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the-last-cuddlebender · 4 years

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Bigger Than the Bad Guys

“Bumi, I am very disappointed in you.” “I know…” “You could have been killed. You deliberately disobeyed me. And what’s worse, you put Kya in danger.”

...Even Auntie Toph had told them to stay away from the bad-place in the city. And Auntie Toph never told them not to do something. Bumi just wanted to be brave like Daddy and make his Mama smile again…

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A/N: This is exactly what you think it is because f*ck me if DadMufasa!Aang and ToddlerSimba!Bumi in post-atla/pre-tlok are not so wholesome that I damn well might perish.

(very lightly edited because I was in a mood but mehhhh)

Rating: G (W for wholesome)

Words: 4,572

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Kya was having second thoughts, and Bumi would be lying if he said he wasn’t, too.

They’d been walking for forever in the almost pitch-black. It was really stinky, too, even by his standards, and the heavy air pressed against him like it was squishing him smaller and smaller as the tunnel got bigger and deeper. The damp stuck to his skin in a greasy film.

He couldn’t count how long they’d been walking—he couldn’t count a lot at all since he didn’t know all his numbers—but it was long enough to make him hungry.

It was also long enough for Daddy’s concerned face and Mama’s teary shouts to become clearer and clearer in his memory. The mind-picture made his chest itch like something was stuck there, and he kept swallowing and itching it like he might be able to dig it out.

It didn’t work. But for Kya, he pretended it did. He tried to walk like Daddy.

He wasn’t second-guessing their mission, of course. That was the utmost priority. Mama and Daddy had been worrying over the bad guys from ‘the underground’ for so, so long…

It made Bumi almost as frustrated as it made him sad.

He didn’t understand for the life of him why their parents didn’t go to ‘the underground’ with Auntie Toph and Uncle Sokka to beat the bad guys up and get it over with.

They were the bravest heroes ever.

And it wasn’t like ‘the underground’ was hard to find.

It was underground.

Duh.

Granted, he and Kya had to go through the old bad-place that Daddy had been helping Auntie Toph ‘clear out’.

Mama had told him—before his and Kya’s planning phase—that they weren't allowed to follow Daddy to his Avatar-work near that place.

Bumi didn’t understand why she was so serious.

Her or Daddy.

Especially Daddy.

The even worse part was that their father had smiled while he made them promise not to go to the bad-place. Then he had taken them for ice-cream, and Mama let them jump in the deep end of the oasis to practice their swimming.

Then Daddy paced throughout the night, and Bumi heard through his door (if he pressed his ear so hard it hurt) that Mama stayed up with him and talked with him in the gentle way she did when he or Kya had nightmares.

It made Bumi’s heart hurt in the ache-y way his lungs did when Kya dunked him in the water for too long and got in trouble for it.

He didn’t want Daddy and Mama to hide frowns with fake smiles anymore.

They were being brave, though. They always were.

‘The underground’ was a really, really big bad, after all.

But Bumi and Kya could be brave, too.

And their mission would help their parents way more than the extra hugs and kisses they’ve been giving them.

Maybe, after he and Kya return as brave heroes, Daddy and Mama will sleep instead of fidget and whisper when he and Kya curl in bed with them.

Bumi sighed. Kya held his arm a bit tighter. His sister didn’t care what people thought; if she was scared, she showed it.

Bumi wouldn’t admit that he was, though. Mama and Daddy wouldn’t. Especially not to Kya. Especially especially when his Sissy held his arm with both hands as their torch burned to its wick. He was teetering on a razor’s edge between thrill and terror, and he made himself smile at her even when his stomach felt all float-y.

Because even Auntie Toph had told them to stay away from the bad-place. And Auntie Toph never told them not to do something.

But Bumi could be brave like her, too. And Uncle Sokka.

He will be.

He and Kya were brave just like Daddy and Mama.

Plus, Bumi had his new knife that Uncle Zuko gave him for his birthday, so he was prepared for anything.

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Bumi lost his knife and their torch as soon as he saw the first bad guy. His hands shook so much—the bad guy was so big—that he dropped them.

Kya could at least waterbend. He saw her (try to) push and pull the water with Mama the last time they swam in the deep end of the oasis.

If there was any water down here, then maybe she could have made them slip.

They ran. They hit a dead end. Bumi’s limbs were long enough. He could climb up into the next tunnel.

His sister’s weren’t. Kya’s whimpered panting—her lungs weren’t as big as his, either—broke free her first sob as she clawed the wall and kept slipping down.

She looked at him like Mama had when she watched him fall off the roof without knowing until she raced to the bottom that Daddy was there to catch him.

It made his insides turn to slush, and Kya’s small cry put daggers in his lungs.

His Sissy was terrified.

Bumi was almost just as scared, but he jumped back to the enemy-laden ground and glared like he was about to beat their butts all at once, just like Mama did in the stories Auntie Toph told them when their parents weren’t watching.

His Sissy’s tight grip on the bottom of his shirt—she had only ever held on to Daddy’s robes, and only if she was really, really scared—gave Bumi the strength to hold on to the last string holding his shaking limbs together.

His sister was smaller than him. He would not leave her, and he would not let the bad guys hurt her.

No matter how big the fourth bad guy was.

Or the eighth.

Or the twelfth.

Kya’s back hit the wall before Bumi’s did, and she slid to the ground. Bumi stood in front of her. The bad guys painted the wall with the inky cloaks of their shadows. Bumi was a broken leaf between his sister and a pack of devils who jeered new no-no words that, even though he didn’t know what they meant, by the way they said them to his Sissy gave him the feeling that even Auntie Toph wouldn’t use them.

