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   Tasting Iron in Your Kiss by Claino

   Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   01 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Sokka/Zuko (Avatar)
   • Sokka (Avatar)
   • Zuko (Avatar)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Aang (Avatar)
   • Toph Beifong
   • Katara (Avatar)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Past Abuse
   • Chronic Pain
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Blood and Injury
   • Past Sexual Abuse
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Found Family
   • zukka - Freeform
   • Bad Parent Ozai (Avatar)
   • Disabled Character
   • Partially Blind Zuko (Avatar)
   • Partially Deaf Zuko (Avatar)
   • Protective Sokka (Avatar)
   • Blood and Violence
   • Mild Sexual Content
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   "You think I hate you? You think I'd ever kill you?" Sokka holds Zuko's face in both hands, blood dripping from his lips. "I'd fall on my sword for you. I'd find you anywhere. What do you think that means?"

   Rescued, but imprisoned, Zuko finds himself no further from death on a water tribe ship. Sokka, the chief, would see him bleeding out on the boards of the deck as justice. He's a fire bender, the evil of the war that his father rages through their world. Zuko hasn't been a part of that war. Not for years. Now he's thrust back into it against his will, finding himself fighting on a side he never expected to be a part of. Maybe he'll find a cause worth fighting for; someone worth fighting for.

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   English

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