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my art for @faux-fires (ao3 Link) fic "something stranger and more wonderful"

beta red by @ranilla-bean (ao3 Link) for this years @zukkabigbang2024 event. its truly a beautiful fic. Keeping you on your toes while reading. making you worry about sokka exposed to the whims of nature and zuko, all alone.

✨ The Mercy of Magpies 《喜鵲之恩》 ✨

3...2...1... takeoff! 🚀 @ashcremated & @ranilla-bean here to launch our project for @zukkabigbang2024 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

Rating: M Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender Pairing: Sokka/Zuko Chapters: 9/15 Beta: @faux-fires

Tags: Alternate Universe - Space, Space Opera, Depictions of Violence, Minor Character Death, Dilf Zukka, War, Han solarpunk, loosely inspired by Red Cliff (dir. John Woo), Decolonisation, Ghosts, the narrative is haunted, Getting Together, Slow Burn, eventual sexual content (i prommy), BBL Ozzy, thematically relevant magpies, interplanetary old man yaoi saves the galaxy

Summary:

In the XXXth span of the galactic war against the Phoenix King, the Avatar, Master of the Four Elements, summoned his trusted advisor to his side… Avatar Aang, prosecutor of the long war against the Fire Nation, tasks General Sokka with the recruitment of a secret friend hidden on his old home planet Emptiness II, razed a century ago. There, Sokka finds an impossible community, where peoples from all quadrants of the galaxy have taken root—headed by the Phoenix King’s own son Zuko. As he comes to trust them, Sokka becomes invested in the community. But war is barrelling towards them, and he must harness the spark between himself and Zuko to save Emptiness II… and the rest of the galaxy.

writer: @sulkybender

for @zukkabigbang2024

more art under the cut →

Author: Dreamer_Wisher_Liar Artist: @drowthelynes / sprinklyzucchini Beta: @faux-fires / Reikah

Do you like fairy tales from the 1860's but just wish they were more gay? Look no further! The Light Prince is very gay. It's got curses, broken physics, hijinks, a kinda scary bird, Gran Gran, and probably themes too.

HELLO GANG, i am extremely late but this is my collab piece with the lovely jo @bisexuallsokka for the @zukkabigbang2024 , it was a blast to work with them and represent their amazing fic

It’s the tattoo Sokka wants to see first. Gold and red, yellow and pink, the petals of a thousand flames spreading from the heart of a phoenix. Zuko lowers his robes gingerly and for a while Sokka just stares at it, gaping.

“Can I…?"

“Hmm? Yeah, of course.”

Sokka traces the spine of a flame with his fingers, following it from the center of Zuko’s back to his shoulders. His skin is warm, nearly hot; Sokka feels him shiver under his touch.

“Sorry,” he murmurs. “Cold hands.”

“It’s not bad,” Zuko says, shrugging up his robes. They’re silk, slipping down his shoulders, and then the whole phoenix is gone—this extraordinary thing Zuko keeps hidden, the mark of his godhead.

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“You know, if you ever need more canvas space for your chalk art, my driveway is always open to you,” Sokka says to Izumi, glancing at Zuko, which— wow. He had almost forgotten how gorgeous Sokka’s eyes are. That, plus he is being sweet to his daughter? Zuko quickly covers up whatever cheesy expression is certainly on his face. Izumi’s smile widens a little bit and she nods. Zuko manages to wish Sokka a good day at work and Sokka’s gaze on him lingers for a second before he thanks him and gets in his car. So no, he doesn’t need Iroh’s help in setting him up with anyone. Because he has spent the last few months fantasizing about Sokka, and he is not ready to give that up nor to cue Iroh in and risk any interference. (or, Zuko and Sokka are neighbors, Izumi is a sidewalk chalk enthusiast, and Iroh and Azula love pestering Zuko about his love life)

my contribution to @zukkabigbang2024!!