#azutara soulmates au

[blorboazula]

You know that soulmate au where the soulmarks are scars? Like, what would scar you shows up in the other person's body. So, that with Azutara.

Katara thinks her soulmate is a few years older than her, and an Earth Kingdom soldier with some torture experience. Lots of burn scars that look suspiciously hand-shaped and such. Burned fingers and feet, a messy back, shit like that.

So when the Agni Kai happens, she's like "hm, weird, what's that?" when she feels the burns. And all "really? REALLY?" when Zuko redirects the lightning and it's like she has a whole through her chest. And all "thank you, Ozai, for ruining your child" when she needs multiple healing sessions for her throat.

Might incorporate it as part of the background of the fic I should be writing instead of procrastinating here.

[withgirl-sq]

When Azula starts coughing up petals, she won't admit that she is suffering from Hanahaki Disease because of the beautiful Water Tribe girl she'd recently run into.

Upon accepting that she needs medical attention, she bends water.

Unable to return to her father like this, she must seek out the cause of these symptoms.

Thank you @waterfire1848 for the inspiration, really enjoyed this first chapter and hope to have more out soon!

[waterfire1848]

Prompt idea based on your soulmate AU where people are tied to the wrist once they meet their soulmate, and they stay tied until both (or more) parties admit their feelings.

In this au idea, Zuko is tied to Sokka. Which makes capturing the Avatar an awkward affair. This helps to (gradually) jumpstart the Zuko redemption arc. But neither Zuko or Sokka admit their feelings and they remain tied together up to book 2 (or longer)

Aang and Katara were also tied together but they admitted their feeling early on. Perhaps after the Jet affair?

Then once we get Azula’s introduction in book 2 in Omashu and later during the chase, Azula Mocks/laughs at Zuko for still being tied to his soulmate. Azula keeps laughing until she gets closer to Aang and Katara. The two parties exchanging bending attacks.

Azula’s laughter is abruptly put to a stop when a cosmic force bring her, Aang, and Katara closer together and ties all three of their wrist together (or reties them to each other and ties to the scary but pretty fire princess in the case of Katara and and Aang).

All three are of course dumbfounded. Simply staring at one another with wide eyes. Azula for her part can’t believe that she not only has two soulmates, but one of them is the Avatar (that she should either be capturing or slaying). While the other is a (admittedly pretty) peasant water bender. Any plans she had to either get her brother back home, win the war for the fire nation, or gain her lord fathers approval has been put to a sudden deafening halt.

For his part? Now it’s Zuko’s to turn to laugh uncontrollably and mock his sister for still being tied to her soulmate(s).

How do you think canon would evolve from here?

Thanks for the ask!

Ohhhhhhhh. I really like this idea!

Hmmmm...

For one, Zuko would never stop laughing. Not only is his sister how tied to her soulmates but she's tied to two of them. Katara is on one side and Aang is one the other. Firebending for Zuko is hard now that he has someone chained to his right hand but it becomes impossible for Azula. The only techniques she'd be able to do are firebreathing and smaller firebending moves.

Azula can't exactly go back to her camp with the Avatar and a waterbender being declared as her soulmates, so she'd forced to go with them. I think she would say that they have to go get Mai and Ty Lee though (Mai would definitely laugh a little when she sees Azula cuffed to Aang and Katara while Ty Lee would think it's sweet).

Aang runs into a bit of an issue because it's hard to earthbend when you only have one hand and your soulmate is tied to your other one and constantly messing you up.

Zuko and Sokka have already had a season and a half to work together and know how to operate. They might not be 100% ready to confess but they can function just fine while handcuffed. I imagine Iroh would be with the Gaang and helped Zukka, but he'd definitely have some words for his niece about how thing is a good thing.

Whenever I have Iroh with the Gaang, I like to think that the library and Appa being taken don't happen because Iroh is going to have a map of the Fire Nation and he'd know about the eclipse (I think), but you could go either way here. It would be a sweet moment to have Aang and Katara protect Azula from Wan Shi Tong, who wouldn't want any more Fire Nationals in his library.

Azula, Katara and Aang being a couple would be very interesting. Katara notices Azula’s nails dig into Appa’s saddle when they first take off so she offers her a reassuring smile and starts talking to her to calm her down. Azula and Katara talking about their mother. Aang making spicy food for Azula because she misses it from the Fire Nation. And, of course, the nightmare and comfort content for all three of them.

Ba Sing Se would be when Zuko and Sokka confess. It could be during one of their tales or during the final battle, but they confess in Ba Sing Se. Azula is no where near being ready to confess by the time of Ba Sing Se.

The only thing is that I don’t know how in denial Azula would be. She’s literally tied to her soulmates but I don’t know how willing she’d be to give up pleasing her father and it’s not like she can conquer Ba Sing Se with Katara and Aang attached to her.

This all being said, Toph, Ty Lee and Mai are loving this show.

[ragzonacamrencruise]

Could you do Azutara and the soulmate au for the send a ship prompt?

soulmates au is #1

hehehehe okay let's do this!

this is an universe where the first words spoken to you by your soulmate gets tattooed anywhere on your body.

...

Azula never really believed in this soulmate stuff everyone was always talking about. Maybe it was because her mom realised her dad wasn't her supposed soulmate and left with another man who she thinks is. Well, if you ask Azula, she'd fume that her mom should've figured it out before she had two kids. No, really, what kinda universe would like for a 6 year old and an 8 year old to be motherless?

So, it comes as a surprise to Azula when she turns her head to the seats next to her. She's always been a cricket geek. Don't ask her why, she doesn't know. It can be a nail-biting, edge-of-the-seat thriller sometimes, and she likes it for the excitement, maybe. She'd always come to this stadium whenever the Fire Ferrets are playing. And she'd always book this row of seats to watch from. It had better vantage over the whole ground and she liked the distance too.

The stairs beside her seat meant, she could up and leave whenever she wanted, if the match was getting quite boring or if she realises her team is losing. But today . . . today is different.

Today she looks to her left and across the stairway, and sure enough, there's this moron of a fan who's wearing blue from top to foot and is screaming his lungs out at the ground whenever his team, the 'Pole Waves' is losing or winning. The weird thing that stands out is his quirky pony-tail.

But that's not what gets Azula's attention. This screaming, pony-tail guy leans forward and backward now and then and that reveals glimpses of the most gorgeous girl Azula's ever laid eyes upon. Sure she could use a little make-up to boost her prominent features, but from this distance, Azula's pretty sure that up close, the girl would sure be dazzling.

From the glimpses she's been getting, Azula bets that the girl is embarrassed by the screaming, pony-tail guy. Surely, they've come together. A petty resentment bubbles up inside Azula's chest. Not because she's jealous. But because she doesn't believe in soulmates and she has no idea what the universe has in store for her, if it decides to act up. She doesn't wanna get her hopes up with that pretty girl, who she's only gonna see this one time and probably never gonna see again.

