Best Zuko Hurt/Comfort Fanfics
The best hurt/comfort fanfiction featuring Zuko (ATLA) on AO3, curated by popularity. The vulnerability, the tenderness, seeing characters take care of each other in their worst moments.
Top Zuko Hurt/Comfort Fic Recs
2 hurt/comfort fics featuring Zuko, followed by other top-rated stories.
Tonight I Feel (Haunted And Safe)
Hurt/Comfortby mournfulmournful · Zutara
Katara has nightmares. Zuko does, too. Or, another way things could have happened.
The Painted Lady
Hurt/Comfortby resabel · Zutara
Katara only had one goal: return with the Fire Lord’s head. But fate had other plans. Plans such as teaming with the Avatar and his friends. Which, much to her disgust, included a familiar face with a shiny new scar on the left side of his face. Assassin AU
If the Moon Smiled
by aithusahasnowings (foxinsocks) · Zukka
Sokka was never sent to guard Yue, he was too busy scouting ahead with some of the Northern Tribe warriors before the Siege. He was catch and capture being taking too Zhao's ship. He barely managed to escape with his life due Aang and a giant sea monster. Now he's stranded in the middle of the ocea
Desert Mirage
by EmeraldMoon · Zutara
In the scorching expanse of the merciless Si Wong Desert, two enemies find their fates unexpectedly intertwined. Prince Zuko, having finally abandoned his futile hunt for the Avatar and severed ties with his uncle, wanders the wasteland with nothing but regrets and his stolen ostrich horse. When he
A Tale of Ice and Smoke - Earth
by SooperSara · Zutara
With the lessons and the battles of the North Pole behind them, Katara and Zuko set off on separate journeys across the Earth Kingdom. While Katara pursues her next element, Zuko flees the nation and family that tried to destroy him. Though their paths promise new friendships and new challenges for
Hate With Benefits
by Azuremart · Zutara
Everyone knows the golden rule: never leave Zuko and Katara in the same room, unless you want them to bite each other's heads off.But no one except the two of them knows that the line between their hatred and passion turned out to be dangerously thin.He’s the brooding guy from the tea shop, hiding f
More Than Friends
by DreamWriterKCP · Maiko
What does it mean to be more than friends? After Sozin's Comet, Aang and Katara agree to try being more than friends as they navigate building a new world with the Gaang. Through relationships, reunions, and reparations the teenagers figure out what comes after you save the world. Deciding whether
Such Sweet Treason
by MasterTheGreat · Maiko
He failed. The war was supposed to end on the Day of the Black Sun… but he failed. He failed his friends, his team, everyone, and the whole world. Sleep never comes, his thoughts keep him awake as the weight of his failure bears down on him, suffocating even within the Western Air Temple’s refuge. A
I want you not her.. (Zuko x reader)
by Mimi_5 · Maiko
You are a talented firebender born into power, the daughter of one of the Fire Nation’s most respected generals. Expectations have followed you your entire life—and you’ve met every single one. But even in a life shaped by perfection, there are things you cannot control. Like him. Because there’s on
playmaker (crossing the edge)
by bluespiritfox · Zukka
Jet has known about loss all his life. He’s known it from the time he lost his home, his mother, from the time he lost the captain position, and from the time he pushed away a love that could have been. He’s familiar with the pain that comes with it—the slow suffocation from it. He knows how to deal
Where The Sun Meets The Sea
by Escapemymind · Zutara
“It has been torture. Do you know how many times—“ Zuko paused, biting his tongue again. Katara looked up at him. “How many times what? Zuko.” He glared at her. “How many times I fucked my own hand because I couldn't have you!” he exclaimed, years of frustration palpable in his words. *** OR: Eight
I Know You By Your Heart (and I Will Call You By Your Name)
by sometimesbemwrites · Zukka
After a life under his father’s thumb, Fire Nation omega Zuko is stripped of his crown prince title and sent South with expectations that far outweigh that of a traditional omegan mate. He is sentenced to live out the rest of his life in Wolf Cove, a Southern city that rivals Agna Qel’a in the North
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Zuko in Hurt/Comfort Fanfiction
Zuko — Banished Fire Nation prince whose redemption arc is considered one of the greatest in all of fiction. From villain to hero, his journey is legendary.
Hurt/Comfort — One character is hurt (physically or emotionally) and another provides comfort and care.
The vulnerability, the tenderness, seeing characters take care of each other in their worst moments. Zuko's (also known as The Blue Spirit) role in ATLA makes them a natural fit for hurt/comfort storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in ATLA fanfiction.
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