GAANG AS LOVERS HEADCANONS
Masterlist
Includes: Aang, Katara, Sokka, Suki, Toph, Zuko
A/N: This is my first multi-character post, so I hope this is good :> Great thing about the Gaang is that there isn’t too many of them, so I didn’t have to question if I were including too many people
AANG:
• Loves when you hold his head against you. Perhaps you cup the back of his head during hugs, maybe you hold his head against your chest after he has a nightmare. He melts every single time, eyes closing, body relaxing, his arms tightening around you in return. It’s a softness that is more safe to him than anything else could be.
• Is protective. This is obvious to everyone around you, a given to anyone who knows his character. Whenever danger is near you, he always positions himself firmly in front of you. If you’re ever threatened, negotiations become his last priority, instead he attempts to get you out, unharmed. There is no universe where Aang willingly lets anything happen to you. There is no decision where you aren’t his top priority. Anything less wouldn’t be true to his love.
• Falls asleep so easily on you. Being the esteemed Avatar, there are always responsibilities and expectations lingering in the back of his mind and the minds of everyone around him. With you, however, he’s able to forget about that, if only for a moment, and that’s more relaxing than anything else. Hence, he falls asleep so naturally on you, within minutes, no matter where you are or what’s going on. He can’t help it at all.
• Still flusters easily at your love. Despite growing up so aware of the tragedy of the world around him, Aang somehow managed to be shy at the same time. Aside from his sheepishly endearing attempts at flirting, he also has no idea how to even react to flirting. Without fail, he blushes, gives a small smile and stammers over his words, a cute image of pure fluster even at his adult age. Though, of course, he’d never admit to it.
KATARA:
• Loves sneaking in kisses. Whether it be between training sessions with younger waterbenders or in the midst of an adventure, she adores the kisses she can give you when no one else is looking. Your cheek, nose, forehead, lips, anywhere she can reach. It doesn’t matter where she kisses you, what matters is your love and the affirmations that it’s strong despite everything.
• Is encouraging. Being someone who’s consistently boxed in by restrictive labels or deterministic expectations, the most important thing to her is freedom and the justice that brings it. No matter what you do, she would always encourage you, defend your choices and be so openly proud about what you achieve… though, this doesn’t exempt you from her worrying about your safety if you’re being too dangerous.
• Has to exchange ‘i love yous’ every day. Throughout her life, she’s lost so many people near her–her mother, her tribe, Jet even. No matter if she were close to them or not, the weight of death still weighs heavily on her. Hence, she always has to exchange ‘i love yous’ with you, just in case you may be torn from her next; just to be sure that her love isn’t silent, it exists in the air around you both until she professes it again.
• Always traces patterns over you. Regardless of if it’s merely a hug, actual cuddling or any other sort of intimate affection, her fingers are always running tenderly over the ridges of your muscles and the smooth surface of your skin. You can’t tell if it’s random patterns, or something deeper than that, but it always manages to feel warm against you.
SOKKA:
• Slowly melts at tender words. Even though he’s loud, playful and seemingly entirely unserious, that persona easily melts away from a few, tender words from you. Easing from simple compliments to long confessions of love said in the silence between you, the more gooey it is, the more visible he reacts–dilated eyes, a dopey smile, sighs of contentment.
• Always has his arm around you. He loves it; not just the proximity, but also the display of affection. He’s always needed to prove himself as a non-bender by showing off and you see firsthand how it bleeds into your relationship. He adores the feeling of having you so proudly beside him, being closer to you than anyone else, showing his love so loudly.
• Gets cuteness aggression. Sokka is a man borderline theatrical with how he conveys his emotions and, sometimes, you get the full brunt of it. He’s often overcome with pure affection for you, pouncing on you and squishing your face or gently pinching your cheek with an endless supply of compliments spewing from his lips. You can’t complain, you chose this.
• Is the king of silly petnames. Yes, he’s directed war, invented… questionable creations, been an esteemed member of the Gaang, but whenever he’s in a good mood, his goofy persona shines through. Sometimes it’s random, not-even-real words that just rhyme with your name, other times it’s just optimistic nouns; it’s as if his mouth has a mind of if its own and he calls you whatever fits.
