#zukka college au

[petricorah]

hello, i love your art so much! can you do 11C with zuko?

i went a little extra with this one (thanks for the sweet ask!)

[ID: a comic featuring Azula, Zuko, Suki, Sokka, and Haru from Avatar the Last Airbender. In the first panel, Azula glares at Zuko and asks: "Brother, what are you looking at? Are you even listening?"

Zuko stares dreamily ahead, with a blush on his cheeks.

A closeup of Azula's eyes as she sees what Zuko is admiring. "Oh."

Suki, Sokka, and Haru are shown, and there is a brightness and focus on Sokka. They are dressed in athletic gear, and Sokka is grinning and gesturing as the other two smile and watch on.

"You're a fool, Zuzu," Azula finishes. /End ID.]

[s-c-l-n]

college zukka roommates where its 3 am, sokka walks into their dorm and sees zuko playing every version of “please, please, please let me get what i want” with candles light all around his side of the room and notes that say “passing grade” on just about ever surface while zuko is sleeping

(sokka turns around and closes the door to go bother suki into letting him stay in her room for the night)

[leafsfromthevine]

cryptic and machiavellian ('cause i care)

AMAZING BEAUTIFUL AND SHOWSTOPPING ART BY @lnuns !

This is my chance to look back. If Sokka had turned around to catch a glimpse of Zuko walking away, just to take in who the name belonged to, it would be Zuko’s sign to pursue his ignited curiosity. It would be a sign that they both wanted to know more. This glimpse would be the single moment in which Zuko either let this go, or let this consume him entirely. So, he did what any normal person would do if their future depended on it. He stopped to look over his shoulder. Or, a Zukka college AU inspired by the song "Mastermind" by Taylor Swift.

HELLO EVERYONE! I am happy to share with you my work for the @zukkabigbang2024 : cryptic and machiavellian ('cause i care), a college AU based on the song Mastermind by Taylor Swift :3 HUGE PROPS to my lovely & crazy thorough beta reader @kartoonkrazy who worked endlessly with me through schedule changes and helped shape this story into what it is. A round of applause for the kind & insanely talented artist, @lnuns, who brought this story TO LIFE and captured the essence of this work so beautifully!!!!!! I genuinely couldn't have done this without you guys, thank you for believing in this vision <3 I present you the first three chapters of this fic—expect the remaining six chapters over the next handful of Fridays! I hope you guys love it as much as we do :))

TAGS: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Bending (Avatar TV), Slow Burn, Eventual Romance, Happy Ending, Obsessive Behavior, This is like a romcom except the romance takes a minute and Zuko is not laughing, Friends to Lovers, OR: Zuko keeps 'bumping into' Sokka and Sokka doesn't seem to mind, Title from a Taylor Swift Song, Song: Mastermind (Taylor Swift), Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Neglect, Mention of past car crash and parental death (Chapter 7)

CHAPTERS: 3/9

WORD COUNT: 9.8K / 25K+

[a-todd-illustration]

Some quick modern!Zukka

[blu3berrydraws]

--- @they-reap-what-we-sow won 3rd prize in my 1k give-away: A sketch drawing of their choice. They wanted to see some college!au Zukka ! 

They are trying to figure out where the best spot for their keg is uwu

Some headcanons about this au can be found in THIS post :)

[zukkaart]

Zukka as roommates

Sokka: *Engineering major* - working on his third project of the week

Zuko: *PoliSci major, literature minor* - hanging upside down off his bed - “You’re from the south right? Do you think otter-penguins have feelings?”

Sokka: “I understand that you’re royalty but I will literally pay you to shut the fuck up”

[sukidude]

modern au where zuko (who wears these glasses) is just minding his own business in his college English class and sokka tweets this from across the room

[momos-servants]

Okay so College AU, Sokka, an engineering major juggling his undergrad studies, takes on a side gig as a math tutor in the library. On the flip side, Zuko, a philosophy major, has confidently avoided math classes. One day, while wandering into the tutoring section of the library, Zuko is star struck. A pretty boy is here and he’s teaching math?!

Intrigued, Zuko starts attending the one-on-one math tutoring sessions. He begged Mai to share her calculus homework with him, providing him an excuse to spend more time with Sokka. Sokka is very obvious to all of this. He doesn’t mind helping Zuko, he actually looks forward to it a lot, but by GOD somebody needs to get Zuko out of a math class. This boy isn’t going to make it in stem.

