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Zukka Week 2025

Hello everybody! Sorry for the long wait, but Zukka Week is back with new mods and we are ready to get things up and running again!

Our first order of business is nailing down the dates for this year's Zukka Week. We want to give everyone as much time as possible to create, so we're aiming to have it sometime in November, before everyone gets busy with the winter holidays.

Please vote for your preferred dates below! If you are not planning on creating anything for Zukka Week, we ask that you please abstain from voting—but feel free to reblog this post to get the word out to anyone who might be interested in participating!

Prompt submissions will begin once the dates have been decided.

Happy Zukka Week!

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Zukka Week 2025

Hello everybody! Sorry for the long wait, but Zukka Week is back with new mods and we are ready to get things up and running again!

Our first order of business is nailing down the dates for this year's Zukka Week. We want to give everyone as much time as possible to create, so we're aiming to have it sometime in November, before everyone gets busy with the winter holidays.

Please vote for your preferred dates below! If you are not planning on creating anything for Zukka Week, we ask that you please abstain from voting—but feel free to reblog this post to get the word out to anyone who might be interested in participating!

Prompt submissions will begin once the dates have been decided.

Happy Zukka Week!

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HAPPY ZUKKA BIG BANG TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!! ☀️🌊🎉♥️🥰

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when he sees me (my heart is set in motion) sokka/zuko | @zukkaweek !!! | accidental baby acquisition / zukka as dads 🍓🫐 | collab w/ @sockfus

Sokka had never expected what he found, when he arrived in the the Fire Nation palace that day. He is quite sure he doesn't regret coming, though.

available to read here on ao3!

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@zukkaweek day 1 - jasmine dragon sighting?! 😨

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Zukka Week - Day one - Ba Sing Se/ Jasmine Dragon | Fake Dating

I Think I've Loved You for Oolong Time (9932 words) by Kumquat501 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar) Characters: Sokka (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Toph Beifong Additional Tags: The Jasmine Dragon (Avatar), Ba Sing Se, Sokka stumbles into the Jasmine Dragon while Escaping the Dai Li, First Kiss, Getting Together, a lot of really terrible tea puns Summary: Sokka is being followed by the Dai Li and he stumbles into a cosy looking tea shop to escape where he finds Zuko's uncle serving tea and claiming that they had changed. Later that day, when Zuko saves Sokka's life, Sokka starts to wonder if they don't have to be enemies. Maybe they can be something different, something more. For day 1 of Zukka week 2024 - Ba Sing Se/Jasmine Dragon

Sorry Guys, I know this is late for day 1 considering today is like day 7, but I didn't know this event was happening until after it started and I wanted to post something for it and I really liked this prompt so I decided to just go for it. I meant for it to be like a few k and then it ended up being like 10k... but I'm really happy with it and I hope you all like it!

(Also if you think this was just an excuse for me to write a lot of terrible tea puns... you're wrong that's totally not what it is even said that)

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Into the Light

(late) day 7 of Zukkaweek @zukkaweek - touch starved

‼️tw captivity, malnourishment

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“Appa!” Aang calls out, rushing to hug his friend. Katara and Toph soon join him.

After so many days of searching, they finally found their bison friend. Of course, Sokka is just as happy and relieved as everyone else, but something just doesn’t feel right. He looks around the room, the dark underground cell, and his eyes land upon something that looks like a curled up figure in the corner.

“Guys,” he says.

After everyone’s eyes turn to him, he just points to the end of the room.

Katara lets go of Appa and comes closer; the others follow.

“Who’s that?” she asks.

“I don’t know,” Sokka replies. “But it looks like Appa wasn’t the only prisoner here.”

“What should we do?” Katara asks.

“We can’t just leave them here,” Aang chimes in.

Sokka knows that he’s right. No matter who the other prisoner is, they most likely do not deserve to be left in this horrible place.

“You guys stay back,” he commands. “I’ll try to talk to them.”

He slowly approaches the corner, trying not to startle the person.

“Hey there,” he says softly as he approaches them.

