You ever get tired of me just doing this thing where I just draw them taking pics and stuff?? Cause I'm gonna keep doing it lol

Some of my fellow filipino zutara shippers were talking about what if Zuko and Katara are cast-mates but were secretly dating, at first nobody really thought about the possibilities of them being in relationship since everyone knows they hate working with each other (but of course that will eventually change).

Then that’s when I knew I had to do a “Most searches questions interview” wherein they were promoting TLOK by doing interviews since they reprised their roles in some flashback scenes.

Would love to see more of these two in this AU!! 💜

- What is it, Zuko ?

- I love you.

Trying out a new style, a sweet Zutara moment ✨💕

May 🤝 Mai

throwing knives

long black hair with double buns

Lucifer but it’s jet

*makes you a pot of tea so we can gossip*

YES. She feels this weird possessive claim over him and just thinks it’s because they’re ‘close friends’ and she wants his time. His flustered face might be adorable but how come everyone gets to see it?!

She rants about it to Uncle Iroh who just has this secretive smile on his face as he’s like “Ah, yes, I see…” // “See what Iroh?! How annoying they all are?!”

UGH YES

At first Katara ignores the flirting, then she tries to be logical (objectively speaking, yes, Zuko has always been attractive and he’s the sweetest guy, of course people like him, you don’t own him Katara), but it still gets to her (it’s because none of them are good enough for him she’s just looking out for ZUKO obviously). She “subtly” brings it up during their daily meals in his private garden.

‘So uh that ambassador you were talking to yesterday, they’re kinda cute huh’ ‘I’ve seen better’ *stares at Katara*

‘Are you gonna ask that person from earlier today on a date, they seem like they’d be into it’ ‘I don’t really have time to take people out to dinner’

‘Ugh Zuko they’re FLIRTING with you’ ‘All they do is laugh at my dumb jokes, touch my arm, and smile at me from across the room during meetings, how is that flirting, that’s what YOU do too…’

I love the idea that Zuko slowly catches on to her feelings before she does.

WAIT if that’s flirting… then YOU flirt with me!

They’re walking around the market together as they do every Sunday, “Katara stop telling me to go on dates I literally never have time for anyone except you.”

He showers her with gifts and she’s just like “wow Zuko is such a good friend.”

Katara denies that she hugs him too much or too tight that’s what FRIENDS do

Yes! And Zuko is a perceptive boy but he struggles with his self esteem sometimes. So he’s like ‘…does she like me? but she’s Katara, a powerful bender, master of her element, astute politician, kind hearted, caring, strong, beautiful, intelligent…why would she want to date me?’ and Iroh is like ‘???? literally so are you??’

Sokka and Suki are like ‘yeah no she’s obsessed with you it’s kinda gross’ but he REALLY starts to believe it when Toph comes in one day and says ‘look you’re the brother i never had but the way her heartbeat spikes around you gives me a headache and i kinda hate you for it’

So he stops holding back and showers her with his attention, hoping the others flirting with him won’t push her away but Katara is still in denial and she’s like ‘haha ya i know isn’t it wild how far Zuko will go for his friends’ and everyone is exasperated at this point.

Aang is telling them about great wedding destinations and reminds them that he can perform wedding unions 👀

During a girls’ night Katara almost faints when Suki asks her if she and Zuko will provide cousins for her children to play with soon.

Toph likes to randomly appear and tell them to stop flirting because it’s just so funny when they stutter and their heartbeats go crazy.

“Hey Katara… why is your Dad staring at me like that?”

I can SO imagine Zuko waking her up in the middle of the night and being like “so did you marry me as a friend or like…” // “Zuko we’ve been married for ten years and have three children together.”

But Katara does it too! Zuko plans a nice date night and she’s like ???? “Lol you wanna date meeee you wanna kissss me” // “Katara you’ve been my wife for years shut up.”

I’m sure it’s been done before, but I mentioned to a friend the idea of combining the “wake up sleepyhead” meme with Zutara, and we both thought it would be hilarious - so thanks for the encouragement A!

I’ve seen a lot of takes on the “over protective big brother” Sokka when he finds out about Zuko and Katara being romantically involved, but personally I don’t think that would be his reaction. I think he’d be a little shocked, possibly confused, but also thrilled. After all, Zuko is a good friend of theirs who proved he was committed to Katara even before they were in a romantic relationship (hello lightning), and like… if you think your sister deserves the best, you can’t do much better than scoring the Fire Lord. (Or alternatively, I could see it going kind of like that scene from Friends…)

“And then Kya was born.”

“Yes, she must-“ Zuko catches himself, “was a surprise, huh?”

“She was. A really good surprise.”

“Well, I like her.”

“That’s great, Zuko. Maybe we’ll keep her.”

Summary

“A scar. A lunch. A wedding. A funeral. A child.

This is the story of how a compassionate, self-sufficient medical student found the courage to finally let her heart be reached, and how a dutiful, noble heir ultimately chose his heart over an empire.

It all started with a conversation at the Shirshu Club in New York City...”

(Loosely inspired by “Crazy Rich Asians” and many romantic-comedy/drama films from the late 90s/early 2000s.)

[Image Description: Katara and Zuko are both in a night club scene, Katara dressed in a sheer blue top with stars and moon, a black crop top underneath and back bottoms on, blue electric lights behind her, she’s leaning slightly towards Zuko in conversation. Zuko, sitting at the bar next to her with a shot cup in his hand, wears a red turtle neck and a black jacket above, a small gold necklace over it, red lighting behind him on a dark black background.]

Whoooo! It’s posting time! It was so fun to participate on the event and i hope everyone loves this Fic as much as I do, both the author, betas, and my fellow artist @lampurpleart were a joy to plan with!

[ID: A four-panel comic featuring Zuko and Katara. In panel 1 Katara and Zuko are on the right of the panel. They are by a stone staircase that fades away going to the left. Katara is sitting on the stairs with her arms over her knees, looking away from Zuko who is shirtless. Panel 2 features Zuko’s gold eyes. He is looking down, presumably at Katara with a blue sky in the background. Panel 3 features Katara’s blue eyes slightly covered by her hair-loopies. She is looking up, presumably at Zuko. A speech bubble tail is pointing at Katara with the text in panel 4. Panel 4 focuses on Zuko’s chest, with his lightning scar from Azula in the middle of his chest. On the right is the first speech bubble, which was pointing at Katara, it reads: “you have more than your fair share of those,” and to the right is the second speech bubble, it reads: “marks from a family who didn’t deserve you.” End ID.]

from Here I Stand on AO3!