[midnightpink]

That Midnight Sky

read it here on ao3

In Zuko’s strict family, needing a tutor is just about the worst thing you could do. Failing a class, however, is even worse. The only rational solution? Take up Aang on his offer to find him a physics tutor and have Sokka—beautiful, smart, handsome Sokka—tutor him in secret.

When Azula’s arrival threatens to reveal Zuko’s secret, it’s up to Sokka to convince her this definitely isn’t what it looks like. See, he’s actually… Zuko’s… boyfriend?

Hmm. There’s no way this could get complicated, right?

by: zukkababey

Words: 103,015, Chapters: 16/16, Language: English 

Series: Part 1 of now i've got you in my space (i won't let go of you) 

Collections: ATLA Big Bang 2020

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Azula (Avatar), Suki (Avatar), Teo (Avatar), Haru (Avatar), Ozai (Avatar), Momo (Avatar), Appa (Avatar)

Relationship: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Minor or Background Relationship(s), Toph Beifong & Sokka, Aang & Zuko (Avatar)

Additional Tags: Minor Aang/Katara, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, Tutoring, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Strangers to Lovers, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Bisexual Sokka (Avatar), Gay Zuko (Avatar), Ozai (Avatar) Being a Terrible Parent, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Canonical Child Abuse, Mentions of Cancer, Azula (Avatar) Redemption, Fluff, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Misunderstandings, Miscommunication, oblivious idiots, Hurt/Comfort

[petricorah]

confession casualties 

+bonus

[ID: A comic of Zuko and Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender. They are dressed in modern winter clothes, and Zuko is wearing Sokka’s water tribe scarf. It is snowing. They are walking with their shoulders touching, and as Zuko talks, Sokka stares at him fondly.

“Azula said someone could smack me on the back of the head, and I wouldn’t realize they were into me,” Zuko says. “She’s crazy, right?”

With a smile on his face, Sokka hits Zuko on the back of the head, and Zuko cowers and makes an outraged expression. “Ow!” Zuko said. “Why the hell did you hit me?”

Sokka puts one arm comfortingly around Zuko’s shoulder. “Sorry man,” Sokka said with an apologetic look. “I thought I…saw a mosquito.”

“In winter?” Zuko said, with a confused expression on his face.

In the background, Toph snickers. “He did say it wouldn’t work,” she said.

The bonus comic is Sokka and Zuko studying at a table. The caption at the top reads “1 Week Later.”

Sokka drinks water, and Zuko calculates with a confused expression.

Zuko yells: “Holy Sh*t!” and hits Sokka on the back of his head, and water sprays everywhere. “You like me?!?” he said.

The final image is Sokka facedown on the ground, and Zuko standing over him.

“I like you too,” Zuko says.

“Y-Yay,” Sokka says from the ground, and small hearts float above both of them. /End ID.]

[s-c-l-n]

zukka college where they spent the last year nonsensically hating each other and now theyre roommates

they go crazy the first month trying to spend as little time possible in each others presence until one night sokka is up really late studying for a test playing music and zuko walks in, stunned sokka is still up, and listens to the music.

its “his music”. why was sokka listening to what zuko would listen to ?

and so he asks sokka whats up with the music choice “surely you would listen to anything else ?”. but sokka shakes his head and says “nope.”

zuko goes to lay down and when sokka gets up to go to the bathroom, zuko puts a bottle of water and a can of some energy drink on the desk for sokka before falling asleep.

[were-wolverine]

ummm okay so i’m gonna do a different post for each ship that i have a lot of recs for and then combine the rest basically

zukka/a:tla fic recs

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45209725/chapters/113734768 not zukka centered but it’s there, suki & zuko friendship, a personal fav of mine

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40467657/chapters/101379753 zukka, private investigator sokka, tea shop zuko

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38624070/chapters/96555618 zukka, young firelord zuko, zuko finds aang first, sokka & katara were imprisoned at the boiling rock, ambassador sokka

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36554995/chapters/91165651 iroh fakes zuko’s death and he is taken in/raised by the SWT, azula redemption, basically a zukka childhood friends to lovers au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28206249/chapters/69118440 zukka, (temporary) ghost zuko, sokka gets haunted, marriage of convenience

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27547486/chapters/67374928 zuko saves sokka at the north pole, they travel the earth kingdom together and accidentally fall in love

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26098987/chapters/63484135 zukka, moon spirit blessed sokka, political delegate zuko

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22884811/chapters/54697360 zukka, zuko and yue arranged marriage, sokka teaches zuko abt the water tribe, slow burn

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25629370/chapters/62213413 zukka, zuko escapes after being burned, azula redemption, zuko joins the gaang early

