe he wouldn’t be in this situation, maybe he’d know what it’s like be wanted.
No matter what he did. No matter what path he chose. It would never be good enough. He’d never be good enough.
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**Please don't let the MCD tag scare you away, there is no actual MCD, one of the main characters is presumed dead for over a year**
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He eventually comes to stop in-front of their fountain, the one with the turtleducks, they had their first kiss in-front of this very fountain. "I need you here, you can't be dead, you can't leave me and our baby alone. She needs to know her father, she needs you!" He yells at the sky, hoping somehow Sokka will hear him. The moonlight shines down on him, he swears he can feel warmth coming from it.Uncle Iroh finds him there, it feels like an eternity later, bathed in moonlight, covered in tears and snot, clutching Sokka's ring in his hand, mumbling to himself between hiccuping cries.
Iroh crouches next to him, placing a gentle hand on Zuko's back, "I'm so sorry." He says, voice low and soft.
"Don't apologize to me, uncle, he's not d-d-dead. He cannot be dead, I would feel it i-if he was." Zuko cries.
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Katara notices him before he notices her.
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(Mis)Adventures of Zuko and Toph by lets_support_frogs
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
25 Apr 2021
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Following the end of the war, the gaang splits up to continue their lives in times of peace. With everyone going their own ways and Toph the only one still at the Fire Nation place (as she didn't want to return home) becomes closer friends with Zuko during this time as she decides how to pass on the skill of metal bending. She refuses to leave him alone as she watches him sink into depression at the idea of being abandoned by everyone again. Considering they have one eye and two braincells that Zuko doesn't know how to use and Toph has never tired to use between them, their friendship causes mishaps as well as growth and support as they visit each other on various occasions usually resulting in Toph making a lot of enemies as she tries to drag the Fire Lord away from his duties. Then mix a solid amount of Zuko angst into that and here we go, this thing.
Zuko and Toph just vibe in this and have no thoughts head empty, they have the very close sibling dynamic, not dating.In which Zuko has far too much trauma and receives love and affection from his odd group of friends and a therapist because lets be honest, he needs one.
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Finally Safe to Crumble by Pumpkin (TheSelfieOfDorianGray)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
29 Dec 2020
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Zuko has finally made it to a safe home with his uncle, but now that he’s out of harms way, he has to face the trauma.
It’s not much, but his friends decide to give him a night to indulge in self love and self care.
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It's been over a year she's been trying to help him.