The bad guys stepped closer. Bumi tried to stand like Daddy did a year ago when the other bad man and broke a hole through Kya’s wall and hurt Mama.

Daddy had stood over all of them in the middle of a storm of stone and fire and arrows and didn’t move an inch. He broke apart boulder after fireball like they were nothing as they waited for Auntie Toph and Uncle Sokka to get there.

Bumi’s legs shook, and he sucked in a breath and held it like maybe the air would keep him afloat and on his feet when his legs gave out.

Auntie Toph and Uncle Sokka weren’t coming this time.

Or Daddy and Mama.

Bumi and Kya were alone.

Bumi’s heart raced so fast that it felt like it was vibrating more than it was beating. He stopped breathing a while ago. His lungs were shriveling up and hiding in his throat like they were even scared-er than his Sissy.

Kya was crying on her knees behind him. She was shaking, too—he felt it from where she grasped his calf.

One of the bad guys had grabbed her arm the first time they cornered them. Bumi had bitten him and ran as far as he could while he dragged Kya behind him.

Now the bad guy was earthbending a boulder the size of Bumi six-times-over, and they all glared at him and his Sissy with smiles that were hungry to kill them.

They were big. So, so much bigger than him. Bumi barely reached his head to their mid-thigh on his tip-toes.

He was small.

Too small.

Bumi wanted to cry. His eyes did, too. They were hot and sting-y, and tears made his picture of the bad guys all blurry.

He couldn’t cry. He made a vow with Uncle Sokka not to cry unless he deserved it.

Kya was crying because she was hurt.

He had gotten them into this mess. He had no right to free himself of the sea-prune-sized sob choking him.

Bumi bared his teeth. His voice broke, but he didn’t let his tears fall.

“S-Stay away! I-I—‘M w-wa’rn’ yous!”

Kya held onto him tighter like she was deluded by his voice into some feeling of reassurance.

“Or what? You gonna throw dirt at us?”

“Daddy’s not here to save you, brat.”

Bumi swallowed. He would have been sick if he had eaten lunch.

One of the bad guys had his knife. He reached to grab one of them, and Bumi used the last of his strength to move in front of him and puff out his chest.

He still didn’t cry.

The wall adjacent exploded in a shower of earth.

The howling boom and hiss of all elements clashing were terrifying enough to bring more tears to Bumi’s eyes yet familiar enough to keep him from crying.

Bumi threw himself over his little sister. Kya held him so tight it hurt. Dirt and rocks hit his back, and heat threatened to blister his skin even through his clothes. His Sissy screamed, and it sounded like she was calling for Mama.

He held Kya tight. He closed his eyes even tighter.

He didn’t open them even when Daddy, out of breath and smelling of ash and earth, slid to his knees before them and herded his whimpering, shivering children into the protective circle of his arms with soft coos and gentle assurances.

Bumi knew it was him; he heard the smile in his voice.

Daddy’s shadow swallowed them both like a too-big cloak. He patted them down from head to toe, muttering to himself between kisses to their faces and dozens of jumbled concerns before relaxing, a mountain leaving his shoulders as he sagged over them. He smiled like he might cry—Bumi felt it from where Daddy pressed his trembling lips against his cheek.

Daddy rubbed their backs and kissed their foreheads as he gently, but urgently, pressed between their shoulders to encourage them to his chest. Bumi and Kya were too filled with panicked goo to move on their own, otherwise.

Daddy crouched closer, as unmoving and safe as an iron shield but inviting like his smile would blind anyone who would do them harm. He curled deeper on his knees and bent around so he had to look up at them. He made himself small, like them, and he was smiling that smile that drove instinct to herd themselves into his arms.

Bumi still hadn’t opened his eyes, though. He heard the smile in Daddy’s voice. It was safe.

Bumi clutched his father’s robes, and he breathed again. Daddy was safe. His scent and his voice and his touch wrapped them in a bubble that unwound their grip on each other and massaged away the primal fear that had them flinching wherever he had first touched them. Now they leaned into him like they were trapped in a frozen shell and his hands were torches. Even the air around Daddy bled comfort into them; it was as potent as the sleepy-shots Mama used to help people feel better.

Bumi and Kya latched onto him like they were built to be there, and Daddy cradled them like he was made to hold them.

Bumi melted against his chest like he was sinking into warm water. Daddy’s arms were stronger than the ones that had hurt his Sissy.

Daddy was bigger than the bad guys.

He was stronger and braver, too.

He was their hero.

Bumi fisted Daddy’s robes so tightly that his hands shook and his fingers tingle. Beside him, Kya shook even harder and hiccuped little sounds that made his chest hurt and his arms itch to hug her.

Bumi still hadn’t opened his eyes. He didn’t want to open them and be in front of the bad guys again. He didn’t want to open them and suddenly be out of Daddy’s arms.

He held his father tight. Daddy held him even tighter.

Bumi didn’t open his eyes even when he smelled fresh air and heard the sounds of outside again. He tasted metal, sharp and cold, before he heard Auntie Toph. She was yelling so many no-no words that it made him cringe, and metal clanked as dozens of police-people ran by and around them.

Uncle Sokka yelled his relief and then an alert, and Mama’s voice was far away and then in his ear before Bumi took his next breath.

Her warmth hit his back and wrapped around him in a force heavier and tighter than an iron net. Mama hugged Daddy and pressed Bumi and Kya between them so snugly that all Bumi knew in that moment was his Mama, his Daddy, his Sissy, and the warm-fuzzy feeling that bubbled under his skin and felt like home.