She averts her eyes from seat across the stairway. And good thing she did too. Because the Pole Waves just hit a 6 and the ball is coming straight to Azula's face.

Azula, being Azula, extends her arm out in a cat like reflex, catching the ball in her hand, efforlessly.

The whole stadium erupts in cheer for the Pole Waves, and people around Azula erupt in cheer for her, amazed at the way she caught the ball. She looks at the ball in her hand. It feels gross and wet. Her face takes up a disgusted look before she throws the ball towards the ground, in order to resume the play.

And the next thing she knows, she's flinching from a sudden shrill sound in her left ear.

"OH MY GOD! THAT WAS AWESOME!! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?! I KNOW WE SUPPORT OUR OPPONENTS BUT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL!!!!! I'M SOKKA BY THE WAY!!!!! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!?!?!"

Okay, so, Azula's pretty sure that she just went deaf.

She looks to her side and her eyes instantly find the pony-tail guy with an excited look on his face, looking expectantly at her. The guy spent too long yelling at the ground that he almost forgot what it is like to talk normally, Azula assumes.

Her face is still warped, trying to recover from her ringing ear, when the girl she spent most of the tournament stealing glances at, comes up behind the pony-tail guy (did he say Sokka was him name?! No, she's pretty sure it's Succa-), and the girl grabs his arm and pulls him away, muttering something in his ear, that Azula guesses is supposed to ask him to behave himself.

Azula leaves for her home then, having had enough of this debacle. Her team is losing badly anyways.

...

She doesn't know how. She doesn't know why. But when she looks to her left side across the stairway near her seat in the stadium, Azula's eyes fall helplessly on the same girl her eyes fell on weeks ago and her stomach does this curious back-flip. It's like a weird sort of deja vu, Azula thinks, but somehow she also remembers both the events as clear as glass.

She shakes her head and tries to watch the game. But her wandering mind doesn't stop flying over the details. Azula had spent the better half of an entire week after the last match to forget about the girl with the brilliant blue eyes, brown locks of hair that fall on her shoulders like waves, and her loud as fuck companion (Azula gave up on remembering his name and just calls him 'Pony-tail guy' in her head).

But, Azula never thought she'll be seeing that girl again, considering how she's seen a lot of beautiful girls but never had the chance to see them again. But this . . . this feels different somehow. She doesn't want to think about it, but it's all she can think about. Maybe she also thinks about how the girl would look up close, or how full the girl's lips are-

Wait- The girl's lips are full, right?!

Azula's eyes immediately shoot to her left, unable to resist herself anymore. But she almost reels back in shock when she finds the other girl staring straight at her, hypnotic blue eyes locking on to Azula's golden brown orbs for not more than 2 seconds, before she averts her heated gaze to whatever the pony-tail guy is screaming about.

There's a significant distance between them, but Azula's body reacts to the silent interaction (if she can even call it that) as if the blue-eyed girl was standing right in front of her. What will Azula do if the girl actually stands before her and stares at her like that, Azula doesn't like to spend too much time mulling over. This is hard enough as it is.

The rest of the match, Azula feels eyes on her. Blue ones, to be precise. But she almost nails her own eyes to the ground in front of her, trying not to look back to her left. She even finds herself getting distracted by the game for a little while. After all, that's what she came here to do, didn't she?!

At recess, the pony-tail guy moves to the stairway towards the area where snacks are sold, and he immediately recognises Azula, much to Azula's resentment.

"Hey! You're the girl who caught the ball last match!" He calls over to her. Azula looks at him awkwardly, giving him the fakest smile she could muster. He pays no heed to her unease. "I'm Sokka, remember?! We met last match!"

Actually, she remembers him as 'pony-tail guy', but he doesn't need to know that.

"Yeah . . ." She trails off, not really wanting to have a full-blown small talk. "I remember."

"Cool!!" He beams. "I'm here with my sister. Wanna come join us?!"

Okay, so they aren't together together. They're siblings. Geez, she should've known better. Also, who joins a stranger on their first time meeting?! Second time meeting but it doesn't really count.

"I . . . uh . . ." Azula doesn't know what'll happen to her if she ever has a proper conversation with the blue-eyed girl. Her brother seems to sport the same eye shade too; must be a family event.

The overly-excited brother seems to catch on to Azula's hesitation. "Hey, it's okay. I get it! You don't have to if you don't want to. Have a nice day!" He chirps and gives her a wide smile before heading his way to the snack stands.

Azula's eyes land on the pony-tail guy's sister as he leaves and she looks . . . wait, pissed?! Why does she look pissed off?! She's glaring at her brother's retreating form and Azula's body shudders at the look on the girl's face. She looks extremely fucking hot when she's pissed and Azula doesn't know what to do with this information.

Blue eyes fall on Azula suddenly, and Azula panics and turns to the ground in a hurry, not wanting to look at the girl when her mind is starting to fill with unholy thoughts.

When the game ends, Fire Ferrets gaining victory quicker than she anticipated, Azula walks out of the stadium at top speed, not wanting to dwell there any longer.

...

It's the blue-eyed girl.

She's here.

From this angle, only the blue-eyed girl's wild, wavy, brown locks are visible and yet Azula recognised her in a jiffy.

Azula's pretty sure she hasn't seen this girl in this coffee shop. She would know cuz this is the shop she comes to regularly and never once had she seen this girl here. It's all very suspicious. It's already the third time her eyes are finding the girl in like two months and Azula's getting worried that it's the universe playing tricks on her.

She averts her eyes from the line before the coffee shop counter where the blue-eyed girl is standing at.

No, she thinks. She wouldn't let the universe dictate her life. She's already had enough of it through her mother. She has her coffee order on the table she's sitting at and that's all she needs to look at. NOT the counter.

Maybe the girl and her loud-as-fuck brother are new to town or something. Yeah. That could be it. All Azula needs to do is wait till the girl leaves the shop and then continue on with her life like nothing happened.

Azula looks at the counter slyly, through her lashes, trying to see if the coast is clear for her. But unfortunately for her, the blue-eyed girl turns around from the counter, having received her order, and steps out of line.

Maybe it really is Azula's unlucky day or something, when the blue eyes that's been haunting her from day one, falls directly on her in a sharp glance and Azula's stomach jumps up to her mouth.

The girl stops dead on her tracks, coffee almost spilling from her hand. Azula's heart skips a beat when the girl stares at her with her lips falling open slowly.

But it only lasts a second more, before blue eyes frown deeply and rush out of the shop in a hurry.

Azula blinks at the blank space left at the girl's wake.

She really needs to get her health checked.

...

Azula gets a ticket far away from her usual seat. She does NOT want to run into that damned girl again. Azula would never ever admit to the way her stoamch flips every time they have a silent interaction though.

She walks into the stadium for a much awaited relaxing match, a little strange with getting a different seat from her usual one. And she made sure that the Pole Waves were NOT playing this match, so the chances of running into the girl and her pony-tailed brother are almost zero.