SUKI:
• Savours the moments where it’s just you two. Of course, she adores living as a Kyoshi Warrior–the sisterhood, the justice, the message–but time with just you will always be precious to her. Whether it’s something so casual as a walk along the coast, as energised as a training session or a moment as intimate as stargazing with you, they always cling to her heart and she will always recollect them fondly.
• Adores casual affection. The things that don’t need to be commented on, that come naturally, that don’t need to be showed off. She may be a strong, warrior, but she doesn’t need to make a point about how much she loves you, she just lets it exist, even when no one is looking. She gives you this sort of affection often, as if it were no big deal and especially if it flustered you, often walking away with a pleased smile already on her lips.
• Always lights up in your presence. Despite how she may put on the determined poise of a warrior’s face, she can’t help how it always falters at your presence. Her eyes always light up first, then her smile, followed quickly by her entire body straightening up. It happens without fail, an explosion of happiness that immediately shows anyone in her vicinity how you’re the light of her life.
• Relaxes the most when you take off her makeup. Being a Kyoshi warrior means that she becomes something more than herself, she carries the morals and values of the Avatar Kyoshi, spreads justice, trains her discipline. She would never take it for granted but, still, the moments where you take off her makeup and ease her into the comfort of being herself are some of the most relaxing moments of her days. She always closes her eyes, melts into all of your touch and sighs at the gentle movement of the warm cloth across her face, a smile only crossing her lips when you’re done.
TOPH:
• Is clingy. While to many, it’d seem as merely a need for direction because of her blindness–and, to an extent, it is–it’s more that she’s touch starved. Growing up being treated as fragile and weak, she never really received much openly loving affection prior to joining the Gaang. So, when she’s comfortable with you, she’s constantly clambering over you, desperate for your touch, love and affection.
• Loves play-fighting. Toph is almost infamous for needing to show her strength and while, usually, it presents in her battles where she gets bruised and battered, she quickly fell in love with the gentler alternative of play-fighting with you. She adores the proximity, the way she can easily overpower you, how she can cockily show off and hear your airy laugh beneath her. It’s a fight without any heavy anger or pain, it’s a way for her to show her strength, not just her physical prowess but the strength of her love too.
• Is jealous. With her disability, she’s often wrongfully underestimated and denied certain things under presumptions and prejudices. It’s made her defensive in a way that sinks into your relationship whenever she catches someone talking to you in a way that is beyond her comfort. She often stews on it, clenches her fists while silently approaching your side, letting her presence and your familiarity to it, speak for itself.
• Always stealing your clothes. Working as the Police Chief of Republic City means that she’s grown accustomed to the discomfort of heavy armour and itchy uniforms. So, it’s no surprise, that she’s constantly stealing your clothes, desperate to soak up your warmth, familiar scent and the immense comfort that comes with it. To her, nothing else compares. The ability to show off your relationship with it, is just an added bonus.
ZUKO:
• Is devoted. Having grown up learning that love is dependant on his ability to serve his Nation, having something true means more to him than anything else. He’d be loyal to a fault, always willing to favour you over others and always going to your defence, regardless of if it’s physically or emotionally comforting you. It’s clear to everyone, how you own his heart.
• Always protects your image. It may be someone talking bad about you during royal Fire Nation events that he sternly corrects. It could be him merely adjusting your collar when it slips off of your shoulder. Considering his title as the Fire Lord, you’re automatically famed by association but he will not let it tear you apart. He consistently ensures your safety, your wellbeing and lets your love and spirit roam freely under that protection.
• Is always in your presence. He may not always have the words–for comforting you, for explaining how he feels, for conveying the pain of his past–but he is always there, he always tries. Sometimes, he may not touch you; other times, he may hold your hand. No matter the situation, he makes sure you’re never alone and lets that reassurance speak for itself.
• Has the softest voice with you. In meetings, he has to be firm and directive; against adversaries, he’s angry and spiteful; but with you, he’s something else entirely. His whole voice softens, permeates a sort of affection through his tone that reaches into the deepest depths of your heart. He doesn’t even attempt to hide it in front of others, just lets them see how you soften him and how much your love means to him, even if it means he’s facing Sokka, Aang and Toph’s teasing for it.

















