Hey, I could really use some soft zukka fics in my life rn. Do you know of any good ones? Your zukka fic recs give me life, thank you!
1. the art of charting the stars by emrysthewarlock
Sokka just grins and shrugs, elbowing Zuko gently in the side. They stay on the roof tracing patterns in the sky until the sun begins to rise and drown out the heavens in its light. When they climb down from the roof, Sokka still holding out his hand to help Zuko, Zuko realizes he hasn’t thought about work at all.
(A post-canon fic where Ambassador Sokka and Fire Lord Zuko write each other letters and watch the stars.)
2. Real Slow by surveycorpsejean
“I see.” Zuko closes the scroll. “Is the Water Tribe sending a replacement?”
“Uh yeah,” Sokka gestures to himself dramatically. “You’re looking at him.”
3. he dreamed he cared by ohhihoney
Zuko's left eye was one of his greatest weaknesses, making him live in constant fear of someone sneaking up on him and after he left the Fire Nation to join the Avatar, he actually thought he was safe. They didn't know about it, he could finally stop living on edge.
Or at least until Sokka, that clever and observant bastard, found out.
4. you [put me on and] said i was your favorite by auroraeternae
“C’mon, grumpy,” Zuko said, leaning down to kiss Sokka’s forehead.He laughed when Sokka pulled him down by the front of his shirt, situating him in his lap for a proper kiss. Zuko smiled into the kiss, pushing his hand into the hair at the back of Sokka’s neck as he angled his head.
Zuko bit down on Sokka’s lower lip before he pulled back, humming in satisfaction at the way Sokka chased after him, looking down at his lips when he opened his eyes.“Roommate meeting,” Zuko said, pushing himself off the bed.orthe Gaang are roommates and Zuko and Sokka are in love.
5. i hope you know i care by ciitadel
“Sokka, are you alright?” Zuko asked once he was sure the hunters were gone. “What the fuck is wrong with you?!” Sokka whisper-shouted from below him. “Why on earth did you have us jump into an open elevator shaft!” “We weren’t gonna make it to the door,” Zuko said. “So you decided jumping into the literal void was a better option?!” While Zuko couldn’t see Sokka’s face in the dark, he could imagine the incredulous look he was giving him right now. “Hey, we’re alive, aren’t we?” Zuko challenged. Sokka sighed. “Yeah, true. Anyway, are we going to climb back up? Or are we gonna just hang out here for a little while longer?” “Was… was that a fucking pun?” From below, he heard a stifled giggle. “M-Maybe.”Zuko was glad for the darkness, because he could pretend to be annoyed at the joke by sighing because Sokka couldn’t see the smile that had spread across his face.or, who says you can't pine for your best friend in the apocalypse?
6. Always Read Your Peace Treaties Carefully by preciousbunnynoiz
"Your betrothed my lord."
"My what now!?" Zuko repeated dumbly.
"His WHAT now!?" Sokka parroted back, dropped the pastry he'd been eating.
Zuko and Sokka have been engaged to be married since the peace talks. Only they were the only ones who didn't know.
Everyone else thought they not only knew but that they had already been dating the entire time.
This is also news to Zuko and Sokka who have definitely NOT been dating but maybe they aren't as uninterested as they are protesting
7. maybe i just see you (in everything) by epic bubbles
“Here,” Zuko said, picking up a quarter someone had left on top of a parking meter. He took the umbrella from Sokka and gave him the quarter in return, pressing it in his palm. It was cold.
Sokka’s hand closed around it, and he wanted to say something. Wanted to say, this is your day. This isn’t supposed to be about me right now, dude. I try to take you out for ice cream and you, dramatic idiot that you are, bring me gallivanting around town and give me some sort of half-crazed, quirky movie scene...what? Love confession? Shit, this is a love confession? Is this a love confession?
Zuko's feeling sad, Sokka wants to make him feel better, and what's better than ice cream on a rainy, cold day? (Ft. impromptu and kind of awkward love confessions, and also gummy worms)
8. lighthouse beam by azraqed
Sokka’s breathtakingly beautiful and he’s smart and makes other people laugh. Zuko has a half-burnt face and a deaf ear. It’s not rocket science.
Or, Zuko falls in love with the boy in his Philosophy class.
9. i could (never) give you peace by zukkababey
Zuko almost said it. He almost said the words I think I’m in love with you, but he choked them back down at the last second.Zuko would never be able to be what Sokka wanted. They might have needed each other during the summer, when two boys with too much weight on their shoulders found comfort in each other in the only way they knew how.But now Zuko was Fire Lord, and Sokka was leaving. Or, a self indulgent Ambassador Sokka & Fire Lord Zuko fic set to the tune of ‘peace’ by Taylor Swift.
10. sirens & sleepless nights by Satirrian
Life can be pretty hard living in a city under a totalitarian regime. Between adhering to the ridiculous curfew, keeping himself from being gunned down by a passing patrolman, and paying his unnecessary tolls to the state for, say, breathing, Sokka has his hands full just getting to work. Add aiding a resistance group on top of that, and Sokka should really be getting paid for this.
Then, one night, Sokka finds an injured patrolman collapsed in the street, who tells him with blood on his lips, “If the patrol finds me, I’m dead.”
11. The Fate of Nations in Our Hands by sapphic_ambitions
Sokka and Zuko's journey with touch over the course of Sokka's first year as the Ambassador.
12. say you like your shirt soggy by crosspin
“So you’re the new guy, then?” Sokka says, looking up from a clipboard with a smile as bright as sun reflecting off sea.
Sokka doesn’t flinch, or falter, or do a double-take when he sees Zuko’s scar. He just keeps smiling.
“…yeah,” Zuko says, feeling a little burned by the warmth in those blue eyes.
Or, five times Zuko has help doing the dishes + one time he does them alone.