She melts into her seat, excited for her team.

...

Azula's in the middle of watching her team win deliberately, when she hears a sharp voice near her.

"Are you stalking me?"

She whips her head around, almost missing a whiplash. And the moment she does, her eyes fall on wavy, brown hair and stunningly deep, blue eyes that's all too familiar; and her heart jumps to her throat.

The moment she recognises who it is, there is a sudden sharp pain in the nape of her neck. Her eyes are locked on the girl's hypnotic ones, but she can't help but get distracted by the pain she's feeling on her neck.

She hisses softly, her palm flying to her neck and catching hold of her nape, trying to ease the pain. But the girl in front of her is having none of it.

"I'll call the cops if I catch you trailing me next time." The girl says, before turning on her heel and walking away briskly.

Azula stares after her, still wincing from the pain on her neck.

What just happened?!

...

Azula spends almost fifteen minutes trying to angle her phone in a way that would photograph the back of her neck. She's in her room, trying so hard not to think of the girl and how the hell she found her in a stadium full of people.

And damn this cursed pain.

Her neck is sore, and Azula's pretty sure that a bee stung her or something. She really needs to see what's going on in order to plan the best course of action.

She gives up after fifteen minutes though. It's tiresome to twist and turn your hand in order to take a picture of the back of your neck. Then suddenly, and idea hits her. She's seen hairstylists do this and it really is the best course of action.

She runs to her dressing mirror and opens the front camera in her phone. She holds the phone behind her neck and the reflection of the front camera's image falls on the mirror in front of her and-

Wait a damn minute-

Is that a tattoo?!

She gasps and drops her phone in shock.

No way . . .

She picks her phone back up and holds it behind her neck again, not believing her eyes.

It's a tattoo, for sure. It says, "Are you stalking me?" in neat, cursive, black letters and the skin around it is tender and red. But that doesn't stop the faint blue glow that's emanating from the etching on her nape.

It looks . . . beautiful.

The reality of the situation sinks in Azula's brain.

Sure, she knows the significance of this. It's been literally told to her a million times by million different people, what happens when the first words are spoken to you by your soulmate. But she never really wanted it to happen to her, and the fact that it happened with the girl she's been dying to get out of her head is completely insane for Azula.

And imagine the look on the girl's face if Azula goes and proclaims this revelation to her.

Keyword: IF.

...

Azula's scaning through the different varieties of milk kept at the shelves of Walmart. She's been here for five minutes and still hasn't arrived upon a choice.

And that's when she feels herself getting yanked by the arm all of a sudden. She yelps at the quick tug, stumbling along the store out of balance, trying to pull her arm away from the deadly grip.

She feels herself getting dragged to the back of the store to where the restrooms are. The door opens and shuts and Azula feels a sharp pain on her back as she gets slammed against the closed door of the surprisingly big Walmart bathroom.

She hisses in pain, closing her eyes and throwing her head back.

Her collars get yanked forward and her hazy vision focuses on the person in front of her. Her eyes immediately widen as she realises it's the blue-eyed girl standing close to her, breathing hot air against her face in short gasps.

"Didn't I tell you not to stalk me?! I don't even need the police to take you down."

Azula flinches from the proximity, her heartbeat through the roof. She rests her hands on the girl's hips, readily available for her to hold.

And what's this whole thing about Azula being a stalker?!

Azula was literally buying milk. The whole thing is just confusing as fuck to her, so she takes a deep breath. She contemplates the situation for a whole minute, staring at her supposed soulmate in question.

Then she speaks in a firm, soft voice. "I'm Azula, and I'm your soulmate."

The blue eyed girl stares at her. "What?"

"I'm Azula, and I'm your soulmate." Azula repeats herself, thinking that the girl didn't hear her properly.

"No way-" The girl cuts herself short and suddenly winces in pain.

Azula's brow raises as she notices the girl's hand fall away from her collars and clutch her chest. "Ow!" She exclaims.

A faint, golden glow erupts from the girl's chest and Azula can't help but notice that the colour is so pretty bouncing off of the girl's deep, blue eyes.

The hand still clutching Azula's collar is now doing it for a different purpose. The girl is completely bracing herself against Azula and she can't help but think that she wants the girl to do it more.

She's trying so hard to soothe the pain, but Azula knows exactly how that pain feels, as she experienced the same thing mere days ago. It's especially hard if someone hasn't had a tattoo experience before.

"Don't fight it." Azula quips, not really knowing what to say or do.

When Katara looks up finally, Azula notes that she's completely in a state of shock, still trying to make sense of whatever is happening. Her delicate, brown fingers catch hold of her blouse and removes the top button carefully.

When she pulls her shirt collars apart, revealing her chest, a small gasp escapes both of their throats.

The faint gold-tinted glow is wrapped around fine, neat, and precise, black, embedded writing that says, "I'm Azula, and I'm your soulmate."

The blue eyed girl's delicate fingers run over the tattoo that conveniently sits right on top of her chest bone, as if to proclaim that she's Azula's property and no one is supposed to touch her other than Azula herself.

She won't admit it, but Azula likes that idea too much to the point where she wants to kiss the tattoo on the girl's skin over and over again, claiming the blue eyed angel for herself.

The girl stares at Azula, eyes wide with shock.

Then like a whirlwind, she exits the bathroom, leaving Azula blinking at the empty space she left at her wake.

...

Katara's pretty sure she's going crazy. It's not even been a whole week since her soulmate was revealed, and she already feels like the whole world is conspiring against her to make her meet the girl at every chance she gets.

Azula.

Katara would never admit that the stalker's name feels exquisite, rolling off her tongue. She's spent countless hours staring at the glowing tattoo on her chest. It strangely matches the stalker's eye colour and Katara doesn't know what to do with this fact.

She's been trying to avoid anything and everything that is even remotely related to the soulmate situation. It didn't take the humans long to commercialize this whole thing. Anywhere you turn there's a shop that asks you to buy stuff that your soulmate might like.

It's exhausting.

Especially when Katara wants nothing to do with it. She's been dreaming of having her soulmate and ever since she was a little girl, she's been planning their wedding and whatnot. But she certainly did NOT expect a freaking STALKER to be her soulmate.

It crumbled every expectation she's ever had about the whole soulmate situation.

Now, walking rapidly in uptown Republic City, she's determined to avoid any and every commercial shop that is intent on selling her stuff that offers to make the soulmates happy. She's already taken a different route, walking in uncharted territories just so that she might not have to deal with street vendors.

One in particular is this balloon guy. He's been pestering her for full five minutes now, asking her to buy a balloon for her soulmate just because she has the glow surrounding her that only happens to people who've found their soulmates.

"Make them happy today!" He calls out loud towards her, bombarding her with a face full of balloons.

"No, thank you!" She tries to clear out the balloons in front of her face, blocking her vision.

