Crossing Paths and Blowing Sand

[u/mamafl]

This has become one of my favorite Zutara fics. Features:

Aged up Zuko at 20, Katara 18, Aang 14

Jet lives and redeems himself

Truce during the trip to the library in the desert

Ba sing se shenanigans

Headcanon of Southern Water Tribe courtship featuring acts of service for the couple. The whole family partakes in courtship with helping the courted member feel welcome.

Sokka and Suki being together

Uncle Iroh being a meddler

June teasing

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65279419/chapters/167943541 Crossing Paths And Blowing Sand - Chapter 1 - ErsatzErmine - Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) [Archive of Our Own]

Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. I saved it.

[u/meerkatsova]

This one is soooo good. The following line had me laugh out loud and may be one of my favorite lines ever:

"...she’d [been with] two boys, and they had both committed war crimes.

It wasn’t a good pattern."

(Context: In regards to Jet and Zuko)

[u/mamafl → u/meerkatsova]

Yes, this part with June is hilarious

Some text, Zutara is together.

“I see you made up with your girlfriend,” June sneered, taking a long drink of whiskey.

“Fucking right I did,” Zuko replied. Okay, Katara had to admit to herself – that level of confidence was pretty damn attractive on him.

The bounty hunter shifted to taunting. “She’s still too pretty for you, you know.”

[u/meerkatsova → u/mamafl]

Yessss. So good. 😆

[u/mamafl → u/meerkatsova]

This is one of the funniest Hakoda versions I read. His take on Katara’s love life. Him is Jet on the first line.

Hakoda sighed. “And the choice is him or Zuko?”

“Seems likely.”

Zuko risked looking over his shoulder. Hakoda was staring back at him, with narrowed eyes and an extremely dark expression. Jet’s dislike of Zuko was absolutely nothing compared to this man’s clear, seething desire to gut him like a fish. “These are tough times,” Hakoda grumbled.

Shit.

[u/mamafl → u/meerkatsova]

Poor girl, this is funny.