#atla lee

[peachieflame]

old moon spirit sokka and lee drawing request

[fanfic-lover-girl]

I have read at least one post ATLA fic where Zuko goes on a redemption tour of sorts where he visits minor characters who were involved in his redemption arc like Jin, Lee and Song.

I like seeing Zuko and Jin reconnect because they're cute. I love Zutara but I don't mind Jinko.

However, I think the person who deserves Zuko's visit the most is Song, not Lee. Song and her mother took Zuko into their home and treated Iroh (most likely for free since I doubt they had any money) and Zuko repaid them by stealing their ostrich horse in the dead of night.

I don't blame Lee and his family for treating Zuko so harshly after they discovered he was a firebender. It annoys me that they hated him more than the corrupt Earth Kingdom soldiers who oppressed their own people but their feelings are valid and understandable. Anyway, Zuko already showed Lee kindess on several occassions and Lee rejected him just because he was fire nation. Zuko doesn't owe Lee anything and Zuko has no reason to go back grovelling to Lee and his family.

Give me more Zuko and Song please!

[rayneisweird]

Zukka sitting in a comfortable, though rare, silence in their living room, Zuko watching the fireplace with a gentle smile and and his hands clamped in his lap, Sokka sitting on his knees infront of the coffee table, tip of his tongue poked out of his mouth in deep focus as he watched the paint carefully bleed into the parchment in such an enchanting way.

their silence is softly broken a their usually loud and rowdy kids quietly shuffle into the room, an odd blanket of worry + sadness over the 4, the young twins holding onto the legs of the eldest daughter and the oldest son with teary eyes and a worried, though protective, expression plastered on Kya’s, their 15 year old daughter, face with a similar look on Iroh’s, their 17 year old son, face.

Zuko is immediately filled with worry and quickly stands from the couch to cross the room, Sokka looking up from his painting with a soft look in his eyes.

“Oh, what’s wrong, my babies..” Zuko murmurs as he lowers himself to his knees and carefully holds the hands of his two eldest while the twins fling themselves into his lap, hugging onto their papa with tight little hands.

Sokka is quick to stand by Zuko’s side, his chest filled with an adoring warmth, “Papa, Papi.. do you like the big kids more than us..?” Wang, one of their 6 year old set of twins, cries out with tears falling over her round cheeks. Zuko and Sokka felt their hearts shatter.

“What? no, of course not! why would you think that!?” Sokka frowns and quickly drops to his knees next to his husband of nearly 20 years, Zuko, and opens his arms wide for Wang and Lee, to which they do launch from their Otōsan’s lap to their papá’s lap for one o his famous bear hugs, Kya and Iroh shifting awkwardly in their spots before being dragged into Sokka’s arms as well, Kya letting her eyes tear up and she whispers over his shoulder, “Well, sometimes you and papa look at us so differently from Wang and Lee.. and- and papa always stares at Iroh over tea and you always have a weird look when you and auntie Kat talk about my name..”

Zuko lets out a soft sigh, a soft glow of orange lighting through the skin of his through, a few embers coming with his breath, “My lovelies.. i think it’s time we tell you why we named you the way we did..”

and since I’m tired of color-coding and writing this in fear its too long, in short, they all sat down over some hot tea, and that is how Kya, Iroh, wang and lee found out about uncle iroh and grandma Kya. [along with wang, lee and yue, their non-binary 9 year old who is fast asleep in their room, already aware of the meaning of their names..]

i might write more about my idea of Zukka fan-chilren tbh, i just thought of them and i already adore these five.

[blessedwithpolls]

I just need to know, which Zuko is superior?

Bald ponytail Zuko

Pre-scar tween Zuko

The Blue Spirit

Angsty Lee

Meow Meow Teashop Lee

Beach Zuko

Redemption Firebending Master Zuko

Firelord Zuko

Old Zuko

Voting ended onFeb 27, 2023

[gladerwolfstarkimagines]

Zuko x Male Reader Request

Imagine meeting Zuko in Ba Sing Sei and getting jealous when he goes on a date with Jin

You'd been working at the Pao Family Tea House for a while. It wasn't an amazing job but the pay got you through the week and they didn't ask for experience or even identification which was good. You and your family had left your home in the Earth Kingdom without such identification and so overall you were satisfied but one great perk was the new barista. Lee and his uncle had arrived out of nowhere and while Mushi had fit right in Lee was hilariously unhappy to be there. He hated the customers and did not care when they got angry or yelled at him. He put in the minimum level of effort but somehow never got fired or into trouble. You always had a thing for mardy idiots and so you found yourself admiring Lee pretty quickly. When a customer once angrily told him they'd "never come here again" he replied "good" and you broke a cup you were laughing so hard. After working in retail for so long it was oddly soothing to see someone just not give a crap about being rude back and every shift with him was fun. Lee, seemed to like you most (or at least hate you least) out of all the other workers, probably because you also didn't take your job seriously. You got the job done but weren't queuing up to do extra shifts or prove yourself by doing more work. You showed him the perfect ways to get out of doing work, or to hide when customers were coming and he seemed to appreciate that. He wasn't one for talking but he told you he was a refugee too and you bonded about wanting to go home to your old lives. There was something oddly fascinating about Lee and you wanted to get to know him more and more...however you weren't the only one. There was a girl called Jin who came into the tea shop every single time Lee was working. You connected the dots pretty quickly but kept quiet about it hoping the problem would go away. It didn't of course.