But she isn't quick enough as her foot, unfortunately, finds the step to the sidewalk and she's falling.

She's falling hard and fast, until suddenly, she feels a steady grip on her arm and she's not falling anymore. She jerks forward, her whole body launching in the opposite direction due to the inertia it wants to stay in. But the grip on her arm is firm. A moment later, she's being pulled up.

She's so incredibly grateful for the person who caught her, cuz without them, she would've totally ate dirt.

"Thank you so much for-" Katara's eyes suddenly find the person who helped her and the words die down in her throat.

It's her.

The stalker.

She's looking down at her, casually holding a blue balloon in one hand and Katara with her other. She has this smug smile on her face, as if she knows something Katara doesn't and Katara just wants to slap it away.

"YOU!" Katara exclaims, eyes wide and nose flaring in rage. "This was all your doing, wasn't it?!"

The stalker's eyes narrows ever so slightly. "What?"

Katara's at her wits end here. This is getting waaayyyy outta line and Katara is pretty sure she didn't ask for any of this. "You arranged for that balloon guy, didn't you?!"

Azula's eyes lift up to look over Katara's shoulder and sure enough, the balloon guy is standing there, silently witnessing this happen. All it takes is one harsh glance from Azula and he's running away from them at top speed.

"He was selling balloons for soulmates and I thought something was up." Azula addresses Katara. "So, I bought one."

"Wha-?!" Katara is cut of yet again as she tries to step forward, forgetting that there still is a step to the sidewalk and she ends up falling right into Azula's strong, and ready arms. This time, Azula takes a precautionary step to wrap her free arm around Katara hips, so that she doesn't try and fall on her face again.

The act puts them both closer than Katara would want. But she doesn't yet realise it that it's what she needs.

"And here you are." The stalker emphasizes her point. "Falling for me right on my doorstep."

Katara perks up. "Your what?! NO. YOU are stalking ME."

"Yeah . . . I'm stalking you . . . In my own house . . ."

"Huh?!" Katara frowns comically. "Your house?!"

"Yeah . . . This is my house." The stalker points to the huge mansion behind the gates at the sidewalk. "Wanna come in?" She asks her. "I'm Azula Sei'naka by the way."

"Yeah, no kidding! You've already tattooed that on my chest, didn't you?!"

"It wasn't my fault! You really think I want to have a person like you as my soulmate?!"

Katara blinks at her, offended. "A person like me? What's that supposed to mean?!?!"

Azula wastes no time. "It means that you're obnoxious and entitled."

"Oh-" Katara pauses. "I thought you were offending my ethnicity . . ."

"What? No." Azula's face scrunches up. "Why would I do that? That's lame. I would only intentionally hurt your personality."

"Bold, coming from you, you stalker!"

"I didn't stalk you!" Azula exclaims. "I don't even know your name for god's sake! And you're supposed to be my soulmate! The universe really is trying to test my patience."

Katara's eyes suddenly fall on the balloon clutched in Azula's hand. "That's . . . actually my favourite colour."

Azula pulls back her head. "Yeah . . . I figured." Her golden eyes scan Katara's costume from top to bottom. "That's why I bought it."

Katara takes a step back from Azula's immediate vicinity, giving them both a little room to talk instead of getting distracted.

"Look," Azula begins, already having had enough of this. "You can bicker with me for all eternity, I don't care. But you can make this easier for the both of us and cooperate. I don't think the universe is gonna let you go until you actually talk with me properly. Trust me, I would choose otherwise, but I don't think we're in control. Maybe there's a reason we're paired up."

"Okay . . ."

Azula takes in a deep breath. "So . . . you wanna come inside?"

Katara nods.

***

if i'm ever this inactive here again, come and kill me with a rock. hehehehe.

but here you go! i've been gatekeeping this for long enough and y'all deserve some azutara in your lives :)

if you see any typos, no you didn't 🙈

[saint-sebastian-coded]

since its femslash february in like a week here's my sapphic fics to get people in the mood

fandoms: riordanverse, avatar the last airbender/legend of korra, derry girls, nevermoor, rosewood chronicles, her royal highness and doctor who

Riordanverse

Won't Cross Any Lines

ruegard + university au + pining

a conversation between us

jadie songfic series (ongoing)

and all the things i have seen (will be gone, with my eyes, with my body, with me)

mallory introspection

long time ago; galaxy far far away

gallory + star wars

holding hands while the walls come tumbling down

ruegard + apocalypse

relax

tattoo artist silena + ruegard

dànadas

ruegard + soulmates + roommates

ursa major

jemmie + stargazing through the years

son and heir (of nothing in particular)

ruegard + butch clarisse

between comfort and chaos

pipeyna + godly parent swap

μνασεσθαι τινα φαιμι και ετερον αμμεων

post toa. actress piper + make up artist shel

οτα παννοχος ασφι καταγρα

rachel and annabeth have been paired togehter on a project. neither of them are thrilled about it

Δέδυκε μεν α σελάννα

piper and annabeth medieval au

αλλα παν τολματων, επει και πευχτα

gallory superhero au

παντι τουτ α γαρ πολυ περσκεθοισα καλλοσ

reychel + bodyswap

without changing a part of me (how do i get to heaven?)

mallory in a church before she dies

And They Were Roommates

billie hates drew, her new roommate. or does she?

My Flowers Blood Around You

when drew meets reyna, she starts coughing up petals

It's Always Colder On Your Own

piper and annabeth get snowed in together

Cottagecore

drew and billie move in together

Library Card

rachel gets a library card. and a crush on the librarian (rachabeth)

i'd be the voice that urged orpheus (when her body was found)

artemis relives zoe's death three times

leaves from the vine (falling so slow)

ruegard and the battle of manhattan

Twisted Ankle

jadie historical au. sadie has to visit a healer

i'll carry you home (no you're not alone)

gallory + patching each other up

oh wow, sports

samirah joins a soccer (football) club

Here Come The Brides

jemmie get married

Is This Seat Taken?

reychel + university au

Valkyrie

gunilla and mallory on the daily battlefield

Staring

this new hunter keeps looking at emmie

you're coming back (and it's the end of the world)

shelper angst

dinosaurs, dinosaurs fell in love (but they didn't say goodbye)

idk why its called that either. mallory after gunilla's death

there were chains, so i loved you

ruegard through the years

La rivière est profonde (S'y noyer avec toi pourrait être adéqua)

shelper angst

i'll make you a constellation (you're a star in my eyes)

shelper + stargazing

from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow

gallory in the nineties

Nevermoor

i sing sometimes to know i’m alive

morrigan centric morridence angst

danish and a latte

morridence university au

chilly

morridence + a tricksy lane

(till our fingers decompose) keep my hand in yours

cadence gets a job at a coffee shop. morrigan keeps her company

cut it off

anah and thaddea. a haircut and some hurt/comfort

strung out and spellbound

five times morrigan's head wasn't right around cadence and one time cadence's wasn't right around morrigan

