Summary: After Iroh passes, Zuko reaches his breaking point. As he navigates the path through grief, he meets a kindred soul, and begins to heal in more ways than one.
[Image ID: Digital art of Sokka and Zuko slow dancing in an empty room, backlit by sunshine streaming in through a window. They are embracing, only Sokka's face is visible. His eyes are closed as if content. The artist signature reads "Andree Han Art" / end ID.] @andreehanart
zukka tumblr: hey you should read this fic about zuko dealing with losing iroh and meeting and falling in love with sokka in the aftermath. also zuko’s a single dad
me, then: yeah that won’t hurt me at all!
me, now: what the fuck [i am crying every chapter]
so i did bothermione ' s ao3 wrapped and turns out the fic i most read was real enough to get me through and yeah it makes sense considering it be my #1 comfort fic
Izumi says “Happy 1 Year” You know I had to do a little something to celebrate the one year anniversary of one of my fave fics by one of my faves @marriedzukka ! Dani, thx for sharing your endless talent and helping us all heal Real Enough to Get Me Through
[ID: a colored, mostly lineless digital drawing showing a child Izumi and adult Sokka standing in front of a penguin enclosure. Izumi is wearing a pink dress and holding Druk, a stuffed red and yellow dragon. She looks up at an emperor penguin on a rock and smiles in awe. Sokka stands behind her, wearing jeans and a blue long sleeve shirt, his hair pulled back into a ponytail with the sides shaved. He is looking down at Izumi, smiling widely. They are both happy. an artist's mark reads: RTO '21, do not repost. End ID.]
I literally have not stopped thinking about this scene from real enough to get me through by @marriedzukka
reading about sokka’s flare up in retgmt ch 13 as im laying in bed with hot rice bags on me and covered with cbd. i very much empathise with this man and am feeling my feels rn 😭 . “It hurts and I’m just so— I’m— so tired. I’m so tired of this.” like excuse me- it’s so so good though @marriedzukka ❤️❤️❤️ it feels nice to see that side of chronic pain being represented 🥺
“Magic,” she says matter-of-factly. “That’s what Papa Iroh told me.”
“Ahh,” Sokka grins. “Science, magic. Maybe it’s the same thing?”
Just a sweet little moment from Real Enough to Get Me Through, drawn by the lovely and wonderful @yayee-prsp 💙)
[image id: digital art of Sokka, Zuko, and a young Izumi from Avatar:The Last Airbender drawn in a chibi style and wearing modern clothes. They are huddled together, smiling as they look at a firefly glowing in Sokka's hands. /end id].