He and Sissy grabbed tight handfuls of her dress. Mama grabbed them even tighter.

Her soft coos and million kisses lassoed his heart and broke it tame. Daddy rubbed his back and scratched his beard on his neck as he kissed his hair, Mama’s face, and Kya’s hair over and over again.

Daddy was big enough to hug them all. His voice was soft, even for him. It wound around Bumi like a warm breeze on a cold day.

Bumi kept his eyes closed. He tried to focus on Mama’s heartbeat. It was fast and light like Momo’s. Her face was wet when it pressed to his, and he tasted salt when he kissed her cheek on instinct.

Mama’s arms were comforting. Daddy’s arms were safe. Bumi wanted to have both of them again, like when Mama first appeared.

Kya whimpered. He got his wish.

He wished he hadn’t.

His Sissy was hurt.

Daddy’s arms were shaking when they held him again. His lap was warm as they rode Appa home.

Bumi’s eyes were still closed.

He only opened them when he tripped.

Mama tried to help him up, but Daddy lifted him to his feet before she could.

Bumi looked up and wished he hadn’t.

Mama was sad.

She looked hurt.

Sissy was in her arms—she looked a bit better, but she held her arm close to her chest and bit the inside of her cheek.

She was hurt, too.

Daddy’s hand was on his back and between his shoulders when Bumi could hear again.

“Katara, take Kya home.”

Bumi flinched. He’d never heard Daddy talk like that. His voice was hard and flat and forced like a piece of measured timber sawed out of the corpse of an ancient tree.

“Aang, sweetie, maybe right now isn’t—”

“Katara.” The hand on his back urged his shoulders to turn away from Mama. “Please. Take Kya home.” His voice lowered to something even more foreign. “I need to teach our son a lesson.”

His tone struck Bumi like a whip. Mama didn’t say anything. It was quiet for a while. Bumi wished he could see her, but he couldn’t think enough to even move his eyes off of the grass and setting sun that framed the ocean opposite the city.

The soft crunches as Mama walked away made the silence even heavier. The hand on his back didn’t move until she was far beyond the courtyard.

Bumi wished it wasn’t so quiet. His Daddy stood behind him, and the awareness of where he stood increased gravity ten-fold.

His father ground his teeth so hard that Bumi heard it, and he exhaled a breath that burned the air and poured smoke over the back of Bumi’s tongue.

The hand left his back. Daddy walked ahead of him. His shoulders were raised like a bristling tigerdillo, and waves of heat leaking from him and rolled over and into Bumi like thick licks of lava.

Daddy clenched his jaw and didn’t look at him.

The Avatar was mad.

“Bumi.”

His spoken name wound around him and tugged him along like a leash. The sky was pinker now, bordering on purple. Daddy’s face was bordering on red.

Bumi swallowed, but his throat wouldn’t move. The wind whipped around them and bent the tall grasses in an amber-green wave. It was cold. He hugged himself, wishing for his parents’ arms again.

The wind blew harder as they neared the cliff. Bumi slowed down. He had to lean into the wind. He had to fight it.

Daddy was unmovable even when a violent gust hit them. He didn’t even break his stride. Bumi had to crouch to keep from being blown over.

He looked up. Daddy was so much bigger than he was.

Bumi’s chest rang hollow, and something cold blossomed from his stomach and crawled into his chest like creeping fingers of ice. It curled around his heart in an unforgiving fist.

His limbs ached, filled with frozen webs. Even his breath came out cold from his closing airway.

His Daddy was a hero.

Bumi couldn’t protect his own Sissy.

“Bumi.”

Bumi flinched. He hugged himself tighter and walked towards his father, who was sitting facing the ocean with his arms and legs crossed.

Bumi swallowed. His throat burned. He crept around Daddy, passing through his shadow, to curl up beside him. The few inches between them yawned like a few oceans.

He hugged his knees and tried to think he was bigger than he was, but he had to tilt his head all the way vertical to see his father.

Daddy was tense like a loaded bow and drawn to his full sitting-height like he was ready to jump up into a fight. His arms were still crossed, but his face wasn’t bordering on red anymore. The sky had settled on a navy velvet, and Daddy’s eyes looked up instead of at him.

But then he looked down.

And Bumi wished he hadn’t.

He wished his father would have kept looking at the sky.

He wished his father would have stayed angry at him.

Because the laughter and warmth in Daddy’s eyes were muted by something sad and caged behind something upset. A frown had moved in where his smile should be—where it always was.

The hot coal in Bumi’s throat made his eyes wet, and it threatened to sear a hole in his neck.

“Bumi, I am very disappointed in you.”

His words were arrows, and Bumi hugged his legs so hard that the bony bits of his knees hurt his chest.

“I know…”

“You could have been killed.” Daddy got louder, and his words bellied something like he was choking on a hot coal, too. “You deliberately disobeyed me. And what’s worse, you put Kya in danger.”

Bumi’s tummy flipped. The night had swallowed up the day, and his father’s shadow blended into the inky night that covered Bumi and all that he saw and knew.

“I—I-I wa’...w-wa’ ju’t—” Bumi’s lip trembled, and he wiped his eyes in hurried swipes, rushing to speak his defense before Daddy yelled at him.

Daddy had never yelled before.

But Daddy had never been this angry before.

Bumi wanted to wake up already so he could sneak into Mama’s bed and fall asleep in his parents’ arms.

The Daddy beside him curled over, just a bit, making himself smaller. He waited for Bumi to catch his breath and his words; though the searing heat of his stare burned his head, his shoulders, and everywhere else he looked.

