#atla:no avatar

[awanderingmuse-ficrec]

Southern Lights

Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender

Author: coulrwhirled

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Violence, Sexual Content, Non-con/dub/con, Strong Language, Alcohol

Word Count: 723,572

Pairings: Zutara, Maiko

Characters: Katara, Zuko, Aang, Toph Beifong, Suki, Mai, Ty Lee, Iroh, Ozai, Ursa, Azula, The Gaang, Sokka 

Tags: everyone is a little ooc at first, and aged up, because smut, don't read if you don't like smut, plot too, Lots of plot, Dark!Katara, angsty!zuko, aang is a precious cinnamon roll, toph stays a bamf, minor canon pairings, Eventual Zutara, and zutara smut, slooooow burn tho, because zutara endgame hurts so good, alternate universe: pre-canon divergence, canon events sort of happen under different circumstances, Political Drama, Social Commentary, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, idiots to lovers

A world where the Avatar has disappeared from memory. Where Sozin’s Conquest was successful. Where the unsteady order of the empire is threatened as members of the royal family are picked off one by one and lines are slowly drawn in the sand.

One last chance for peace forces an unlikely alliance between a homesick waterbender, a carefree Air Nomad, a runaway Earth Kingdom heiress, and the fire lord's inscrutable son. Together they must learn to shed old enmities and become the balance they seek to restore to the world.

OR:

The avatar has four heads.

x

[["Remember, Katara, you are the ocean made flesh. Kya's voice is a whisper now, echoing all around her, and all fires bow to the sea."]]

[awanderingmuse-ficrec]

kintsug (Series)

Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender

Author: discordiansamba, @discordiansamba​

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Strong Language, Violence, Child Abuse

Word Count:  95,014

Characters: Zuko, Toph Beifong, Lao Beifong, Poppy Beifong, Yu, Mai, Ty Lee, Iroh, Ozai, Azula, Xin Fu, Original Characters

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, toph didn't get her field trip so she gets to hog zuko for three whole years, Ozai Being a Terrible Parent

au in which a banished for good zuko ends up being hired by the beifongs to watch over their daughter- or, zuko and toph never took that field trip in canon so now she gets to hog him for three whole years.

kintsugi

After his ill-fated Agni Kai, Zuko is cast out of the Fire Nation without even so much as a hope of returning. Dumped on Earth Kingdom shores, he's forced to come to terms with the fact that his father likely wants him dead- and that maybe the Fire Nation was never that great to begin with.

That's the painful part.

The weird part? The weird part is breaking into a nobleman's manor in order to steal food, getting caught and then being hired to protect (babysit) said nobleman's blind daughter. Then again... maybe it's exactly what he needs right now.

(or, toph never got her field trip so now she gets to hog zuko for three whole years)

of earth and fire

In which Zuko's first few days in the Beifong household are interesting to everyone involved, but none more so than to Zuko himself.

(or, zuko learns to adjust and learns toph's just as big a liar as he is)

those left behind

Iroh returns to the Fire Nation to unpleasant rumors, and makes a decision.

in which lying and acting are the same thing really

Zuko's never been a liar. That's always been Azula's thing. But now that he's living in enemy territory, he literally has no choice- and the guilt is starting to get to him.

Toph's never had a choice when it comes to acting- she has to, because the girl her parents think she is doesn't exist. She doesn't feel guilty about it at all, not really.

(or, sometimes a liar and an actor are exactly what the other needs)

two kids in an underground fight pit

What happens in the underground fight pit, doesn't always necessarily stay in the underground fight pit.

(in which Zuko and Toph spar with each other, go watch a Rumble, have their first fight, and figure out friendship on the way.)

two birthdays in the earth kingdom

Toph marks her first birthday since Li came into her life, which to her, is a gift enough already.

Zuko marks his first birthday since his exile with the fevered realization that maybe family has found him.

(or, toph and zuko grow a year older and maybe just a little wiser)

earth rumble five

It's time for Earth Rumble Five, and Toph Beifong has one mission- to prove that she really is the greatest earthbender in the world.