The figure turns around and looks up at him. Even in the dim light, Sokka can clearly see a very prominent feature of theirs - a familiar looking scar on one side of their face. Zuko.

For a moment, their eyes meet. Sokka takes a few steps back, shocked and confused. Zuko buries his face in his hands, as if he was trying to hide.

“No, no, it’s okay” Sokka soothes as realization hits him. The person in front of him may be Zuko, but it’s not the Zuko he knows anymore, not after everything he’s been through. When Sokka looks at him, all he sees is a scared, traumatized person that needs to be saved.

“It’s okay, I won’t hurt you,” he assures.

Zuko reluctantly looks up at him again. He doesn’t even look like himself anymore; he’s pale, skinny, his weird ponytail is replaced with short, messy hair. Sokka can’t help but wonder, how long was he in there? Is that why they haven’t seen him around since the North?

“We’re gonna get you out of here, okay?” he says. Then he turns to his friends. “Toph, can you help with the chains?” he asks.

Zuko looks anxiously at the earthbender as she approaches him, but he allows her to work on the chains. Soon, they get broken and slip on the floor with a quiet clang.

Zuko looks up at Toph; he doesn’t say anything, but it’s pretty obvious what he is thinking. Sokka decides that now it's not the time for explanations; first, they need to get out of here.

“Can you get up?” he asks Zuko, offering him his hand. Zuko grabs it and tries to stand up, supporting himself against the wall with his other hand. But as soon as he is standing upright, he nearly collapses; Sokka manages to catch him and helps him sit back down.

“Okay, that’s fine,” he reassures. “I’ll help you. Just grab my neck and hold on,” he instructs. He wraps ne of his arms around Zuko’s back and slips his spare hand under the boy’s legs.

With Zuko clinging on to him, he slowly gets up; it breaks his heart a little when he realizes how little effort it takes to carry him.

“Alright guys, let’s get out of here,” he commands.

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The outside world is bright, too bright. Zuko keeps his eyes closed most of the time; he can’t handle the light after spending so much time in darkness. At least it’s a bit warmer in here, though Zuko feels like he was in the cold for so long that it stuck to his skin, becoming a permanent part of him.

The escape was successful, and now he’s sitting on the back of a sky bison, surrounded by the Avatar and his friends, with no idea where they’re going or what is going to happen to him. He keeps clinging onto that Water Tribe boy. It feels like if he lets go, he will be back in the underground prison and the whole escape thing will turn out to be just a dream. But now, with the boy’s arms wrapped around him, it feels so real, he feels real for the first time in so, so long.

“It’s all over now,” the boy reassures. “You’re safe with us.”

Listening to his soothing voice, Zuko slowly drifts off to sleep.

The first thing he realizes when he wakes up is that they’re no longer up in the air; he can feel steady ground benath him. He can also feel the light weight of something soft draped over him. Someone must have given him a blanket.

“I don’t know, Sokka,” a female voice echoes in the distance. “He doesn’t have any serious injuries, but he’s malnourished, dehydrated and generally exhausted. He’ll live, but he’ll need really good care to make a full recovery.”

“So what should we do?” a familiar voice asks; the Water Tribe boy. “Can he stay with us?”

So his name is Sokka, Zuko realizes.

“I don’t see why not,” the girl replies. “But we need to be careful. We shouldn’t give him too much food at first. We need to have someone watch him all the time. And one more thing I’m worried about... we don’t really know what he’s been through and what effects it had on him. I mean, on his mind,” she enumerates. “The good thing is, he already seems to trust you.”

“Look, I’ll do whatever it takes to make him better,” Sokka replies.

Zuko tries to open his eyes and realizes, to his relief, that it’s gotten a bit darker outside. He starts looking around, until his eyes meet Sokka’s.

“Hey,” the boy says, smiling softly at him. “Did you sleep well?” he asks.

Zuko nods in response.

“Good,” Sokka replies. “Is there anything you need? Food, water, more blankets..?”

Zuko reaches out, gesturing at the boy to let him hug him. And Sokka does; he scoops Zuko, still wrapped in his blanket, up right into his arms.

