#sokkazuko

[poortheodosia]

GUESS WHOS BACKKK!!!!!!

sorry for taking forever

ill make one more for yall bc im just like that

[widdleguy]

Me when I find a new ship to read time travel about

[buckysoldatbarnes]

and you must have been looking for me / sending smoke signals / pelicans circling / burning trash out on the beach

zukka, avatar: the last airbender // smoke signals, phoebe bridgers

[solarmorrigan]

Okay, so I see your touch-starved!Zuko headcanons, and they’re great and valid, and we’ll get to that in a minute, but first. Hear me out a sec. Touch-starved Ambassador Sokka

He grew up in the Southern Water Tribe, a small enough group that everyone mostly knew everyone, and touch was free and easy. Closeness was not only common, but sometimes a necessity. Then, when he left, he traveled with his sister (also Water Tribe, and Comforting Hugs Incarnate), Aang (who both valued and needed the physical contact as much as Sokka and Katara did), and later Toph (who wouldn’t know personal boundaries if they were made out of solid rock) and Suki (who was dating Sokka at the time). And Zuko - but like I said, we’ll get to him

So coming to the Fire Nation in an official, politics-like capacity is a bit of a culture shock for Sokka. It’s not that he didn’t notice how they’re more reserved with physical touch the last few times he was there, it was just that he had a buffer of close friends who were always there with hugs and sleep piles when he needed them. Now, he’s largely surrounded by strangers who Do Not Touch

Sure, there’s the odd handshake, a pat on the shoulder for a particularly good idea, even sparring matches when the palace guards start to loosen up around him (challenging nobles other than Zuko to spar seems unwise, politically speaking, and other members of the palace staff certainly won’t engage, but the guards will let Sokka train with them sometimes, so that’s cool), but it’s really not the same. It’s no substitute for Katara’s hugs (not that he’ll tell her so), or the way Aang will sometimes just cuddle up to friends, or Toph’s casual invasion of space, or the way they could all just shove their bedrolls together and sleep in a pile of limbs - and it’s definitely no comparison to the way things had been back home

Sokka feels almost sick with it sometimes, like his skin is crawling and aching and, counter-intuitively, like the only thing that will make it stop is if someone just maybe lies down on top of him. Or something. He finds himself lingering over brief touches from the few people at the palace he’s become friendly with, and realizes he probably needs to do something about this soon before he just asks one of the palace staff for a hug or something equally depressing and likely to get the staff to lodge a complaint about him

Thus, Sokka hunts down Zuko (oh, how the tables have turned). Not that Zuko’s been avoiding him, they’re both just busy. They haven’t seen each other as much as either of them would like, so really Sokka’s taking out two birds with one stone here. Have bro hangout time, get a hug. Totally not weird

He probably makes it a little weird by saying, as soon as Zuko has let Sokka into his chambers and they probably can’t be heard by the guards, “So not to be weird, but can I have a hug?”

He did, in his defense, say that he wasn’t trying to be weird. The look Zuko gives him tells Sokka that he has probably not succeeded in not being weird about it

“Uh,” Zuko says, which is as far as he gets before Sokka interrupts to attempt damage control and probably makes it worse

“Okay, no, that definitely sounded weird, didn’t it? Sorry, I’m not trying to be like- not that I wouldn’t! Or that I would! I don’t want you to be uncomfortable, is what I mean, but I’m also super uncomfortable because I don’t think I’ve been able to just be close to someone for more than a few seconds at a time since I got here and it’s like I just- I just need- but, I mean, not if you-” Sokka cuts off when Zuko grabs him by the front of his shirt and yanks him in for a hug

“You’re overthinking again,” Zuko tells him, and holds on, and lets him be close

Sokka doesn’t even have a comeback because spirits, this is nice. This is so nice. This is exactly what he was missing and it feels so good to have another person wrapped around him that he might actually cry. He buries his face in Zuko’s neck and tries not to do that, so as not to make it weirder, but Zuko probably wouldn’t notice if Sokka did shed a few tears because he’s too busy being overwhelmed himself

Because spirits, this is nice. Zuko hasn’t had anyone to hold like this since he and Mai broke up and she went to seek out Ty Lee, hasn’t had anyone who wanted to hold him since he last visited Uncle in Ba Sing Se, and he hadn’t even realized how much he was missing it until he realizes he’s shaking against Sokka, and Sokka-

Sokka definitely notices. And holds Zuko tighter, and presses his face a little closer, and they stand there like that until their legs get stiff and tired, and then they just go to the little sofa by the fireplace and practically settle on top of one another and fall asleep that way

After that, Sokka declares it’s just mutually beneficial for them to go on being Cuddle Buddies. (Zuko makes a face at the name, but Sokka is unwilling to budge; he is great at naming things, thank you very much.) They try to make time for each other at least once a week, which turns into pretty much any day one of them isn’t in a late meeting, and they spend evenings curled together doing paperwork or reading or (hopefully) catching some sleep

Kissing isn’t really necessary, but after the first one, Sokka suggests they graduate to being Smooch Buddies, because that is far superior

(”Boyfriends,” Zuko says, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Let’s just be boyfriends.”

“Yeah,” Sokka replies, hoping desperately he sounds cooler about this than he feels. “That’s good, too.”)

[that-kid-ghostsk]

Waiting for my character B in the bisexual brown poc x pale gay ship 😔🙏 🌟 ✨✨ (also known as blue x red)

[ahfuck-why]

sokka and zuko are on the opposite sides of the same scale of funny. I think they should be best friends (maybe more???? never say never) (sokka has raging bi vibes) (zuko is a repressed gay)

[unquestionably-queer]

zuko and sokka are the smartest dumbasses the world has ever seen. they can come up with military strategy no problem, but leave them to their own devices? oh boy.

Sokka: So, you know how you usually cook, i dont know, meat or something for an extended period of time?

Zuko: Uh, ya?

Sokka: Well what if, just hear me out, instead, you torched it with your magic fire fingers so it got super hot super fast, and it was ready in like a fourth of time?

Zuko:

Sokka:

Zuko: Ya that checks out.

and thats how the firelord and a member of his council burned down part of the palace.

[zukkabigbang]

Beta and Art claims are fast approaching

(beginning on November 29th and lasting until every fic is claimed) So it’s time to submit the information required for it.

The link to the form will be in the discord announcement channel, if you still haven’t joined discord by now, i am assuming you’ve dropped as you have missed the check-in. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SUBMIT YOUR ROUGH DRAFT TO ME AND THIS FORM WILL BE OPEN FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 28TH 11:59 PM

Also, art claims are still happening until November 22nd!! So if you’re interested in joining as an artists and beta, there’s still time!