#rugby au my beloved ♥️

[dickpuncher420]

Okay hell yes to fly half sokka but have you considered the enemies to lovers potential of scrum half zuko who won't PASS THE FUCKING BALL DOWN THE LINE

(my team had a scrum half like this who thought they were better than everyone and loved to make a run for it out of the scrum. pretty sure our fly half wanted to strangle them)

Or just like. Fly half sokka and scrum half zuko and one of them is new to their position or the team and they just can't make a smooth connection out of the scrum and each of them blames the other and they have to work on building those instincts and reading each other's body language and fostering trust. Zuko has to trust that sokka has the best plan for the situation and that it'll work. Sokka has to trust that sometimes the scrum half going rogue is actually an incredible surprise maneuver (and hilarious) and that zuko will deploy it sparingly but effectively

Bonus points if, in the enemies arc, zuko's all like "oh you want me to pass it down the line? Fine!" and proceeds to consistently skip sokka and pass it straight to the inside center (because he has the arm strength and NO sokka doesn't find that attractive at all, katara, it's actually infuriating)

Okay, wow, i also have lots of feelings about a rugby au, phew!

omg. i love rival rugby players zukka but the idea of them being on the same team and HATING each other is so good too lmfao

ok but also i am too fond of zuko being a forward (gotta rep my forwards u know 😤 ) to have him as scrum half BUT. i love the idea of him just. consistently stealing the balls that are meant to go to the backs. sokka wants the ball off the scrum? oops nope zuko is doing an 8 pick again. ball is supposed to go to sokka off a ruck? surprise it’s zuko again, who comes in LITERALLY out of nowhere and intercepts the ball. and sokka is pissed, obviously, but also every time zuko gets the ball he somehow manages to break the line?? bc apparently nobody wants to tackle a crazy 8 man running at them full tilt with murder in his eyes. who knew.

of course they eventually get into a fight over it bc “the ball has to go to the backs at SOME point, zuko” and “you’re gonna get hurt if u dont start using ur brain for once” and huh. weird that sokka cares about whether zuko gets hurt or not but WHATEVER. that’s not the point. the point is that zuko’s a DICK and he’s not being a good team player!!

cue zuko actually starting to make an effort to listen to sokka when he’s calling plays and stuff, and sokka (begrudgingly) admits that zuko is actually a really good player and zuko (also begrudgingly) admits that sokka knows what he’s doing and knows what’s best for the team. and then they start (gasp) actually getting along and suddenly their team is doing better than ever and winning games left and right

oh man and then what if one of them gets hurt and then the entire team just falls apart bc they didn’t realize how much they’d come to rely on each other on the field and OOF. yeah. that’s the good shit 😤