Bumi’s voice was little more than a gasp, a leak of air from a broken pipe.

“I-I was just trying to be brave like you.”

Daddy uncrossed his arms. He looked down at him in every sense and meaning of the words. He was so much bigger than Bumi. His eyes looked down at him as distant and as powerful as the stars beyond him.

“I’m only brave when I have to be. Bumi...” Daddy sighed, and he suddenly looked like he had been beaten to within an inch of his life and slapped into manacles heavier than mountains. Bumi looked away. Daddy’s eyes were still upset and sad, and the gentle bass that leaked into his voice—the deep sound that cooed him after bad dreams and whispered their inside jokes behind Mama’s back—as he said his name nearly made Bumi break his warrior-vow to Uncle Sokka to never to cry unless he deserved to. “...Bumi, being brave doesn’t mean you go looking for trouble.”

Bumi looked up and couldn’t look away. Daddy’s eyes had locked onto his own and held him like a too-tight hug.

Bumi couldn’t curl up anymore, either. His knees were bruising his chest.

He wished so badly to crawl into his father’s arms.

“B-But you’re not scared of anything.”

Daddy hesitated. Bumi didn’t notice that the wind had long since died until his father’s voice became quiet. It was hardly above a whisper.

“...I was today.”

Bumi hesitated, too. He looked at his father, who had curled over a bit more and made himself a bit smaller. Their eyes were almost on the same level. The tension in Daddy’s shoulders unwound into an almost relaxed position, and Bumi would have thought they were just sitting there and talking like they always did if not for the lack of smile on Daddy’s face.

“You...You were?”

Bumi’s voice cracked, and the small break of his words shattered the cage holding Daddy’s eyes prisoner. They were clear grey and rippled with a thousand unspoken words.

Bumi almost cried for him.

“Yes.” His father bent down some more. The hand Bumi hadn’t realized had been wrapping behind him gently curled around his shoulders. His father kissed his hair. He held there for a few seconds while he rubbed his arm.

Bumi unwound and leaned into the touch on instinct; his father lifted him into his lap. He was small, but Daddy was big, and Bumi grinned and hugged his father’s light-y-blue-arrowed arms as they pulled him close to his chest. Daddy curled over him like he was trying to mold himself into armor around him.

His warm voice was soft and small, like Bumi, and rumbled like smooth stones against Bumi’s back when he spoke. “...I thought I might lose you.”

“Oh…I’m...’M sorry, Daddy...”

Bumi dared to glance at his father. Sunshine curled across Daddy’s face in a small grin that called Bumi’s lopsided one out to greet it. His Daddy smiled wider. Grey eyes softened to a wordless ‘I love you’. He touched his brow to his and held him even tighter.

Bumi’s squirmed like he was tickled. He fiddled with one of his father’s hands like it was taking the place of his habit of twisting his shirt. Their grins fed off of each other until they were both smiling stupidly. A giggle bubbled into Bumi’s next breath and shyly bled into his words. “I guess even Daddys get scared, huh?”

“Mhm.”

Bumi sank dramatically into his father’s robes and hugged tighter the arms that were curled around him like shields. “But ya know what?” he whispered, glancing about like he was hiding behind enemy lines.

Daddy looked around just as dramatically, matching Bumi’s theatrics step-for-step like he always did. (No one else ever did, and no one else ever could.) “What?” he whispered back.

“I bet those bad guys were even scared-er.”

His father laughed, and color came back to Bumi’s world. The night felt less like a shadow and more like a blanket, especially when Daddy pulled him closer and smiled like playing with Bumi would be the only thing that would ever matter.

“That’s because nobody messes with your dad.” He laughed evilly. “C’mere, you.”

Daddy roughed his already roughed hair, but Bumi wiggled away. They were both on their feet, and the chase was on. His father’s laughter was loud and airy like happy thunder, and Bumi’s choppy giggles raced after him like sheets of rain.

The cold night became so bright with his Daddy’s smile and so warm with his father’s hugs that Bumi thought he might cry without breaking his warrior-vow to Uncle Sokka.

“Gotcha!”

And even though his Daddy was bigger—much bigger—Bumi somehow managed to catch him. He rolled him over with his little arms and sat on his shoulders like a lionbear over its kill.

They laughed some more. They laughed until it hurt to breathe, and they kept laughing until it ached to move their faces into anything but a smile.

Bumi hugged his father’s neck and smiled like accidents could never happen. He forgot why he was ever upset. There was no reason to be upset—to ever be upset.

He had his Daddy.

Bumi was small, but his Daddy was big.

And when Daddy was with him, Bumi didn’t feel small.

He felt big.

He felt bigger than the bad guys.

And besides, he had won! He had captured the Avatar and winded an airbender!

He couldn’t wait to tell Mama and Kya and everyone else this story.

“Hey, Daddy?”

Daddy caught his breath, and Bumi could hear his smile. “Mhm?”

Bumi plopped his head on his father’s and hugged around his chin. His beard scratched his hands in a familiar way. “We’re pals, right?”

Gentle thunder rumbled beneath him. “Right.”

“And we’ll always be together, right?”

His father hesitated again.

Daddy pushed up on his arms, making Bumi slide down his back. A gentle hand reached around and found the scruff of his coat, and Bumi, all-to-familiar with this maneuver of theirs, climbed around his father’s torso while Daddy sat cross-legged again. He curled his arms around his neck and tried to wind his legs around him even though they were too short to reach across his chest, let alone meet up behind his back. He was too small.