Oblivious Crushes

everyone knows morrigan has a crush. except morrigan herself

First Dance

morrigan and cadence at marina and roshni's wedding

Avatarverse

kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face

(azutara) katara starts sparring with a new girl at her club

Five Times Korra And Asami Were Nearly Caught And One Time Tenzin Decided He Didn't See Anything

korrasami + shenanigans + star wars au

Rosewood Chronicles

do you see us getting scraped up off the pavement?

ellie and lottie become roommates. again (post canon, divergent from princess at heart)

Derry Girls

ribs get tough

michelle and clare hanging out after gcses

we're dancing in the dark

clare + michelle + a party

Doctor Who

a long way back to where we came from

the doctor meets an old friend after she breaks out of prison (thirteenrose)

Her Royal Highness

apples, oranges, peaches, plums

millie does a few buzzfeed quizzes

your deep seeing eyes (ancient stars)

rocksalt + soulmates

i wanna hold your hand

rocksalt fluff

standing on your mama’s porch (you told me that you'd wait forever)

more rocksalt fluff

it's about ascension i guess (don't put me to rest)

rocksalt + i love you

yeah, i'm gonna kiss you

rocksalt fluff

it is the east, and Juliet is the sun

millie and flora after their final exam

[juniperhillpatient]

So I saw this soulmate au prompt somewhere and immediately thought of Azutara. You have soulmate’s name on one hand and your enemy’s on the other and you can’t tell which is which. I thought this would work best with Jet and Azula. Because she’s like that guy definitely not my soulmate takes one look at Azula, turns around and says “how ya doing babe.” Then keeps going back and forth between them. (And I know calling Jet her enemy is exaggerating. If you wanted to make it more accurate it could be soulmate and most toxic relationship you could have. Cause Jet x Katara would have gotten real toxic real fast. And I dislike Tyzula because Azula would just manipulate the heel out of the relationship. Nothing against Ty Lee btw) Your thoughts?

Okay, first of all, I have to applaud your timing because I was 2 seconds from making a post like "I'm bored where are my anons?" when I got this notification :D

Second of all, this is a fun concept! I kinda like the idea of keeping it "your enemy" not "a potential toxic relationship." Why not have a story that challenges the definitions of "soulmates" & "enemies" & examines how the characters in such a story can come out stronger from learning more about people they're "destined" to have as their enemy? I have a weakness for stories where characters go against predestined rules & come out stronger for it. Also - Katara & Azula fighting destiny, determined NOT to be with each other, & eventually deciding in the end that it doesn't matter because they love each other is super romantic.

Katara not knowing what to make of the two names on her hands & being SO confused about who is supposed to be her enemy & who is supposed to be her soulmate between Azula & Jet has so much potential for both angst & comedy tbh. The drama & confusion would be so entertaining.

The other name on Azula's hand as Ty Lee also has potential. Azula would be DETERMINED that Ty Lee must be her soulmate because Katara sure as hell is her enemy. But again - what if the whole concept of "enemy" was challenged? What if Ty Lee somehow betrayed Azula? Either exactly like she did in canon or in some other way in an AU. Azula realizes that Ty Lee is her "enemy." They could hate each other for a while, but I like to believe that in the end, they would become friends again (& so would Katara & Jet) (yes I'm a simple gal who just wants everyone to be friends in the end & what about it)

Anyway, this is a very romantic & fun concept! :)

[azure-firecracker]

For your prompt list, can you do #36- "I never wanted to hurt you' for Azutara.

I'm gonna set this one up a bit if that's ok. This prompt reminds me of a scene from the soulmate au I'm working on (hopefully will one day finish lol)

If you don't wanna use this then that's absolutely fine. With that being said, here's the relevant info.

-Soulmarks are rare to appear. Everyone has a soulmate, but the only thing that's guaranteed is that you'll be in the general vicinity of them at some point in your life. The mark won't appear until you directly speak to each other, in this case it was the throne room scene from the show. When you are both aware of the mark, you become spiritually connected. This connection is different for every person. In thier case, the mark worked two ways 1) during moments of high stress, the non-stressed one's spirit is pulled to the other (think astral projection but they can't be seen) to provide support/comfort. 2) they see various memories of the other through dreams. I plan on using this aspect to build a connection between them since they hardly directly interacted during the show. Katara's memories and some of the actions Azula witnesses from Katara both inspire her to want to be a better ruler and show her that Katara is her equal. Katara sees a lot of the more negative memories of Azula, like when her mother implied there was something wrong with her, harsh training from Ozai, her mother disappearing, Zuko's Agni Kai. Azula also has anxiety from her past traumas so, needless to say, Katara's been providing quite a bit of comfort (Azula has a mark mirroring Katara's necklace and Katara has one of a Blue Dragon going down her spine)

Next point - the Crossroads of Destiny never happened. Azula freed Katara after seeing the soulmark. She didn't tell her about it and instead offered a deal. Her freedom in exchange for information on Zuko's location. Azula had the Dai lee lower the walls before trying to capture Zuko, so he had already fled when she goes to capture him.

Azula gets called back to the fire nation by Ozai, leaving War Minister Qin in charge of the city. When she gives her report to Ozai, she left out the info about Katara, which Ozai knew about thanks to Qin's report sent via messenger hawk. He accuses her of trying to hide her failure and also brings up her inability to capture Zuko. He decides to overlook the slight in lieu of her victory but threatens her to never fail him again. Katara saw all of this and her spirit is pulled behind the princess as she returned to her room and proceeded to lose her public composure, falling into a panic attack. That was the first time Katara provided comfort but the relevant part is Ozai's threat.

Later, on the Day of Black Sun, Azula had decided she was going to leave the capital, planning to teach Aang firebending. Her plan was to safely slip into the night after the invasion (she didn't leave during it because she needed to make sure her people were protected). She set up a plan to stall Aang using far more Dai lee than she did in the show. She gave them orders not to capture him however. With the invasion thwarted, she went to give her report to Ozai. She didn't get a chance to speak as he started laying into her about allowing the Avatar to escape. (Katara astral projects in. At this point her body is on Appa as they prepare to flee) When she tried to speak Ozai back handed her yelling/asking when she became so weak. The sudden movement shifted her shirt enough for Ozai the see a hint of blue in her neck. He pulls down her collar revealing the soulmark. The last thing Katara sees is Ozai throw Azula back, causing her to stumble as he calls he a born traitor throwing lightning in the process.

This is a spoiler point. I have Ty lee rescuing Azula with airbending. As the lightning kept from Ozai's fingers, she slammed him with a gust of wind, sending him flying. The lightning, with it's trajectory changed, strikes Azula in the shoulder. When Ozai looks back, the room is empty.

Ty lee, following the spiritual connection through Azula's aura, brings her to the Western Air Temple.