“Can I just give you some water?” the girl asks. Zuko turns to look at her; it's the Water Tribe girl, the one that kicked his ass back in the North Pole.

He nods in response.

The girl starts to bend some water into small droplets, making it easy for him to drink. His throat is so dry that it hurts to swallow, but at the same time he is so, so thirsty; he just drinks and drinks until he can’t no more.

“You did great,” Sokka praises, rubbing his back reassuringly.

“Let us know when you’re ready to eat something,” the girl says.

Zuko nods in response. Then he closes his eyes and cuddles up closer to Sokka. He still feels too weak to move, his body is still hurting from being chained up, he still feels like he is going to wake up back in his prison cell... and yet, right now, for a moment, everything is okay.

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Zukka week, day seven: Touch Starved | Free Day

A prequel to my piece here

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Hari Bulkan Evenings (Late Summer): Touch or Touch-starved | Free Day

Zukka Week Day 7 (id in alt)

Made in response to @sulkybender’s lovely softka/transko fic a truer mirror -> full image can be found embedded in the second chapter of the fic!

other things from ZW2024: Day 3 | Day 5 | Day 6

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Zukka Week Day 7: Free Day

Some illustrations for @sulkybender ‘s beautiful fic Panic Switch - an absolutely gorgeously written and accurate depiction of ptsd with a pre-kiss line that takes me out at the knees every time 🥰

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thank you everyone for participating and making this a great zukka week!! late submissions are still going to be reblogged, just be sure to tag this blog. if we missed something that you posted for this event, it was completely accidental, so don’t hesitate to message us so we can share it 💕💕

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more love, less talk, more love

pairing: sokka/zuko

rating: teen+

featured tags: developing relationships, love confessions, fluff

summary: “‘And if everyone else behaves as if Zuko’s flesh is wet paint, then Sokka is an artist.’

Where Sokka and Zuko communicate through touch.”

for @zukkaweek day 7: touch — read on AO3 <3

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@zukkaweek day 7-free day

It’s BRAT SUMMER!

They’re people watching… and maybe being a bit judgy.

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An Age Of Blossoms

After the war, Sokka goes to the Southern Water Tribe to help his people rebuild. Five years later, he accepts the role of ambassador to the Fire Nation and returns to a city and a man that are almost unrecognizable.

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My entry for @zukkaweek 2024, Day 5: Gay/Bi Awakening!

Featuring Sokka being down bad, Iroh being the best wingman and Toph making a brief obligatory appearance to laugh at everyone for being kinda oblivious...

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@zukkaweek day 7: free day

I drew this today so I had to rush it a bit,, (⁠─⁠.⁠─⁠|⁠|) you gotta squint to see the vision

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For @fandomtrumpshate and just in time for @zukkaweek "Free Day", a horny fun one-shot featuring some established Zukka, some external POVs, Sokka being an artist, Zuko being a showoff, a bit of self-denial about who is indulging who in what, and mirrors.

[“Trying to clear out the street?” he manages, immediately giving into the urge to pant for the way it makes Zuko’s lips part, his eyes trained on Sokka’s chest in the mirror. “You don’t think they’d stay to enjoy the view?” Zuko rasps, eyes flicking up to Sokka’s and the evidence of just how much he’s enjoying it nudging against Sokka’s hip. Sokka lets out a half-breathless laugh even as desire coils through him. “The view of you, more like,” he says wryly. Zuko might never outright say it, but after so many years Sokka knows that it’s not him anyone is focused on in these particular fantasies.] Or, Sokka isn't an exhibitionist. But seeing what it does to Zuko...maybe he can find a way to indulge just a little.

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Zukka week 2024

Day 7: Boiling Rock/touch, touch starved/Free Day

I would call this a "deleted scene" before/during the riot in Boiling Rock. Sokka teasing Zuko to encourage him while Zuko is Having a "Zuko exe. Stop working". There is a reference to "Deadpool & Wolverine"🤭 you would know which one🔥(Under this the spanish ver).Hope you like it and have enjoyed this Zukka Week. See you!!! 💙❤️

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