But Daddy held him close and held him up, all with one arm. His free hand rubbed his back with a few swirling scratches before hugging him close.

Bumi hugged him even closer. He pressed his face into his father’s neck and smiled into the robes that smelled like home and felt safer than a steel wall. Bumi heard his heart just like he’d heard Mama’s heartbeat earlier. Daddy’s was slower and harder, though. Like Appa’s.

“Bumi, let me tell you something that Gya—that my father once told me.” He nudged his head up. They both looked up at the sky. “Look at the stars. The bravest heroes of the past—like Mama’s mama and Uncle Zuko’s uncle—look down on us from those stars.”

“Really?” Bumi shifted his weight and held on tighter.

“Yes.”

Bumi looked at the shiny brave people. He liked the stars before. They were pretty.

Now he loved them. They were safe.

And they were always there.

They would always be there.

...But they were also so far away.

“So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those brave heroes will always be there to guide you…” Daddy held him tighter and gently rocked them.

Bumi’s eyes drooped. Daddy’s breaths were slow and strong and lifted him against his chest like the beats of large wings.

He smiled through his yawn.

Something sad moved into where the smile in Aang’s voice should be.

He kissed his son’s hair again.

“...and so will I.”

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Hope you enjoyed!:D

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snipscantread · 4 years

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A:TLA as things I’ve heard at my classic American public high school

sokka: fuck it. time to eat asbestos.

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ty lee: remember when she had schizophrenia for a week and couldn’t talk?

mai: what? do you mean strep?

ty lee: no! like she couldn’t talk, it was in her throat!

mai: that’s called strep throat, dumbass.

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aang: HOW DO MERMAIDS HAVE BABIES?????!!? HOW DO THEY SHIT???!!!!??

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azula: i hate all of you.

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toph: how are you drinking diet coke? that shit’s disgusting.

zuko: bitch...i’m diabetic.

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katara: not to slut shame zeus or anything, but what a whore!

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iroh: if all else fails, i can become a male footlocker model :D

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zuko: wait...if you’re dead...then you can’t have debt.

aang: ZUKO NO.

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toph: if you analyze a freshman’s blood, 90% of it is vape.

sokka:

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suki: charlotte from charlotte’s web could step on me and i’d say thank you.

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sokka: i can’t waste my time studying!

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toph, “looking” at her ridiculous amount of homework: i think i’m just going to do cocaine until i die.

#atla incorrect quotes #atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar incorrect quotes #meme #shitpost #incorrect quotes #crack #sokka #suki #iroh #azula #ty lee #mai #toph #aang #zuko

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stay-flaming · 4 years

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Zuko only drinks piping hot black coffee and Sokka exclusively drinks double chocolatey chip Frappuccinos with extra whipped cream. Sokka thinks Zuko’s plain black coffee is Devil Juice and Zuko thinks Sokka’s drink is diabetes in a cup.

(I firmly believe Zuko’s family to consist of “black coffee is the only real coffee” people)

#zukka #zukka atla #atla #team avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla incorrect quotes #zuko x sokka #zuko atla #sokka atla #zuko #sokka

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zukoskataraa · 4 years

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a request from @thecrazyone42! sorry this took sooo long, and thanks for the request. hope you guys like it!

prompt #9: “you’re in love with her”

ps: sokka and katara are not related in this fic!

“Just tell her already.” Sokka says to Zuko, who was in the middle of a game.

“Shut up, don’t distract me. I can’t lose.” Zuko says, avoiding the topic as he continues to game.

“Just tell her already.” Sokka says to Zuko, who was in the middle of a game.

“Shut up, don’t distract me. I can’t lose.” Zuko says, avoiding the topic as he continues to game.

“You’re such a loser.” Sokka teases as he grabs his own phone and dials a number, putting it on speakerphone.

“Who are you calling? Suki?” Zuko asks, still focused on the game. Sokka doesn’t reply, but the person on the other end of the phone does.

“Hello?” She says, her voice soft. Zuko widens his eyes, losing focus of the game.

“Hey, Katara!” Sokka says in a happy voice, looking at Zuko.

“Hey, Sokka! Is there something you need?” She asks.

“Uhhhh… Kinda, yeah. Could you meet me later at the park? Say around… 6-ish?” He says and Zuko yells.

“Dude! You’re crazy!”

“She can hear us you know.”

“What are you gonna do at the park with her?” Zuko asks, getting jealous, and game forgotten.

“Oh, you’re with Zuko? Hi, Zuko!” Katara says and Zuko’s heart melts.

“Hey, Katara!” Zuko replies.

“Just be there later, okay Katara?” Sokka says and Zuko wants to punch his friend.

“Uh, sure thing?” She says, unsure.

“Thanks! See you later.” Sokka says and hangs up.

“You’re dead.” Zuko says, fuming. Sokka laughs.

“Calm down. You’re the one going to the park, not me.” Sokka says and Zuko furrows his eyebrows, confused.

“What the fuck am I gonna do at the park?” He asks and Sokka sighs.

“My friend, you’d be so lost without me in your life.” Sokka says and Zuko just stares at him. “Dude, take her out on a date, and tell her the three words you’ve been wanting to tell her.”

“What? No.” Zuko says and Sokka sighs, massaging his temples in frustration.

“You guys aren’t a couple yet, right? But you guys hang out, a lot. Talk to each other, all the time. And you guys are so sweet that it’s gonna give me diabetes.” Sokka says. “Make it official.” Sokka simply says.

“Why would I?” Zuko asks and Sokka wants to throw Zuko across the room.

