#soft boy zuko

[verybadatwriting]

"Like a freshly squeezed baby 💀"

lol what?? I never thought I'd read that sentence.

Really cute headcannon!

hi again!!! can i request zuko hcs with him and the reader being married + izumi?

‘Picture Perfect’- Zuko x female!reader

Masterlist <3

An: HIYA! Also hi again! Happy to see you back 😉! Also thank you for the request!! And I couldn’t come up with a title so- 💀

Summary:

See request :3

Warnings: marriage, children.

When it comes to getting married

Zuko is a perfectionist

Will have this whole proposal planned out

Will definitely fail miserably somehow

Like idk accidentally says before the time

He would be so pissed if he said it

Like would cry

LMAOOO

The wedding would be rather quiet

He doesn’t want all the town to see his special moment

Because it’s his moment

All his and your friends are there

Zuko’s family is there too

Or what’s left of it

He’d stay up at night to avoid having nightmares about hurting Izumi :(

But after she was born he would relax a bit

But after she was born he would relax a bit

Would check on her every 2 seconds to make sure she’s still alive

Please let the baby sleep in the room mate, Zuko won’t sleep otherwise 💀

When she was still young

Like a freshly squeezed baby 💀

He would insist that he has to wake up to feed her, not you (WITH THE FORMULA IF THATS POSSIBLE IDK)

He just wants you to be well rested

After like getting more comfy with Izumi

He would spend lots of time with her

100% would make sure that Izumi doesn’t feel left out or that her dad is negelant

Does lots of father daughter activities with her

It’s funny because imagine it’s parents consultation day at school and the whole ass firelord shows up

Zuko would baby you and Izumi

Like spoiling you guys with literally anything you want

Reserves a family day every Saturday

No going out with friends that day

Family days:

Sometimes you would spend it all in the library, you reading whilst Zuko rest his head on your lap and Izumi lays on top off him

Or going to town in normie clothing to try to fit in

Or watching ember island plays

Or riding Druk around the sky

Sometimes even just lazy days in bed, spent snacking and cuddling

I feel like Zuko would be the kind of dad to cry whilst his kid is getting a shot

Like your there like “Chill”

And he’s on the verge of tears

More nervous than Izumi herself 😐

Would take an entire week or so off of duties if you or Izumi are ill

He just wants to make sure he’s present

Will let Izumi sleep with you guys if she had a nightmare

Holds her and soothes her to sleep

Is there at all her daddy-daughter activities

Let’s her be independent but also is very protective

When it comes to you being stern, he always feels bad for Izumi

Too scared to tell her off, but does it anyways (for obvious reasons)

Try to restrain him from buying you or Izumi the whole market after any accomplishment

During anniversaries, the gang babysits Izumi to make sure y’all get the day to yourselves

He celebrates every birthday with a grand celebration

Unless you or Izumi asked for a small one

But only friends and family allowed - no random side characters from the village

Once she gets to an older age, we’ll say 16

He’s a lot more leaneat

She can get away with a lot of things

Would let her attend meeting, if she wanted to

If the other rulers said something mean about her being a non-bender, he would warn them, telling them that that’s inappropriate to say/none of their business and if they said something like that again they would be escorted out

She learns combat from all around the world

Kyoshi warriors, Toph, Aang, Katara, Zuko himself, Iroh, etc

So she’s very experienced

Reminds her constantly that he’s proud of her

And they’re very close

Overall, it’s kinda chaotic around the palace but definitely very domestic and homely 😩

An: AHH this was so cute!! Can you tell I got carried away 😭. As always, hope you enjoyed reading, SEE YA! <3

[sulkybender]

*chants* Zukka

[stresspizza]

Zuko x BodyGuard! Reader

Where reader explains why they have a scar over their heart to the gaang, and what it means to the fire nation.

The fire nation has a tradition. Each royal member has an option to have a body guard, which they are appointed to at the age of seven.

When they have chosen their body guard, the body guard must go through a series of challenges to prove their loyalty to their master.

The last being a brand, made by their master's firebending.