"Guess what!" Mushi called as you walked in for your shift and you paused "the Firelord's given up the war and we can all go home?". Mushi smiled "no it's not as good as that but nearly as unbelievable...Lee has a date". "A date?" you asked looking over to the skinny boy sat brooding in the corner "with who?". "That girl who's always in here, we worked out it's because she has a crush on him". Lee glared but you could see he was blushing and that made you sigh. This happened all the time. You'd become friends with a guy, bond with him and hope he'd notice your feelings only for him to choose someone else. It was exhausting but you'd been pretty excited about Lee...it was all for nothing now. "Well congrats" you shrugged before grabbing an apron and heading outside. You were in a bad mood after that and Lee strangely enough seemed to notice it. You snapped at a customer and he smirked "what's gotten into you? Usually I'm the one telling people where they can stick their tea leaves". You shrugged "just guess I'm not feeling it today, is that a problem". "No not at all" Lee said raising his hand but he was still smirking. "You know it's kind of funny seeing you mad, you're usually pretty stoic and unbothered so it's amusing to see you get mad". You rolled your eyes "I'm not mad I'm just irritated". "Why?" Lee asked "every day in here is irritating so what's so bad about today?". "You know I really admire your positivity, you're really nice to be around" you replied sarcastically. Lee smirked "and you're trying to duck the question". You sighed "well at the moment it's definitely you irritating me, why are you still here? Don't you have a date to prepare for?". You'd seen the boy get angry plenty of times but the time when you were actually trying to provoke him he just laughed. "You even look kind of like an angry turtle duck" he smirked "I really like this side to you y/n, you should show it more". You rolled your eyes and Lee smiled "but you're right. I did finish 60 seconds ago so I definitely shouldn't still be here. Have a great shift" he said smiling widely to annoy you and strode out the door. You sighed and raised a hand to your head. All evening you couldn't get Lee's date out of your head and when you showed up for work the next morning you knew you'd hear about it. When you walked in Mushi was working and you made your way towards him.