“Because, you’re in love with her. You can’t deny it. Everyone knows it, Zuko.” Sokka says and Zuko blushes. “Now, you better quit complaining and give Katara a memorable night because if you don’t, I’m gonna kill you myself.” Sokka says as he leaves Zuko’s room.

Zuko sighs and his hands start to sweat. He was nervous. Why was he getting nervous? They had been on dates before. This would just be like any other date, right? Zuko cursed as he got off of his bed, looking at the time. it was 3:45pm, and Sokka had told Katara to meet him at 6.

Zuko took a shower and changed into something casual. A polo, jeans, and sneakers. He didn’t have a plan as to what they would do during the date, but going casual was the best option. He grabbed a jacket as well, in case Katara would get cold later. It was around 4:30 when he had finished getting ready, and he headed out.

“Remember what I told you, Zuko.” Sokka says from the couch, and Zuko gives him the finger, earning a laugh from Sokka. He stopped by a flower shop to buy Katara a bouquet of roses. Zuko checked the time, and it was already 5:15. He made a quick stop to a jewelry store to buy Katara a necklace. He had chosen a simple gold necklace that had a star pendant. Zuko started getting nervous as he walked to the park. It was 5:58 by the time he arrived at the park, and Katara wasn’t there yet. Well, there was no one at the park, which he found odd. Zuko sat down on a bench, putting the bouquet beside him. He put the necklace in his jacket pocket, and sighed. The sun was starting to set, and the sky was a beautiful color of light purple, orange, and yellow.

“Hey, Zuko.” A voice interrupted his thoughts, and he nearly jumped. He turned to see Katara, smiling.

“Hey, Katara.” He smiles, looking at her outfit. She was wearing a white shirt with a plaid-patterned dress on top of it, and black stockings with boots. The stockings were unexpected, and Zuko suddenly felt hot.

“Is something wrong with my outfit?” She asks, noticing him linger on her stockings. Zuko looks up at her.

“No, no. You look very beautiful.” He says and stands up, handing her the bouquet. “These are for you.” He says and Katara smiles.

“Thank you! I love them!” She says as she takes the bouquet, giving him a peck on the cheek.

“Not a problem. So, are you hungry?” He asks, and Katara takes his hand in hers.

“Famished” She smiles and Zuko’s heart leaps. ‘She’s so cute’ he thinks to himself.

“Well, we can’t have that now, can we? Let’s get some dinner.” Zuko smiles and they walk hand-in-hand to a diner by the park. The diner had a vintage style to it, with neon lights and a jukebox. They sit down at a booth and a waitress comes up to take their orders.

“It’ll be 10 minutes til your food arrives, lovebirds.” She says as she leaves them.

“So… I thought Sokka would be the one to meet me at the park.” Katara says and Zuko chuckles.

“Yeah, well. It was a set-up. He just wanted us to go on a date.” Zuko says, then realizes what he said. “Oh! No, not a date! Just dinner.” He says and Katara giggles.

“You’re so cute when you get all flustered, you know that?” She teases him as she reaches across to pinch his cheek, and he blushes.

“I am not.” He says, pouting and she laughs. That laugh made Zuko’s heart warm. They make small talk until their food arrives, and they eat in a comfortable silence, with occasional small talk here and there. They finish eating and head out of the diner.

“Where to next?” Katara asks and Zuko thinks.

“Where do you wanna go?” He asks.

“Anywhere, as long as I’m with you.” She teases and Zuko laughs.

“How sweet.” He says as he gives her head a quick peck. They walk around, not knowing where to go. A sudden breeze passes by, making them shiver.

“Are you cold?” Zuko asks Katara.

“A little. Yeah.” She says and Zuko takes off his jacket, handing it to her. “Thanks.” She says and he takes the bouquet so she can put on the jacket. It was a little big on her, so the sleeves went past her fingers. She put her hands in the jacket’s pockets and that’s when Zuko immediately remembered the necklace. He was about to say something when Katara beat him to it.

“Oh, what’s this?” Katara asks, taking out the necklace. Zuko blushes.

“Well, there goes the surprise.” He says, and Katara raises an eyebrow. He clears his throat. ‘It’s now or never.’

“What surprise?” She asks, and Zuko rubs the back of his neck sheepishly.

“Well, it’s not really a surprise. But uh, that necklace is for you.” Zuko says, avoiding eye contact with Katara.

“That’s cute. But what’s the occasion?” She asks, prodding him further.

“Uh… Will you be my girlfriend?” He asks, unsure. Katara smiles and hugs Zuko, burying her face in his chest.

“I thought you’d never ask.” She says, and Zuko laughs. “Like seriously, I thought you would never ask.” She says. “But, here you are! I’m your girlfriend!”

“You’re my girlfriend!” He says, smiling. He leans down to give her a sweet kiss. He wraps his arm around her waist and she puts her arms around his neck. They pull away a few seconds later, out of breath.

“I love you.” Zuko says before he can even think. Katara blushes.

“I love you too, Zuko.” She smiles and she gives him another kiss and hands him the necklace. “Would you do the honors?” She asks and Zuko nods.

“Yeah. Of course. Turn around.” He says and Katara does. He puts the necklace around her neck, and Katara turns around.

“I love it! Thank you, Zuko. I had a good time tonight.” Katara smiles and Zuko blushes.

“You’re welcome, Katara.” He says and he takes his hand in hers as they walk around town for the rest of the night.