A scar made by their master meant life long commitment, meant unwavering loyalty to the royal member. They must do whatever they say, with no hesitation.

"Wow..." Katara whispers, "that's bittersweet."

You continue.

If the body guard, at any point in their life, requests to be relieved of their duties, they must cut their limb off where their scar lies. Only then can they sever their loyalty.

The gaang looked at each other, "but the scar is over your heart!" Sokka shouts.

Zuko turns his head away, "Because I missed," he says lowly, too embarrassed to look them in the eyes.

The group looks at him in disbelief, and chuckles, "you? A great fire bender? Missing?" Aang smiles. As much as Zuko was a great teacher, Aang couldn't imagine Zuko ever missing a stagnant target.

"I was seven! I was aiming for their arm and I just missed, okay?!"

The group laughs harder, and turn to you. You, who have been tenderly rubbing your scar over your heart, remembering how painful it was to look at seven-year-old Zuko worry for your well-being after his brand.

"Y/N?"

You give a soft smile, "Though this spot is a little inconvenient," you rise, walking over to Zuko. Standing in front of him, you get on one knee, and bow your head and shoulders deeply, "I wouldn't have it any other way. My loyalty, my purpose, and my life is yours, My Prince."

There is a short pause. Zuko, though you've bowed to him plenty of times, thought this one in particular felt more sincere - intimate even. The past few weeks with the gaang, you've allowed yourself to open up more. And he, even though he rightfully knew, saw your more defined personality.

As he worked through his anger, as his days being back at the palace felt more lonely, as his kisses with Mai felt forced, as his yearn for his uncle's forgiveness increased day by day...

You stood beside him through it all, without questioning his thoughts. Your patience for him was unstaggering.

And you continue to demonstrate it now, in front of the very people that distrust him.

His slouch straightened. Zuko clears his throat lightly, "Y/N, raise your head."

You raise your head, wondering what he might do.

He stands up, places one of his fists on the bottom of the other's palm, and bows his head, "I am grateful to have you beside me. Thank you for everything you've done up until now, and everything you will do in the future. I swear to you, I will become a master you will be proud of."

[tragedykery]

hitting y’all upside the head relationships can “not work out” without being abusive! there doesn’t have to be one person who is to blame for everything! what the fuck!

[lezbi0nic]

Zuko is such a cool character when you ignore 90% of his fan base.

[small-world-au]

EMOS

Zuko - ATLA

ARE YOU A WIZARD, MY CHILD?!!!!!

ZUKO IS LITERALLY MY 1# CHILDHOOD CRUSH!!!!! HOW TF DID YOU KNEW?!!!

[zukosfires]

truly cannot wait for zuko’s tea shop boy era in the atla live action

[ididgettomeetyou]

my least fav zuzo take is that hes super mature team dadko come on thats no fun my boy is an angry ass let him be angry lol

[anti-atla-fandom]

i think it’s funny that the same people who are lamenting the removal of sokka’s misogyny are the some ones who take away his complexity and completely mischaracterize him just to fit their one-sided shipping

[confused-beany]

The formula for a Best Boi:

Stonk

Soft

Sassy

[kanene-yaaay]

*incoherent noises*

Senseless writing drama in the tags because what is life without a bit of dramatics 😎

[verybadatwriting]

This is it. This is the good stuff.

Hey there! I’ve seen your blog and really like your writing, so I wanted to make a request for Zuko, but it’s ok if you don’t want to write it (:

So, could you please write reader being parte of the gaang and being captured by zuko, and arrested in his ship, but instead of to using her as bait he tries to use the information she would have about the avatar, except reader has none and now he couldn’t just let she leave and they end up befriending while traveling? Thank you (and sorry if this is too specific)

‘Hot head' - Zuko x female!reader

Masterlist <3

An: GOOD DAY FRIENDS. Missed me? Also this requst was perfect thank you anon. <3 new aesthetic who dis 😼 (I like this better idk 🤷‍♀️)

Summary:

See request bestie <3

Warnings: reader gets captured, violence (I mean the show is legit about war I-)

Maybe you should've gone with Sokka fishing, or with Aang, Katara and Toph to the market. But no, you were an idiot. You decided to sleep in, just this once. And boy was that a mistake. See, as one of the older members of the group, you had so many responsibilities in this misfit family, and if you were being honest, you were burnt out.