I'm curious to see your take on what happens next and this prompt seemed to fit it quite well. Perhaps you'll have Katara speaking to an unconscious Azula. Or maybe you'll have a couple scenes, one when Azula arrives and another when combustion man attacks, having Azula wake up, stumble out and strike him with lightning leading to Katara freaking out about her condition. There are really a lot of different ways this could go. If you decide to do it, I admit I'm very interested to see what you come up with. 🙂

Sorry this took so long but I really wanted to make sure I got this right, especially after you left all of those wonderful comments on my fic! This AU is absolutely incredible, and I hope I did it justice.

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Katara awoke with a gasp and found herself lying on a flat stone ledge. Around her were her friends, each looking dejected after their recent failure. But Katara had other things on her mind.

She hadn’t told her friends about the blue dragon that had appeared on her back in Ba Sing Se, or where she really found herself when she “fell asleep.” She wasn’t exactly sure why she hadn’t told them. It was partially because they had so much going on already, but partially because she was afraid they wouldn’t trust Azula.

Azula...the girl had turned out to be so much more than Katara had ever imagined. Far from pure evil, she was a broken teenager with fierce protectiveness deep inside her, and Katara had found that they weren’t as different as she’d once thought. She was her soulmate, as strange as that was. Katara never would have expected it, but she had come to care deeply about her.

She paced the Air Temple in worry, wishing she could do more than just move her spirit into Azula’s mind, that she could help in some way. The last thing she remembered was seeing the girl at the mercy of her father. Katara thought she would know if Azula had died, but her heart still ached with fear.

« Help! » came a cry from far above. Katara leaped to her feet and glanced up into the sky. There was a Fire Nation airship zigzagging towards them. Sokka raised his sword, but Katara held out her hand to stop him. This ship was clearly being flown by someone who didn’t know what they were doing. Something wasn’t right.

The ship suddenly tipped forward, pointing straight down and hurtling towards the bottom of the canyon. At the last moment, Katara saw a strange form leap from the front window towards them, falling just short of the edge of the cliff. Katara raced towards them, but Aang was faster, leaping off the edge with his glider, falling into a dive. A moment later, he was back, and he wasn’t alone. Ty Lee was hanging on to his feet with one hand, and somehow she was helping propel them through the air. Was she...was she airbending? In her other arm was the limp body of Azula. Katara felt her heart leap.

Katara raced towards them as they landed on the side of the ledge. Aang and Ty Lee began a conversation, but Katara barely registered it. She ran straight to Azula and dropped to her knees, instinctively scooping the girl up in her arms. Thank the spirits, she thought. Azula was alive, if weak.

Quickly, Katara drew her water out of her pouch, her hands moving over Azula’s shoulder, feeling the electricity coursing through her. Healing Azula was, in some ways, the easiest thing she’d ever done, because the pattern of her heart and her spirit was so similar to her own.

Azula stirred in Katara’s lap and slowly opened her eyes. As her vision cleared, she groaned, and tears instantly filled her eyes.

« I’m sorry, Katara. »

Katara blinked. « What for? »

Azula sighed, tears still spilling down her cheeks. « I’m sorry that you’ve got me for whatever this soulmate thing is. You’ve done everything for me. You showed me compassion when no one else would, you calmed me down, you were open with me when you never had to be. You made me a better person. And me? All I did was hurt you. I tried to kill your friends, and now my father won’t stop until he kills me too. I’m a failure and a monster. » She looked up, right into Katara’s eyes. « I never meant to hurt you. »

Katara suspected that the girl’s weak physical state was part of what was making her so vulnerable. She’d never seen Azula be so honest, even with herself. It made her heart swell, with sadness for the girl who’d been made to believe she was a monster, when Katara knew that that couldn’t be further from the truth.

She pulled Azula up into a tight hug. She’d never hugged her before, but it felt right. Like they’d been made to put their arms around each other just like that. « Azula, you’re my soulmate. I...I love you. I love you because you’re a person, because you’re passionate and strong and human. You could never be a monster. »

Azula didn’t speak, maybe because she was still too injured, maybe because she had nothing to say. She just wrapped her arms tighter around Katara, and held onto her like she was the most important thing in the world.

A voice came from behind them.

« Wait a second. She’s your WHAT?! »

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This was a super fun prompt! You’re amazing so I hope it made you happy! This is an amazing idea and I can’t wait to see where you go with it!!!

[casualdadnomad]

modern hc for every possible atla ship

Alright, I said I’d do it and now I’m doing it. We will not be arguing over ships because it’s impossible to argue if I include..... all of them. I’ll include some nice ship things and then rate the likeliness of the ship happening in my au.

Kataang: my babies. soulmates. they would be that adorable couple that has been together since the eighth grade. they work well together because they’re both kind hearted and care about each other deeply. they hold hands in hallways, call each other pet names (the infamous “sweetie” that makes sokka want to die), and always try to give each other little surprises to brighten each other’s day. they’re very into valentines day. would it happen? yes. 100/10. 

Sukka: my babies part 2. sokka comes to every football game to cheer her on during halftime. he also goes to every winter guard competition. Suki goes with him when he does his graffiti. she insists it’s to be a lookout in case the cops find them, but she just loves watching him make his art. they don’t go out much, and are just as happy watching anime in suki’s room as they would be on a date. would it happen? YES. 10/10.

Zukka: the hottest ship of the ATLA renaissance. probably the best ship of all time. they just have this perfect dynamic. sokka is a genius with terrible ideas and no impulse control. zuko is just a guy with anxiety. sokka would definitely help zuko come out of his shell a little bit. and iroh loves his nephew’s boyfriend. sokka helps out for free in the jasmine dragon if zuko is working. would it happen? maybe. i do love them a lot. 8/10.

Zutara: okay. everyone has an opinion on zutara. my opinion is that i don’t like it unimportant. they stay up late on facetimes and talk until like 3 am. they play a lot of games and katara is super competitive, so zuko lets her win a lot. she’s cute when she’s convinced she’s the king of gamepigeon 8 ball. would it happen? unlikely. 4/10.

Taang: i don’t hear about this ship a ton. it’s not one i ever thought about. they’re both super protective, even though neither of them really need to be protected. aang is definitely more affectionate than toph, but toph can and will beat the shit out of anyone that hurts aang. would it happen? they’re the only two freshmen, so maybe, but still unlikely. 5/10.

Tokka: i’ve always thought toph’s little crush on sokka was adorable. they would skip school, go break the law for fun, that kind of nonsense. this is one of those rare instances where sokka has the most common sense. they would be more of a “what’s up you ugly idiot” kind of couple than a “hey baby! :)” kind of couple. would it happen? I could see them getting along. it would be pretty chaotic. 6.5/10.

Mai Lee: MY GIRLS. they’re perfect for each other. Mai is peak alt girl. She’s a goth queen, eyeliner sharp enough to kill a man, chains, little shirt big pants, and a nose piercing. ty lee is the exact definition of cottagecore. strawberry dresses, lots of blush, makes her own earrings. ty lee even gave mai a pair of earrings she made to look like knives. they walk down the street holding hands. if anyone throws them a weird look, mai throws a knife right back. would it happen? HELL YES. 1,000/10.