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yes ahem

I just wanted to thank you for your help today with my homework and wanted to appreciate you so, for helping me out, I offer a hug from my honey bear stress ball that I have named Sokka

ID: A close up picture of a stress ball on a desk. It’s in the shape of a bear that is a honey color. It has orange eyes and an orange bottle-cap between its ears. In the center of it’s chest is a faded yellow circle and inside is a small outline of its head with the letters “RK” in the center of the head. Underneath that, and still in the circle, is the word “Rilakkuma”. Underneath that is the word “Rilakkuma*” once more and underneath that are the words “meets honey”. The outline of the head and the words are in a brownish color. END ID.

ft. an id just in case because we love being inclusive !!! anyways, you’re the BEST ellen and I hope you have a fantastic day because it’s what you deserve !!!

p.s. everyone Ellen’s bb fic comes out tomorrow and it’s going to be FANTASTIC and yes I may say this from a place of personal bias but it’s fine:) <3

STOPPPPP COREY ILYSM AGHHHHH

also i love sokka the stress ball, he’s very cute and yellow and happy 🥰🥰 thank you for the hug

and i did have a good day!!! i had a test and i’m pretty sure i aced it (haha) and then i went home and saw my family for the first time in like. a month, which is a long time for me, and it was really fun to see them, and then i got to drive back to campus in the dark with music blaring and singing at the top of my lungs which is always a vibe. AND I GOT A REALLY CUTE STICKER IN THE MAIL THAT IM SO EXCITED ABOUT HOLD ON

I GOT AN ACE DRAGON AND I LOVE HIM!!! he’s joining the ranks amongst my turtleduck and my diabetic hamster and you can’t see her but miss dolly parton herself.... anyways i love him so much. the artist is Chaobunnyarts on etsy!!!!

anyways, all this to say i DO INDEED POST TOMORROW!!!! i’m so excited, y’all have NO CLUE! and i really hope it’s going to be fantastic.... i really really do 💖🥰

#anyways this absolutely got away from me because..... hngh im very happy and energetic #i hope you had a good day too corey 🥺💖#me scrambling to post this before it’s midnight for you hakdbsjshdjka #also i know i didn’t write an id i’m sorry 😭 i have so many stickers and just. jabdnzjshdjakka im sorry i feel horrible #zukosadragon ace speaks #i think this counts as a vent too #zukosadragon ace vents

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250 Fics Celebration Stats

100 Fic Celebration | 150 Fic Celebration | Fandom Masterpost

We’ve done it.

The impossible. The magnificent. The miraculous. The Type 1 Diabetes in Fandom AO3 collection has finally grown to 250 works.

You should all know I enjoy making lists and collecting stats, so of course I had to make another post for this unbelievable number! (Complete with wacky pie charts)

If you’ve been following along with this blog/collection so far, hello again! Hopefully you’ll find something new, since there’s so many more fics to go through <3 If you’re new here, welcome! Hopefully you’ll find something you like. You’ve got 250 chances!

The Collection’s Works:

Includes: 83 stories with a type 1 diabetic main and/or POV character

Ratings include:

Teen and Up (37)

General (24)

Unrated (12)

Explicit (6)

Mature (4)

Warnings include:

None Apply (55)

None Chosen (25)

Graphic Violence (3)

Major Character Death (2)

Categories include:

Gen (33)

M/M (26)

F/M (19)

F/F (7)

Other (4)

Multi (2)

The five fandoms with the most fics are:

Marvel - All Fandoms (18)

Merlin (7)

Supernatural (7)

Mass Effect: Andromeda (5)

Voltron: Legendary Defender (4)

The 5 most used tags are:

Diabetes (63)

Hurt/Comfort (20)

Angst (17)

Fluff (17)

Chronic Illness (15)

Length/Age:

The shortest fic, Stacey: Guilt (The Baby-Sitters Club) by Yemi Hikari, is 300 words

The longest fic, The Path We Take (Mass Effect) by @rpgwrites, is 93,751 words

The newest fic, Sokka's Birthday (Avatar: the Last Airbender) by @type1diabetesinfandom (hi!), was published May 26, 2022

The oldest fic, Those Are Some Big Boots You’re Trying to Fill Son (Star Trek) by my3scape, was published Aug 3, 2010

The Collection’s Bookmarks:

Includes: 168 works that have something to offer for a type 1 diabetic

Ratings include:

Teen and Up (83)

General (48)

Unrated (19)

Mature (12)

Explicit (8)

Warnings include:

None Apply (98)

None Chosen (42)

Graphic Violence (8)

Major Character Death (3)

Rape/Non-Con (1)

Underage (1)

Categories include:

Gen (68)

M/M (56)

F/M (39)

F/F (11)

Other (6)

Multi (4)

The fandoms with the most fics are: (Still in bookmarks here)

Marvel - All Fandoms (20)

Supernatural (9)

Harry Potter (8)

South Park (7)

Haikyuu!! (6)

The 5 most used work tags are:

Diabetes (94)

Hurt/Comfort (30)

Fluff (20)

Chronic Illness (19)

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting (14)

Length/Age:

The shortest fic, Stubborn Medicine (Supernatural) by SoManyFandoms, is 140 words

The longest fic, Westcott Prepatory Academy (Supernatural) by adder574, is 231k+ words

The newest fic, Jumping Into The Deep End (Star Wars Sequel Trilogy) by AnneAnna, was updated June 15th, 2022

The oldest fic, Westcott Prepatory Academy (Supernatural) by adder574 , was first published May 21, 2007 and completed June 25, 2008