Zuko's just along for the ride.

turtleduck

While shopping in the market, Zuko spots something unexpected.

two kids loose in ba sing se (what will they do)

Before, Lao Beifong would have never considered bringing Toph with him to Ba Sing Se. It just wasn't safe.

It turned out your daughter having her own personal bodyguard changed things.

(or, long feng gets a headache)

[awanderingmuse-ficrec]

shu 

Two Drama Queens Loose on a Shirshu (Series)

Fandom: Aavatar the Last Airbender

Author: mindbending, 

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Child Abuse, Major Injury, Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Alcohol Use, Violence towards Animals

Word Count:  42,822

Characters: Zuko, June, Nyla, Original Characters, Iroh, Chit Sang, Combustion Man, Toph Beifong

Tags: Mental Health Issues, Zuko's Scar, Trauma, medical treatment, Hurt Zuko, Alcohol, Past Child Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, but june's doing the comforting, so it involves theft, and fistfights, and impersonation, june adopts zuko au, Podfic Available, Injury Recovery, Humor, Angst, now featuring arm wrestling, some light poison, and taxes, Animal POV, shirshu paws as security blankets, also?this fic is the angstiest one so far, there’s a full-blown tragedy going on in the background, though nyla wouldn’t know, nyla just wanted a snack, also, light references to humans being tasty, also!, there’s an honor jar, like a swear jar but for honor, Angst and Humor, Firebending & Firebenders, zuko: STOP TELLING PEOPLE I'M DEAD, azula: sometimes I can still hear his voice..., light references to underage drinking in that zuko shouldn't try it, he's bad enough sober, also featuring baby’s first attempt at makeup, emphasis on “attempt”, Libraries, saving the world one scroll at a time, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Presents, Cultural Differences, not pictured: zuko buys himself a thesaurus, Bounty Hunters, Secret Identity, Makeup, Detectives, Violence Towards Animals, violence towards nyla's poor nostrils, can you spot the memes, Circus, Animal Abuse, Excessive Drinking, june and kyoshi have the same voice actor and i think that’s cool

June (plus Nyla) adopts Zuko AU.

Like a Baby Shirshu

Despite the fever and the barely-healed burn scar, the boy’s fast. June avoids his blade, but still he jams his limbs into her, desperate to scratch and kick and bite off her hand…

(Just like a baby shirshu, spitting poison from behind the bars of its cage. The comparison shouldn't be so endearing.)

Or: the AU where Zuko flees the palace after his Agni Kai, running right into Nyla and June.

Biting Off More Than You Can Chew

“So,” the nurse says with a murderous smile, “you obtained a recently traumatized twelve-year-old child.”

“He really might be older than that,” mutters June.

“Then you gave him a long lecture on how the world’s full of dangerous opponents who might commit violence against him at any time.”

“That’s nothing he didn’t know already...”

“And then, to initiate combat practice, you tossed a knife at his face.”

“I said ‘catch!’”

Okay, so maybe someone should’ve stopped June from adopting a kid.

The Shirshu Adoption Process

Humans are a marvel. They come in a million different flavors.

(A shirshu’s viewpoint on adopting a firebender.)

The Firebending Masters

“So,” June observes casually, “you just waltzed in tonight and declared yourself king.”

Turns out Kuzon isn't a half-bad dictator.

Library Drama

Chit Sang didn’t lie to June, when he said he’d angered the Fire Lord simply by misfiling a library scroll. But under the neat words, there’s more to the story. There always is.

3 Times Zuko Gets a Gift (+1 Time He Gets One)

Kuzon doesn’t like his present.

June’s never giving anyone anything ever again.

She pulls herself off that cliff to inspect his expression more carefully. He doesn’t dislike it, necessarily; he’s just staring at it like it’s terrifying beyond his comprehension.

(Which is the reaction it should inspire in strangers, sure, but not in him.)

Dead Hawk: Do Not Eat

Kuzon's first hunt will be a safe, sensible affair. Really.

The Biggest Payday

When the Beifongs’ young, fragile daughter is kidnapped, it’s up to June and Zuko to stage a dramatic rescue.

Panda Dragons

June has good luck with strays.