"How was the date?" you asked Mushi knowing he'd tell you eventually so you should just get it out of the way. "Ow I think it went very well! Lee seemed to enjoy it". You nodded "well I'm pleased for him" but couldn't have sounded less pleased. When Lee showed up to take over from his uncle you were relieved knowing Lee wouldn't bring it up and he didn't. Then Jin walked in. You froze and tossed Lee the tea towel "I'm going on break". He frowned "what? You can't leave me all alone, it's against the rules". "Yeah well tell the boss and get me fired then" you shrugged and went into the back. Lee sighed and followed you "what is with you lately? You're not a suck-up but you do care about not getting fired and doing an okay job". You shrugged "well I obviously don't want to be fired but I might take that over a continuation of your date". "My date?" Zuko asked and then he spotted Jin. She waved and he waved back awkwardly "this isn't a date, she's just here for tea". "Great then why don't you go get her some?" you replied. Lee frowned "why is this such a big deal for you? Come to think of it, you've been weird ever since you found out she likes me". You laughed "what? No I haven't! You're very self-centred Lee". "Yes you have and I think I know why" he said stepping closer. Your breath quickened but quickly evaporated at his next words. "You like Jin don't you?". You couldn't even laugh at how wrong Lee was but he took your silence to mean he was right. "I knew it! You know if you just admit it, I can put in a good word for you. She's nice but not for me". "No I don't like Jin!" you cried but Lee wouldn't let up. "It's so obvious you do so don't be childish. Just tell the truth". "But I don't like her!" you replied and he nodded "keep telling yourself that I know the truth and the truth is you like Jin and are jealous of me". "No you idiot!" you cried and kissed Lee before he could say another stupid thing. "I'm not jealous of you, I'm jealous of her" you whispered and Lee nodded "ow...ow" he said. You let go of him and stepped away. Lee was quiet for quite a while after that. You were standing there an anxious mess but he just wasn't saying anything. Then as you went to leave he sighed "look I like you but I can't". How many times had you heard that? You sighed "Lee if you don't like me you can just say that, you don't have to pretend" you replied and he shook his head. "No that's not it! Just I...my past is complicated and I'm not too sure how long we'll be here or what's going to happen to me and my uncle so it's not a good idea to start making connections or more with people" he said blushing "but that's not because I don't want to I promise". You still couldn't believe he was lying to your face and just shook your head "whatever I'm going" and walked away. Lee called after you once but he didn't follow. After that you avoided Lee and made sure to never get put on the same shift with him. The boy didn't try speaking to you again although you'd sometimes catch him watching you. When Moshi and Lee got offered their own cafe Moshi asked you to come with them but you didn't want to be around Lee so you declined. A few weeks later the two of them vanished. The talk was all over town but then quickly overshadowed by the invasion of the Fire Nation. Luckily the town was pretty big so they couldn't police everywhere and you managed to get through the next few months until the White Lotus liberated your town. Then things went back to normal pretty quickly and you were back into your old routine. You walked to the cafe and unlocked the door getting ready for the day. You walked to the back without looking around and were putting on your apron when you heard someone clear their throat. You jumped out of your skin and spun around wielding a coffee mug in front of you as a weapon. If it wasn't for the scar you wouldn't have recognised Lee. He looked very different, his hair was longer and even though his clothes were plain they looked very expensive. "H/n" he said speaking first "I...I'm not sure if you recognise me but it's Lee". You nodded "I recognise you" and Lee nodded "that's good...you're still here". You raised an eyebrow "was I not supposed to be?". "No I meant that in a good way...I was worried you'd have moved and I wouldn't be able to find you". You shook your head "my family have decided to stay here until we see what's happening out there but why were you trying to find me?". Lee paused "well you see I've got some things I need to confess to you. I wasn't that truthful when I was here and I want you to know the truth...who I really am". You nodded a little confused but also intrigued. "My name isn't Lee, it's Zuko and I'm from the Fire Nation Royal family". You snorted "yeah and I'm the earth king's pet bear, did you really come all this way to try and mess with me?" you asked. Lee or Zuko shook his head "no y/n I'm telling the truth! My name is Zuko and I'm...". You pushed open the backdoor and tried to force him out but the second it swung open some green warriors all began pointing their weapons at you, "Let the Firelord go...slowly" the lead one said and your hand dropped away from him "holy shit you're telling the truth!". After that Zuko explained everything. How he'd been banished, ended up in Ba Sing Sei, return a hero and then dethroned his father. It all seemed like an elaborate story of fiction but you could tell he was telling the truth. "So now you're the Firelord?" you asked and Zuko nodded "yep, still getting used to that and it's been 3 months but I am the Firelord". You nodded "so what are you doing here?" Zuko laughed nervously and nodded "well I often felt bad about how we left things". You winced "now I can see you were being serious about your life being complicated". Zuko smiled "I was...I didn't like leaving the way me and my uncle did so I wanted to come back to explain and also to pass on a message. My uncle has decided to move back here and has opened up his cafe again". You nodded "the jasmine dragon, everyone will be thrilled". Zuko smiled "he thinks so but he also said he needs great staff and as I'll be off running the country he wants you. He can pay you triple what you're getting here and wants to give you proper employee benefits like health care and insurance for your family". You blinked "are you being serious?". Zuko nodded "completely. We both really appreciated the kindness you showed us here and my uncle wants to make up for it, so what do you say?". You shook your head "I...well I'm not going to say no to that am i?". Zuko smiled "We hoped not, do you want to see the place?". "Of course!" you nodded and the two of you set off with his body guards leading and trailing him defensively. "

I'm really glad you're accepting the position y/n, I think you're really going to like it" Zuko told you and you nodded "me too" smiling. Zuko smiled back blushing slightly and you grinned, amused this blushing handsome fool was the Firelord. "So your uncle's moved here permanently?" you asked and Zuko nodded "yep". "That must be hard for you, I know the two of you were close". Zuko nodded "we still are, I visit as much as I can so you'll be seeing me every month at least". "Every month huh?" you asked and Zuko nodded "or more frequently if I can get away, is that okay?". You nodded "that sounds great" and Zuko smiled "great" and then winced making you laugh. You reached the cafe and Zuko held the door open for you "you ready to start your new life?" he asked stretching out a hand to you. You smiled and took his hand.

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@novascauta​ I hope you like it! 

[sapphire--art]

Lee - Sick of Tea

Bonus:

💫Night version ✨

[guikat]

Tea boy.

[upquarkdownquark]

my sister wrote a crack fic!

inspired by that one Tumblr post we found on reddit about Zuko trying to marry Wang Fire instead of Sokka.

It's after the war, and Zuko is trying to appease his council with his fiance. They refuse to allow Fire Lord Zuko to marry somebody from outside of the Fire Nation. When Zuko brings in Wang Fire, he's not Sokka... right?

read A Totally Different Person! here:

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