And that’s exactly how you ended up here, in the enemy's ship, talking to the rather attractive enemy.

“What is the avatar’s plan?” he slammed the table.

You flinched slightly,

“I DON’T KNOW,”

“YOU WILL GIVE ME INFORMATION RIGHT NOW,”

“Number 1. I don’t take orders from a man, number 2. I don’t know anything, I just started travelling with them, ponytail.”

“Number 1. I don’t take orders from a man, number 2. I don’t know anything, I just started travelling with them, ponytail.”

He left the room angrily, but you could hear a quiet laughter - presumably from the crew.

This is how every single meeting went, he’d come to your cell, you’d bully him, he’d strom out.

Until one day, general Iroh came in.

You eyed him carefully as he entered the small cell, followed by ponytail himself. Iroh slowly unchained you, and you rubbed your free wrist as the cold air hit it.

He placed a tray of tea, jasmine to be specific, in front of him.

“Tea?”

You nodded, and thanked him as he handed you a warm cup.

Your fingers drummed on the plastic cup, anticipating the questions.

“If you're here for information about the avatar, I’m sorry but I don’t have anything valuable.” you shrugged.

“But were you not travelling with him?”

“I was, but, I was fairly new to the group so, I don’t really know them well,”

“Oh,”

“So what are you gonna do now?”

“KILL YOU.” Zuko yelled.

“You wish, princess.”

Iroh snorted at this, while Zuko fumed, storming towards you. You stood up and backed away towards the wall, a nervous smile on your face. He pushed you up against the wall, one of your hands pinned above your head and the other on your stomach.

Your breath hitched, your heart beating louder than ever.

“You will do as I say.”

“Or what?” you smirked.

“I’ll kill you,”

You thought carefully about your response, before deciding to say what was on your mind.

“Okay, pretty boy.”

He shot back immediately, a crimson blush coating his pale face.

“Shut up.”

You giggled in the background.

Only then had Zuko realised his uncle left - that sneaky hag.

“What? Am I flustering you?” you poked at him.

He ignored you.

“Oh, looks like I left him speechless.”

The pure embarrassment took over, and Zuko shot fire at you. You managed to doge the impact, with the skin of your teeth. He smirked, before leaving the room.

You sat on the ground, completely dazed, before the annoyment kicked in. You’d just have to get better at dodging, just in case, that was too close.

But we could deduce one thing.

The prince was a hothead.

--

The scarred boy sighed for what felt like the 700th time, “Please, anything?”

Your legs hung over the armrest of the ‘interrogation’ chair, swinging mindlessly.

You shrugged nonchalantly, “Listen, I don’t even know if those people like me, I mean, who would leave their friend on a fire nation boat, with a super attractive prince? Something doesn’t add up.” Sure it hurt that your ‘friends’ didn’t come to save you - but you were no damsel in distress. In fact, you had been concocting an escape plan for a while now, and definitely not staying just for the boy your heart oh so longed for. Yep, definitely not.

“That makes sens- wait you think I’m attractive?” it came off as a genuine question, the blush rising in his cheeks proved that.

“I mean yeah,” you sat properly in your chair, before leaning forwards, “Maybe if you put down your hair, and ditched the ponytail, ponytail.”

He seemed to contemplate that.

“What’s your name prince?“ you smirked.

“Zuko.”

Your mouth formed an ‘o’, had he just actually given you his name? Instead of shooting you with his flames? What?

“It suits you, pretty boy.”

And this time he smiled. A genuine, childish smile.

“Shut up,” he said, averting his gaze.

--

And one thing progressed into the next, and now, Zuko was nice to you. Sure, it may have been the pity, or maybe underlying bad intentions, but hey, it made you feel less lonely, so, bask in the sun while it’s still out?

--

Of course, you had been present when Zuko had his temper tantrum with Zhao, and stormed off into the woods, leaving only you on the ship. You hummed quietly to yourself, as you tapped your feet along the metal. Then suddenly, an explosion.

