hello i saw your atla post about zuko+the gaang and was wondering if maybe i could have a spare fic rec? a crumb of a fic recc pls? (preferably with just found family feels atla always been more about the found family than the ships or romance for me but im ok with found family + shippy stuff!!)
I find atla more about the found family too! Aside from Sokka/Suki I don’t really ship much in the fandom (but I’m mostly okay with canon ships) so most of my history has basically been Zuko getting all the love and affection he needs from the Gaang and Iroh. I’ve been binge reading them since I watched the show so this might not be a complete list bc my history is jammed, but there’s so much good fic so I recommend just scrolling through the tag anyway
The Family You Choose by TunaFishChris
Summary: Some people are born with soulmarks. Zuko has them, but his grandfather burned them off because they "make you weak."Team Avatar has a few things to say about that.
Soulmate au where Zuko and the others (Aang, Katara, Sokka, Suki and Toph) see glimpses of each others’ lives (pre-canon) through soulmate magic and time travel when they’re needed the most. One of the first stories I read in the fandom and it’s wonderful. The character dynamics aren’t disturbed since this happens during canon and the au fits perfectly.
the beginning of a new and brighter birth by aloneintherain
Based on this tumblr post - it’s mostly post-canon Fire Lord Zuko but there’s a healthy amount of Gaang dynamics so it’s perfect. Also background politics and worldbuilding because I love going into these details
Happy Birthday, Zuko by 14hpgirl19
The Gaang celebrates his birthday, that’s all.
Another birthday fic but Zukka (I don’t ship it much but it was cute and I know you ship them so it’s on the list!)
love language by aloneintherain
Summary:They gravitated towards Zuko whenever the temperature dipped even slightly. At night, he often woke to someone pulling their bedroll towards him, or slipping under his arm, or turning over in their sleep and colliding with his shoulder.
It alarmed him, at first. It had never been a good thing when someone woke him in the dead of the night.
It was strange, then, that he was on the run without Uncle, officially a traitor to his homeland, and for the first time since his mother left, he woke in the night sandwiched between bodies, feeling safe.
(Zuko becomes the group's heat-pack.)
Platonic cuddles. The finest.
Sleep Your Troubles Away by thealmostrhetoricalquestion
Summary: Five Times Zuko Was Caught Sleeping On Appa (And One Time He Did The Catching).
I’ve also been reading a lot of Fire Lord Zuko stories so if you’d like a rec list of that then I’d love to make one (or just any rec list really) or perhaps a part 2 of this list when I can think of more stories or scrounge them up from my history
