Early season 1 when Aang is talking to Roku instead of being chained up sokka katara and zuko are thrown into a cell together
Zuko: oh spirits this is bad. Fuck fuck fuck my father’s going to kill me
Sokka: wtf??? How is this bad for you?? Ur the prince?? Like we’re w/ the avatar obvi this is bad for us but why the fuck are you even in the cell??
Zuko: I’m banished, idiot. By going into fire nation waters I’ve committed treason and greatly disrespected my father! He’ll be furious with me!!
Katara: ur his son I’m sure it won’t be that bad
Zuko: the last time I disrespected him he burned half my face off
Katara and Sokka: *horrified silence*
Sokka: oh my fucking spirits that’s awful
Zuko: what? No it’s not. It was my fault
Sokka:
Katara: *repeatedly under her breath* wtf wtf wtf wtf-
Sokka:
Sokka: zuko I cannot stress enough how much that was not your fault
Zuko: yes it was I spoke out of turn and disrespected him in front of his whole war council. He had every right to punish me how he saw fit, including banishing me
Sokka: he banished and burned half your face off just because you talked out of turn??!?????
Zuko: I mean I insulted one of his generals but the man was planning on sacrificing an untrained unit for no reason! It would have been a massacre! Quit judging me!!
Sokka: tui and la what the fuck
Katara: ok. zuko we’re adopting you now
Zuko: what?? No you’re not???
Cue zuko going along with them when aang busts them out bc he has no other options, having to stay with them cus they’re lowkey kidnapping him/he has no other option, and our boi slowly joining them/realizing what happened was fucked up. Also katara introducing him to their dad as “sokkas boyfreind slash your new son and my new brother”
oh oh oh oh oh oh my gods I'm not sure I've ever wanted a fic so badly in my life oh my gods And Zuko being all confused like you were not there? I had not even told you the entire story before you formed an opinion? How tf can you say it wasn't my fault? Katara: *deep breathing* Sokka: Okay so. You are like. MAYBE one or two years older than me. You are barely an adult, if that. Your father had no right - Zuko: What does my age have to do with it? I was an unruly child! How else was I going to learn? Katara: Zuko I'm going to ask you this once, and then I'm going to need you both to pray that I don't somehow have some Waterbender version of the Avatar state: your scar looks like it's been healed a while. How long ago did this happen? Zuko: A bit over two years ago? Why? *Five minutes later* Aang: Wow, guys! What happened? I couldn't find you but then I could hear you both yelling from the other side of the island!
Djdhdjjchchd I love this addition
Also, 2 days later while zuko is still lowkey being kiddnapped Aang is in the woods foraging a little bit away from camp and just hears this being yelled:
What do you mean you didn’t fight back?!??!?
You were thirteen????
You were kneeling????
He said WHAT!?!????!
Aang is. Very concerned.
It’s quiet for ten minutes before sokka yells:
“Holy shit no one knew the avatar was gonna come back when he banished you!!!”
Zuko haz no idea how to deal with ppl being upset on his behalf
Aang and up finding out what they were talking about. And he gets so pissed he threatens to go straight to the fire lord, avatar state activated, and fight him right then and there for doing that to a child
They stop him of course
But Aang still wants to do it
Aang: All life is sacred
Zuko: Yeah my Dad scarred me when I was 13 I deserved it though
Aang: . . .
Aang, arrows glowing: Most lives are sacred