White. A blinding shade of white overcame your vision, as you felt your body get blasted into a wall, before a block of metal slammed into your head.

Then you saw black. Nothingness. Void.

And then you saw blue. Then green. Then a blurry face. You blinked a few more times, regaining your vision. The prince was holding you on the ground.

You groaned as you felt the throbbing in your head, Zuko sighing as he looked down at your limp figure.

“You’re okay,” he sighed in relief.

He leaned back and You sat up slowly and surveyed your surroundings, before a hand on your forehead returned your attention.

“C’mon, it’s not safe here,” he helped you up.

You stood up, wobbling, using the very flustered boy next to you as a cane. The trip to the camp was a blur, as you focused on moving your shaking legs. He set you into the tent, and as soon as your head touched the pillow, you were out like a light.

--

You jolted awake at sunset, supposedly, and carefully made your way out of the enclosement.

Zuko stared into the bonfire, his eyes void of a soul.

“You okay there bud.”

The firebender looked at you, before quickly getting up to support you to the log. You both sat side by side in a comfortable silence.

“Feeling better?”

“Not really, my insides feel like they're on fire.”

“Can’t you like? Heal?”

“Too weak right now prince.”

“You can just call me Zuko,” he looked back at the flames.

“Okay, zuko,” you said, resting your head on his shoulder.

“We need to get you fixed up,”

“I know,” you sighed when he got up and grabbed a first aid kit, already missing his warmth.

Extracting a bandage, he carefully cupped your face, and begane wrapping it.

“Aren’t you supposed to like it? Shave my head or something?”

“You want me to?”

“NO.”

You both laughed slightly, before returning to the task. When he finished, he leaned back slightly, examining it. And then he looked back to your face - and his breath hitched.

Your eyes were glowing due to the flames, your face warm, and lips glossy. He could just - no. But he shouldn’t, you don’t like him like tha-

His train of thought cut short as you grabbed his collar, pulling him towards you. He took over all over your senses, from smelling like ash, to tasting like berries. It was all Zuko.

When you pulled away, you stared at him, Zuko doing the same.

“You're beautiful,” you said, running your thumb across the area of his scar. He leaned into your touch, brown eyes shutting.

“Thank you,” a shy voice sounded, barely audible.

And from that night on, you and Zuko became a duo, doing everything together. From sleeping, to joining the avatar (again), to become the fire lord and Lady.

So yes the prince is a hothead, but he’s your hothead.

An: Adding gen z humour every once in a while was so fun, and I REALLY enjoyed writing this. As always, hope you enjoyed this story, SEE YA! <3

[sulkybender]

under an open sky

[flapdoodledanie]

[that-was-anticlimactic]

falling feels like flying

[ID: Digital illustration of Sokka and Zuko from ATLA. The boys are depicted mid-fall, Sokka above looking down, and Zuko below, looking up at him. Their right arms are outstretched and are holding the other's hand. They are wearing Water Tribe and Fire Nation-inspired clothing, which flows up and around them in the air. Sokka looks down with a joyous smile on his face, as though he is in the middle of saying something. Zuko gazes up at Sokka with a soft and wondrous expression. There is a riot of colour streaming up from behind Zuko, symbolizing this moment of romantic realization in passionate rainbow fire as the two fall. /End ID.]

the AMAZING @britishmuffin drew art for my @zukkabigbang2024 fic and gave me permission to post, so, here you go! thank you so much for the gorgeous rendition of zukka falling! and s/o to @beachytablecloth, my incredible beta!

The only thing that could possibly quell his anxiety, his brain decided, was holding Sokka’s hand again.

Well, they’ve only held hands once before, and that time it was because Sokka was about to fall to his death.

… well…

Uncle once described Zuko as “stupidly impulsive”, so he may as well live up to that description.

[or, zuko likes holding sokka's hand but they only did that when sokka fell off the gondola, so zuko decides to fall to make sokka catch him]

[atla4art]

awkward zuko awkward zuko!!!!!

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