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29683659 zukka soulmate au, insecurities on each others skin

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17637347/chapters/41588558 zukka soulmate au, boomerang & scar tattoo

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16593572/chapters/38887565 zukka soulmate au, first touch mark burns

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28124265/chapters/68909811 zukka, guy in the chair sokka and blue spirit zuko (vigilante au)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33894868/chapters/84278719 zukka vigilante au, hellhound and aero

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27234958 zukka superhero and journalist au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24376396/chapters/58792420 zukka, early redemption, ba sing se, blue spirit zuko (be warned this is a rough one for angst and miscommunication/lying)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25260145 zukka, modern au, college, vampire au, fluff and humor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28662066 zukka, hockey player sokka x figure skater zuko au, the olympics

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25097560 zukka, FBI agent zuko, engineer sokka, goofy, a fav of mine, crack and humor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25414438 zuko!hades x sokka!persephone au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19255837 zukka, trans ftm zuko, canon time period

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21116591/chapters/50249441 zuko gets thrown overboard and saved by the SWT fleet, dadkoda, the crew adopts zuko

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23832139/chapters/57268093 slow burn zuko adoption

[liefstevicky]

Zukka modern AU where they all work at an ice rink:

- Zuko and Azula have been ice skating their entire lives and have done a lot of competitions as children

- after the scar thing Zuko and his uncle moved and Iroh reconnected with an old friend who owns the ice rink (Piandao)

- now he sells tea there and Zuko teaches kids how to skate

- Katara is manager of this whole mess because I can't really imagine her on skates but I very well think she was born with a clipboard

- Sokka is part of the college hockey team that trains there (defence)

- Mai and Ty Lee are defying gender norms and do ice dancing together (slay)

- Suki and Toph are playing hockey for fun because Toph would definitely be a goalie and Suki would scare every single one of the guys on the college hockey team

- Aang is referee and skates for fun

- Jet is the weird kid that hands out the renting skates

- anyways, Zuko has too many kids in his class so Katara signs Sokka up to help him teach

- they initially clash because Sokka really wants to be Zuko's friend but he comes in a little strong and Zuko is very awkward

- but they eventually manage and Zuko is very impressed with Sokka's teaching skills

- Sokka says: "bitch, hold my hockey stick" one way or another (no you don't get context)

- Sokka really wants to learn ice dancing so Zuko teaches him (or tries)

- Katara takes matchmaking upon herself and arranges a same sex ice dancing competition and Sokka jumps at the chance to skate with Zuko

[theofficialpresidentofmars]

uhm zukka/zuko/sokka enjoyers would you guys be interested if I were potentially to start posting a fic (on Ao3) I’ve been chipping away at. asking here because I haven’t actually posted on Ao3 before and idk what it’s like over there.

anyway it’s a Zuko centric (but with much Sokka, and appearances from the Gaang (including Suki) and naturally Iroh) hero/villain/vigilante slash modern college au that follows the two boys when they accidentally end up roommates in the same dorm sometime in the equivalent of Season 2 Ba Sing Se and decide to go with it because they both think they can get information from the other. meanwhile in the wacky world of vigilantism Sokka ends up tailing a mysterious vigilante he’s heard is called The Blue Spirit because the guy seems to be active in the area, supposedly saved Aang’s life once, and if he’s a good guy, he could be a useful ally to take down Ozai, corrupt super-powered politician and secret lead of the city’s crime underworld.

Sokka has no powers/bending, Zuko swears up and down that he does (even if he can’t firebend, not like his sister or father or anyone else, even if he can’t really prove it right this second), and I’m working on a superpower system that is largely based on the Avatar spirit world. It’s a relatively slow burn, but we’ll get there, and I will be doing my best to give theatre kid Zuko justice. I’m working on main themes rn but I also hope to dip into sub-themes exploring disability, sexuality, and healing, and there will be an eclipse.

I have the plot outline and various details of the whole story, I’m most (probably?) of the way through Chapter 1 (4000 words and counting), and I’d probably start posting once I finished up the chapter and also decided on a title.

Kataang will also feature relatively canon compliantly :3 and also major character death. mostly temporary but i might change my mind

[thegaangneedstherapy]

Zukka fic list part 2

On ice we fall (in love)

Zuko and Sokka rivals to friends to lovers slowburn competitive figure skating AU.

Foolsong

Zuko is an idiot trying to get over a breakup, Sokka is a hockey boy, and online dating isn't really that awful.