Tyzula: here’s the thing. azula never did get that sweet sweet redemption arc, so in my au she’s still a bit of an asshole. if they got together, i can see azula really trying to improve herself as a person for ty lee. i see ty lee really trying to sell the idea of including azula to the rest of the friend group. i’m really into the idea of instead of ty lee “fixing” her, having azula work on herself with ty lee as some extra motivation. would it happen? if azula put in effort to be a better person, sure. 7/10.

Maitara: what, did you think i was going to forget maitara? i did say every ship. katara vibes with the softgirl aesthetic while mai is on the egirl side, and honestly i am living for it. would it happen? this one is definitely a rare ship. but i think it could work. 5/10.

Maiko: ah yes, the canon one. zuko’s not quite as edgy as mai is. he’s like, if you diluted the eboy aesthetic a little. but i think it would maybe work between my two emo babies. they’re a couple that you never really see engaging in any pda so you just assume they’re friends until someone tells you otherwise. they’re very cute together, but dare i say kind of boring...? would it happen? goth x goth solidarity is cool, so maybe. 6/10.

Azutara: dude, there’s not a lot to say for this one. it’s been a little while since i’ve even seen an azutara shipper. are they extinct? (azutara babes pls tell me if ur not extinct). yeah so if this happened i think it would be because azula put in the work to be a good person and was welcomed back into the group. once she was in the group, katara would have gotten to know her real personality and liked her. but katara also holds her accountable for her actions. she puts up with no bullshit because she knows her worth. would it happen? i don’t think so. 2/10.

Sutara: this seems like chaos. these ladies would be the power couple of the century. i think with two women so strong and powerful, they’d butt heads a lot. they would be out in the world and actively changing it. would it happen? they’re both badass awesome women, but i’m not sure. 3/10.

Zukaang: uhh... i can’t say i ever thought about zukaang before now. but i guess you would have this bright ball of energy and a dark brooding type, so i can see how it could be cute. would it happen? um... no. i’m not sure if opposites attract that much. 0/10.

Tophko: another one that has literally never crossed my mind! i’m not sure how i feel about angry + angry as a dynamic. i think they would make great friends. okay, i think they would be a couple you mostly wouldn’t want to mess with. they can mess with each other, but no one else is allowed to mess with them. would it happen? no. i’m a slut for height differences, but not at the expense of a good personality match. 0/10.

Jetko: ah, the infamous jetko. the thing about jet in my au is that he’s kind of a sports boy. jock vibes. i guess i haven’t thought about his personality much except that he’s, well, a cocky sports guy. even if mans was bi or gay, i think he would have too much internalized homophobia to openly be in an gay relationship. would it happen? here’s the thing. i could maybe see them having kissed once or something, but not together currently. 4/10.

Jetka: okay i see a handful of people saying jetka rights so i thought i’s include it. i think the most likely scenario would be, maybe, they kissed once or twice and then sokka got ghosted because jet was closeted and scared. since jet obviously didn’t try to burn down a village, maybe that could be the reason sokka doesn’t like him. would it happen? maybe they never got together but jet could have been sokka’s first dude crush or something. 2/10.

Jetara: my immediate thought was that jet asked her out and they went out for like a week but katara quickly realized hey, he’s an asshole. ALTERNATIVELY, katara recognized him as the guy who hurt her brother or zuko and never went out with him at all, because hey, i don’t need all that drama. would it happen? maybe awkward exes. 3/10.

okay these took soooo long! if you have another ship, questions, or headcanon ideas, my ask box is always open!

[krastbannert]

M, R, Z

M: What’s the weirdest AU scenario you’ve ever come up with? Did it turn into a story?

Weirdest? Oh, geez. Um. The Go For Broke AU is probably up there, since it's basically the Korean War replicated in the world of ATLA. I guess the Ashmaker AU (firebender!Longshot AU) is kind of odd, too. But to be honest I don't think any of my AUs have been really that weird? The rarest, from what I've been told, are probably the dark!Zutara and dark!Maiko+Azutara AUs that I came up with recently.

I did have a platonic soulmate AU I was thinking of writing for Azula where she wasn't born with any soulmarks, as most people are - but then they suddenly appear during "The Chase" and her entire world is upended. Never really got any concrete ideas for it, though, so I ended up canning it. Gave the title to another WIP, though, so like 1/5 of the way there, I suppose.

R: Which writers (fanfic or otherwise) do you consider the biggest influence on you and your writing?

There's a few on this list. Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time), David Eddings (The Belgariad and The Malloreon), and Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher), all in different ways. Jordan for the level of worldbuilding and the sprawl, Eddings for the more lighthearted, positive take on epic fantasy that those two series were, and Sapkowski for the more personal tale that the Witcher was.

Fanfic-wise...huh. The stories and AUs that @ultranos has come up with and written kind of inspired me to go all-out, and their style also compelled me enough to change mine (only slightly, but it gave me the idea to actually experiment with portraying character's thoughts in a different way). @its-sooz's encouragement to try things that are outside the box, and her advice and just her friendship in general, has also influenced my writing for the better. And I don't recall who it was, exactly, but whoever's story it was that convinced me to change from using past to present tense for my writing really influenced my writing. I'm sure there's more, but those are the big ones off the top of my head.

Z: Is there a story you’ve written that doesn’t seem to get much love?

Answered here.

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Asks came from this ask game!

[blorboazula]

The Past is Made of Unspoken Horrors [1/6]

an Azutara soulmates AU | one bares the other's scars | post-canon, established relationship

cw: scars, implied past abuse. mild sexual content, discussion of csa & of non-con incest in future parts (set in the same 'verse as this)

Katara adjusted the forearm guard on her left, making sure it wasn’t painfully tight. They made her feel almost uncomfortably warm in average spring weather of the Fire Nation, but they were better than flowy sleeves that noble women in general worn. Her usual clothes made her feel like she was being steam-cooked. She wasn’t ashamed or uncomfortable about none of the scars on her body (she was even proud of some), her soulmate was. 

For years, Katara believed her match was an older Earth Kingdom soldier. It wasn’t too uncommon to have soulmates with larger gaps, so it wouldn’t be so weird if her mate was older enough to explain why she had gnarly scars as a toddler. In a world where they were fighting the Fire Nation, she saw the scars that could only have come from torture as a sign that she was fated to someone very, very brave.

Her hands shook slightly, her wrists where covered in burn marks and she remembered how she got new ones in there every other day for years. They didn’t talk about it, and Katara understood why it was better to wear thick bracelets, forearm guards and just anything that could cover them. All this hiding wasn’t her favorite thing in the world, but it seemed to placate her match (when it came to the soulmarks, she was quite the calm person most of the time anyways).  

