Camp Camp Au Where Everything’s The Same But Every Time Preston Gets Scared/frightened He Jumps Into

Jet thinks Zuko has been kidnapped Au

The ferry ride and train station scene happen like in canon. Jet sees Iroh heat his tea and assumes he’s a fire bender.

But unlike canon, he thinks Li is either a non-bender or an earth bender who is being coerced/kidnapped. Instead of going to the authorities, he tries to help Li personally. He wants to be there for him. Be supportive. Help him get away. So he keeps up a pleasant relationship and often stops by the tea shop. Occasionally, he and Zuko even go to friendly outings together.

Today is such a day.

Jet has already tested the waters a bit, but made no outright accusations. Zuko knows that Jet is suspicious, be he doesn’t know anything more than that.

But slowly, Jet is starting to loose his patience. He has shown Li that he can be trusted. He has shown Li that he can get him safely away from his abuser. Why does he keep evading his questions? Why won’t he admit the truth?

Finally, he snaps.

“Your uncle is hurting you! You don’t need to lie to me.”

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Bow before Chieftess Yue and her consort Chief-King Zuko.

Zukos rank is directly below Yue, which was decided by them. Arnook and the council didn't like the idea, since that goes against their culture, but Zuko was raised in a society where gender doesn't determine role. He loves his wonderful, intelligent, determined wife. She's a great leader and Zuko is a good support.

I always wonder about how yue occupies her time in the spirit world. I bet she’d enjoy the library :)

"please feed the author don't poke the author"

*Grins in Challenge Accepted*

Okay, so you know how Zuko has this whole honor complex mixed with daddy issues? Well, what if he didn’t…? And in another universe he instead had something WAY STRANGER? Like, if instead of being obsessed with regaining his honor he was obsessed with tracking down unknown spirits because he literally believes the spirits have it out for him personally?

Cuz’ everyone knows Zuko has the worst luck, but what if his whole life he grew up seeing glimpses of spirits no one’s ever heard about before Zuko’s life royally screws up? Zuko’s having a good time firebending? He sees the tail end of some spooky spirits for half a second and suddenly BOOM! The next day Azula starts trashing Zuko around by lighting BLUE FREAKING FIRE! Zuko reading a nice letter from his cousin Lu Ten on the warfront? Next thing you know he hears dwindling laughter, and the following week BAM Lu Ten is DEAD and uncle Iroh has disappeared from the face of the Earth! The few hours before he and Azula present themselves to Fire Lord Azulon in their white robes? Yeah, he could have SWORN he saw something else staring at the mirror behind him smiling like a maniac, and now the Fire Lord’s dead and his mom has mysteriously vanished too!!!

Like he’s totally a diehard, reckless spirit conspiracy nut, and he’s totally obsessed on proving what would amount to be a Spirit world version of the Illuminati set on making his life miserable? And everyone in the Royal Court would be completely embarrassed and blow him off, but to Zuko it just makes perfect SENSE! Everything he tries to do in life goes unreasonably wrong, and if there’s millions of people in the Avatar world, then wouldn’t it be possible there might be BILLIONS/TRILLIONS of Spirit beings they haven’t even discovered yet some of which are DEFINETELY out to get him!?!? RIGHT?!? He just can’t prove it. Yet…

So when Zuko finally does get banished to go find the Avatar and regain his honor he’s like.

Screw it.

Screw the Avatar.

Screw this stupid war.

I’m going to prove this conspiracy ON MY OWN!!!

Next thing you know he’s traveling around the world investigating Spirit tale cases, making frenemies with Wan Shi Tong in his library (cuz’ why wouldn’t a knowledge seeking Spirit Owl not be cynically interested in this human being’s futile quest for knowledge?), and trying really hard NOT to get entangled with this monk kid named Aang and his friends who somehow always end up destroying Zuko’s hard-earned evidence DAMMIT!!!!

At least the cabbage merchant still believes him…

Welcome to the world of Avatar: The Spirit Files, and the regaling tales of Prince Zuko the Spirit Seeker! THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!!!!

*Plays Theme Music*

Sokka Scully finds all this VERY suspicious, are spirits even real?

Aang: I was frozen for 100 years! I survived because a spirit merged with my soul a millennia ago and I've been reincarnating ever since!

Sokka: Allegedly.

Katara: You got kidnapped into the spirit world last week, Sokka.

Sokka: Allegedly.

jetko + ao3 tags. tags from @ao3tagoftheday​

[IDs: five screenshots of jet and zuko from avatar accompanied by ao3 tags as captions. in the first image, jet and zuko are depicted from the legs up as they fight, in ba sing se. it is nighttime. they are back to back, fighting with their hook swords and dao swords respectively. the tag reads “there’s lots of fluff, but there’s also DUELS.” the second image is a wide shot of pao’s tea shop. jet and zuko are standing at opposite ends. both have their swords drawn and are in fighting stances. customers stand around the edges of the room where the tables are, looking on. the tag reads “a bi disaster and a gay disaster walk into a bar, that’s it that’s the story.” the third image is of jet and zuko in the doorway of a ship’s kitchen, ready to steal food. they are in wary, semi-crouched positions and they both have their swords drawn. the tag reads “arson as foreplay, we all knew this was coming.” the fourth screenshot shows jet and zuko standing next to each other at the train station in ba sing se. jet has his hands on his hips while zuko’s are at his side. the tag reads “less ‘opposites attract’ and more ‘two people from different sides of the asshole spectrum.’” the fifth screenshot is of jet and zuko duelling in ba sing se at nighttime. jet is holding his swords ready to parry, while zuko is swinging his own swords to attack. the tag reads “but there’s no romance here, maybe two percent romance, two percent romance and ninety eight percent REVENGE.” end ID]

Jet graduates from food theft to swiping angsty tea servers

“As Zuko watched the lanterns light up those dark nights, he found it hard to believe that a world with such beauty and life could also be the one of danger and destruction his father so frequently warned him about. He hoped, more than anything, that one day he could see it for himself.

“And now, here is where I come in…”

(or, a Zukka Tangled AU)

(art by the incredible @flynnpaff!)

‘now that i see you’ is here!

chapter one: a horrible decision, really

chapter two: this is the strangest thing i have ever done

chapter three: kind of the biggest day of my life

chapter four: i thought i’d never see you again

This is Zuko's first sword fighting lesson, change my mind!

Aka tiny "let me be good at something Azula isn't" Zuzu making his Mom proud and driving Master Piandao crazy.

Zukka neighbors AU, enemies to lovers 100k+

while it's not the same story i got the idea from @kurisu-80's neighbors AU comic, which i definitely recommend checking out, i think about it a lot