Blue

Iroh insists they create a new life and identity in Ba Sing Se. Zuko wants nothing more than to bide his time until his next opportunity to return home, until he realizes ‘Lee’ can get away with things Zuko never could.

Zuko dons the mantle of the Blue Spirit again only to los e his focus when the Avatar comes to the city. This time, however, his attention is drawn to the annoying Southern Tribe warrior.

winter solstice: an addendum

Zuko gets imprisoned with Sokka and Katara during the winter solstice, and some very unfortunate things come to light. Alternatively: the gaang kidnaps adopts Zuko in book one after discovering just how awful his father is.

I'll Come Back Someday (For You)

“We’ll be together someday. I won’t stop looking until I find you again.”

Those words, Sokka thought, were a blessing.

After living through several lives without Zuko, they now feel like a curse.

They were the last words Sokka muttered to the Fire Lord on his death bed after saving Avatar Korra from an attempted kidnapping, and while he meant them, he didn't know that they would come true.

Yet, he tried, tried, tried again, and after cycling into his fourth life, he's starting to give up hope.

All until he walks into the Jasmine Dragon right next to Republic City University's campus.

(i'm sorry but) i'm just thinking of the right words to say

Zuko is the last person Sokka expects to end up as his roommate when he starts college. Sokka is the last person Zuko expects to befriend when he starts his whole life over. And no one who knows a thing about their shared past expects them to end up together. Except, maybe, Toph.

There's Bound To Be A Ghost At The Back Of Your Closet

Zuko needs a new dad, and Hakoda volunteers. A story spanning Zuko's old life, new life, and beyond

running right back to you

the air conditioning stops working at the Jasmine Dragon, and it's miserable until a cute stranger makes it a bit more bearable

Sorry, I Have to Move to Alaska!

Following a lengthy legal battle with Ozai, Iroh has full custody of his niece and nephew. Desperate to get Zuko and Azula away from Ozai (just in case) Iroh buys a tea shop in Anchorage, Alaska.

Sokka has been living in Anchorage since birth and nothing interesting ever happens in this city. Except less than a month into this school year, the mysterious new kid with a facial scar beats up a well-known student in first period.

purrfect for each other

because sometimes, it takes going to a cat café four times to realize you're in love with your best friend

The World We Dream About

A HS Theatre Kid AU where the gaang is in Hadestown, featuring all our favorite high school nostalgia moments and way too many tropes

when i'm set alight

“I’m going to go practice some firebending forms,” Zuko says stiffly, running a hand through the tangles in his hair. “Tell Aang to join me if he wants to once he wakes up.” Gold eyes dart up to where Aang had strung up a makeshift hammock and was still sleeping soundly, snoring like a buffalo yak.

“Alright,” Sokka says, watching as he walks out without another word, evidently having reverted back into his usual brooding self. “Have fun!” He calls after Zuko loudly, which he means to be sarcastic, but comes out painfully, embarrassingly sincere. His face burns, and as soon as Zuko passes out of sight into the the temple, Katara turns to him, leveling him with a Look.

“You like him.” She says, and it’s not a question.

Born Lucky

Zuko knew this would happen one day.

He really should've prepared better.

Of course, he'd imagined something like this many times. He'd see him-- or anyone from high school, really-- and he wouldn't even be recognized. They'd be immediately enamored with him and wouldn't even pause to think he looked like that one girl from high school.

Instead, he has a 24-year-old Sokka cradling a swollen wrist and smiling awkwardly up at Zuko.

like we're made of starlight

When former High Imperial Prince and Sith Acolyte Zuko defects to the rebellion Commander Sokka is tasked to keep an eye on him and bring him into the fold.

[zukkaturtleduck]

Imagine college au Zukka as the campus couple. Normally everyone minds their business and all but sokka is just so happy to be in love that he almost always forgets to use his lower voice when zuko does something sweet for him. So he’s always “Omg my boyfriend is the best!”

“My turtle duck is the prettiest!” While they’re having a conversation on one of their walks. I assume zuko would love long walks in the sunset cause he loves the sun and it keeps him calm and steady too. So very evening they’re the couple that’s so loud and sometimes they bicker and now the dorm memebers keep their windows open in the evenings to hear their chatter and flirtings.

A week goes by and no one hears anything from the boys , and zuko finds himself opening his dorm door so so many people asking about sokka, if they broke up is he sick and what not but it’s not that sokka was nominated to attend an engineer summit thingy and present his invention.

By the time sokka’s back everyone’s made him some celebratory gift and wishes him and zuko a long long relationship with longevity symbols from their various cultures 😂