This is your daily, friendly-neighborhood reminder to tag your T1D fics with diabetes so they show up in the appropriate tags, and to NOT tag your non-diabetic fluff fics with diabetes so they DON’T clutter the wrong tags! Please and thank you, hugs and kisses :)

The bookmarker’s tags:

Characters:

123 bookmarks have the main/POV character with diabetes

38 do NOT have a POV Character with diabetes

35 have only a secondary character with diabetes

Types:

113 explicitly feature Type 1 Diabetes 🥳

50 have Unspecified Diabetes Mellitus

1 has Monogenic Diabetes

1 has Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes

1 has Unnamed LADA (newer tag, may be higher) (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults)

Meta:

24 have an external source (hosted off the Archive, mostly FFN but may be a few from Wattpad or Quotev)

10 have been tagged with Medical Inaccuracies

Tracked word count categories are:

100-500 (6)

500-1k (13)

1k-5k (94)

5k-10k (28)

10k-30k (12)

30k-50k (6)

50k-100k (2)

Over 100k (3)

Over 200k (1)

*No word count provided (2)

Diabetic Meta:

15 have been tagged with Insulin Pump (newer tag, may be higher)

15 have been tagged with Multiple Daily (Insulin) Injections (newer tag, may be higher)

14 have been tagged with Continuous Glucose Monitor (newer tag, may be higher)

8 have been tagged with T1 Diabetes Diagnosis

7 have been tagged with Canon Diabetic Character

4 have been tagged with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (newer tag, may be higher)

4 have been tagged with Glucagon (newer tag, may be higher)

3 have been tagged with Diabetes Alert Dog

3 have been tagged with Artificial Pancreas

2 have been tagged with Diabetes Camp

2 have been tagged with Diabetic Burnout

2 have been tagged with Ableism (newer tag, may be higher)

1 has been tagged with Diabulimia

The 5 Most Popular Diabetic Characters are:

Original Diabetic Character (17)

Diabetic Reader (13)

Diabetic Peter Parker (10)

Diabetic Dean Winchester (9)

Diabetic Kyle Broflovski (8)

Diabetic Characters with their own series + Total # of fics in series:

Diabetic Armitage Hux (Star Wars) (2): The Beasts We Keep by sundogsailor

Diabetic Clementine (The Walking Dead) (3): Tainted Blood by @theguardianangel-fanfiction

Diabetic Dean Winchester (2):

Westcott Prepatory Academy (2) by adder574

Diabetic!Dean 'verse (2) by Zana_Zira

Diabetic Female Ryder | Sara (Mass Effect) (8): Pathfinder, Truthseeker by @rpgwrites

Diabetic John Sheppard (Stargate Atlantis) (4): Hindsight by @rageprufrock

Diabetic Kyle Broflovski (South Park) (7) by Universe4200

Diabetic Loki (Marvel) (3): The Trickster’s Tales by Lona11

Diabetic Principal Morita (Marvel) (6): Sonder by Zelos

Diabetic Mike Warren (5): Graceland Snapshots by Carbon65

Diabetic Peter Parker (2) by Magnus_Babe

Diabetic Simon Spier (Love, Simon) (4): Simon and Bram VS The Chronic Illness Agenda. by kxteflxming

Diabetic Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf) (2):

Sugar, We’re Going Down (2) by DoctorGleeWolf

Diabetic Stiles (2) by loveswriting25

Diabetic Tim Drake (3) by TimDrakeIsMyPatronus

*Not every fic may be included in the collection, depending on if the diabetes is mentioned, but at least one is OR the series itself is bookmarked

To any writers reading this, you guys are terrific. Thank you so much for all your hard work and time. I cannot possibly tell you how much I appreciate you.

Two hundred and fifty fics. My mind is blown.

The variety of these fics is unbelievable.

There’s fics for every type of fandom, for every size fandom, for every type of pairing, for so many different tropes. There’s AUs up the whazoo, there’s canon compliance. There’s genfic, there’s explicit, there’s friendship, there’s angst, there’s fluff. There’s fics showing diagnosis, complications, technology, doctor visits, everyday diabetic life. There’s fics where the diabetic character is the undefeated hero, fics where the diabetic is the one getting rescued, fics where the diabetic is a bystander to the drama, there’s fics where nothing dramatic or exciting happens at all and everyone is happy.

If you want a particular something, there’s a good chance it shows up at least once. And the more the collection grows, the more variety we get!

If anyone sees this who’s written a character with type 1 in a fic, I want to thank you SO much for doing so, whether or not you yourself are diabetic. Know that your time and effort are much appreciated. ❤️ You are wonderful ❤️

To any fic readers out there:

If you know of a fic (or any fan content, actually) with t1d rep, please tag me on it or link it in an ask! I’ve had a few brought to my attention this way, and it’s so helpful, not to mention super fun to engage with other people about this! You can send me a link, you can tag me, you can become a member of the collection and add your own works, or you can add a bookmark to the collection.

Also please remember that despite what seems like a large number of fics to keep you busy for a while, this is a teeny tiny tag on AO3 and especially the internet at large. If you find a story with T1D and you enjoy it, please kudos and comment to let the author know you liked it. That’s the best way to support these fics and see more of them in the future. :)

Disclaimer: This is NOT a comprehensive archive of every fanfiction with a diabetic character. (I’m working on it.) These are fics that I have found/been shown and added to the collection for easier organization and discovery.

*Canva was fighting with me and made a few of the labels vanish off the pie charts. Please ignore those and instead look at the pretty colors and the written stats. :)

#T1D #t1diabetes #t1diabetic #type 1 diabetes #actuallyt1d #type 1 diabetes in fandom #stats

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