She stepped out of the house, morning heat still easily bearable. With confident steps, she strode her way towards the figure walking along the shore. The figure that slowed her steps, a smirk in her face out of pure jerkiness. The woman eyes her covered arms, making a grunt of approval.

“Good morning, sleeping beauty,” Azula said.

“Good morning, have you been up for long?” Have you slept at all?

“Since Agni has risen.” That was better than the whole week prior. “I’ve trained, meditated, trained some more.”

“How’s the fire going?”

“It’s consistently white,” perhaps Katara was the only person Azula didn’t seem to be ashamed of knowing she was working on her fire being as potent as before. Katara was the only person Azula felt safe and comfortable around. “I see blue sparks every now and then.”

“You’ve made quite the progress, I’m proud of you,’ Azula beamed. Sometimes Katara wasn’t sure how that was the same person that spent months hunting them, even more persistent than Zuko. “Have you eaten breakfast?”

“Breakfast sounds good. Lead the way.”

She gestures towards the house, palm facing up. One of the very few scars Azula carried, in both hands. Katara had been fascinated, a little, they marked the day she learned she could heal as an instinctual thing. Azula hung up to every word, it was the first time the Firebender seemed to be interested in their conversations at all.

(She tried not to think too much about how yeah, scars meant painful wounds. The soulmarks from her told of either funny adventures or significant moments.

Soulmarks from Azula seemed, more often than not, about carelessly hurting a child.

It all left a sour, dirty and bitter taste on the back of her mouth.)

She wanted to reach, take Azula’s warm hand, and entwine their fingers. Katara was an affectionate person, in general, she never withheld hugs and comforting touches. Something she missed about the adventures in war was when the three and then four of them would pile up in the saddle and take naps. 

They made progress, Azula didn’t watch her all the time when she was within arm’s reach from the Waterbender. (She was wary some days, Katara made sure she was just a little further away. Not enough to scream rejection, enough to say I’ll not touch you). Azula still preferred to be the one initiating contact, which she didn’t do often at all. There were hand-holding, a few hugs, gentle kissing. 

Katara wouldn’t get tired of those days, nor of when Azula was just a little bolder and went for hotter, deeper kisses. It felt almost too good, Azula’s bold moments. When she’d allow for less innocent, when she’d ask for a little more. Katara wouldn’t get tired of Azula sliding onto her lap, how warm and solid she was.

It’s too early for you to be thinking about that kind of thing, she told herself.

They sat side by side, close enough for Katara to feel her warmth but they weren’t touching. It was calm, quiet, Katara enjoyed those moments. She enjoyed the peace that Azula seemed to bring with nothing but her presence. Another surprise, but maybe it should have been expected considering that people do say that you’re at peace with your soulmate even if you never thought you’d be.

Azula’s warmth was addicting, if you ask Katara.

“Want to go for a walk?” Katara asked when she found Azula curled up in a seat, quite the old-looking book in her hands. “We can hang out here too.”

“A walk is fine,” there was a small smile on her lips.

Even the smallest smiles brough undeniable warmth to her chest. An innocent reaction when it wasn’t one of Azula’s usual sardonic smirks. The Firebender closed her book, gently placed it on the close table and followed Katara out into the pleasant breeze of the night. It felt nice, those moments in which all they needed was to be around each other. 

After a couple of minutes, Azula stepped just a little closer. Katara turned her hand to offer silent acceptance to what was being offered. Azula’s hand was, of course, quite wam. It was also rougher than you’d expect from a princess that did live sheltered for most of her life, and the roughness didn’t come only from the soulmark. She also had calloused fingers from training with weapons. Their fingers locked, Katara enjoyed how it felt to have her hand engulfed in warmth. Azula, of course, noticed that this small gesture made Katara a little flustered. 

“You’re adorable,” she leaned down and kissed Katara’s cheek. Out of habit, at this point, Katara mumbled about how it was unfair that Azula was the second tallest of their friend group, only losing to the literal Air Nomad).

“And you’re annoying, all tall like that.”

“You surely hate it, it’s not like you snuggle on me when I hold you.”

“You’re warm,” she dared to lean a little closer. “Can you blame me for liking to be held by your strong arms?”

“My strong arms, uh?” She managed to a b itof a smooth talker for all of her awkwardness. “I’ll make sure I keep them that way.”

“I’d appreciate that,” she moved slowly, gave her time to move back, but Azula allowed the Waterbender to hang her arms around her neck. It was one of the few touches the Firebender didn’t mind being initiated by Katara. She tilted her chin up, offering herself to be kissed. “I love you.”

Azula blinked down at her, but didn’t respond with anything but a sweet, little kiss. At this point, Katara got used to it. To no verbal response, to a hint of doubt – even if she didn’t frown the way she did before, or question her in fearful whispers like she did a few times before.

Progress was progress, and Katara was glad to see any at all.

[withgirl-sq]

Next chapter is up :)

[withgirl-sq]

Next chapter is up :)

[withgirl-sq]

How would Katara and Azula react to getting their elements swapped?

Not well lol

For Azula I think she would really struggle with having an element that she doesn't understand and can't naturally bend.

For Katara I think it would a lot angstier because she would be thinking about whether it would be disrespectful to Kya to use the fire.

Of course, they could then teach each other how to bend it (maybe during a fight they have to talk each other through the different forms while freaking out 😂) and they would learn to have a deeper appreciation for the different styles and get to know each other!

You've reminded me of the soulmate AU idea I had of them swapping elements after they meet and now I'm so tempted to write it haha

[blorboazula]

I think I need to write a soulmate au for azutara

[withgirl-sq]

F, T, and S (ATLA and/or OUAT)

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom

Ouat was my first fandom and I joined after the season 4 finale so I guess that makes it 9 years 😳

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all (gender identity, sexual or romantic orientation, extended family, sexual preferences like top/bottom/switch, relationship with poetry, seriously anything)

Azula identifying as a lesbian is a big one for me, and in any AU of canon I believe she has some major internalised homophobia from growing up in the Fire Nation

My other thing that may be strange is that I have a strong feeling of who would carry their child should one of them get pregnant in any given ship. For SwanQueen, I believe that Emma would carry the child and for Azutara I believe it would be Katara, I don't really have any rational explanation for either. If anyone wants to know this for any other ship, let me know!

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

I'll do one for each fandom!:

Azutara - I think that Azula would start to resent her firebending when she gets closer to Katara because she can see that she's afraid of it and also because of what happened to her mother. This would lead Azula to having a field trip with Zuko to meet the dragons lol

SwanQueen - I don't think that Robin was Regina's soulmate after all the ways that she changed after Tinkerbell used the pixie dust, but it would take Regina a lot to realise that her and him are always parted because they are not actually meant to be together. Eventually, she realises that the person she is meant to be with is the one who has been trying to help her get back to Robin. It's only confirmed for her when she discovers Emma's Lyon tattoo.