Sokka Of The Fire Nation

The Job

Shockingly Sokka had managed to wake up before Zuko, and now he would put his plan into action. After a few days of nonstop work for them both of them, he decided that he would serve Zuko breakfast in bed. As gently as he could he wiggled himself out of the Fire Lords arms. It wasn't easy, he loved Zuko but the man cuddled like a Boa Constrictor.

Once he was downstairs clothed in only his robe, he headed for the kitchen.

"Sir Sokka, it's an honor but...uhhh what are you doing down here." the head chef asked him.

Sokka gave the man a toothy grin "I'm making Zuko breakfast today so you guys can take the morning off," he said going into the cabinets and gatherings the ingredients that he needed. "And eww you guys are not calling me "Sir Sokka" that's just weird."

The staff looked at each other unsure if they should actually leave the kitchen.

"Are you sure you don't want us to help, it's no trouble." One of them said helpfully.

"Trust me," he said grabbing a pack of bacon out the fridge. "I'll be fine."

The staff didn't look convinced but they left the kitchen as asked now that he had the kitchen to himself set out to make pancakes. He mixed sugar, salt, baking powder, and flour into a bowl. Then he grabbed some milk and poured it in until he had a fine batter.

"Bacon Pancakes

Making Bacon Pancakes

Take some bacon and we'll put it in a pancake"

He sang as he cooked the batter on the stove.

"Bacon Pancakes

That's what it's gonna make

BAAACCCOOON PPAAAANCAAAKEES"

"You're cute when you sing," Zuko announced from the door. "I wouldn't mind waking up to this every day."

"Zuko!" he shouted in shock. "You almost gave me a heart attack I thought you were asleep."

"I've been up but I wanted to see what you would do, I wasn't expecting singing and dancing though," Zuko smirked.

-

"This is good," Zuko said taking a bite out of his pancake. "We should do this every morning, I like when you cook," the firebender got a devious look in his eyes. "But you know you don't have go all the way to the kitchen to make me breakfast, my favorite meal will always be Sokka ass side up."

"I wonder how people would feel if they knew there "stoic" Fire Lord was actually a huge perv?" He asked trying to get the heat in his cheeks to go away.

"It's your fault, you bring it out in me."

That was true. Zuko was a pretty easy guy to rile up if you knew how to press his buttons, and no one did that better than he did.

Sokka had always been concerned about domestic life. Seen how it had changed even the most ferocious of warriors into something else, something he considered to be soft. But if being domestic was watching Zuko scarf down pancakes while shamelessly flirting with him then he would be just fine.

But as soon this blissful moment had come it had also gone. Zuko had finished eating and they both knew that today was going to be packed with meetings.

"I'll see you tonight." Zuko said as he kissed him on the cheek and walked out the door.

-

Sokka sat behind his desk in his spacious office, it was tradition that each Fire Lady was given a blank canvas of an office upon taking office. In other words, his predecessors had such little control of their lives that the highlight of their time in office was decorating an office. He could see why Zuko's mother had hated this place.

He stared across at his four visitors. Just as Zuko had a team that worked specifically for him, Sokka had his own set of advisors. Across the room, a pair of red-clad guards flanked the door, some of the Fire Nations most highly trained soldiers and they were guarding him of all people, talk about ironic.

"So, where should we begin?" He asked.

"Well, I think it would be helpful if you understood the history and responsibilities of the office that you are about to take," replied Yuri, a tall older woman with penetrating eyes.

"And then we need to discuss handmaidens," Chieko chimed in, she was a much shorter woman, but she stood out because unlike all the other advisors she younger maybe in her mid 30's.

"Handmaidens!," he said incredulously, eyes widening for dramatic effect. "I don't want any Handmaidens, in case you haven't noticed I'm a guy."

"You're required to have them by law, your majesty." Chieko said as if she was talking to a small child throwing a tantrum.

"There are many responsibilities that I'm sure you aren't aware of but that's why we're here. The first thing you should know upon your marriage to Fire Lord Zuko you will be the 20th person to hold this office. Each of the women who came before you left there mark not just on the Fire Lord or the palace but the whole Nation. Fire Lady Ichika created the literacy program that ensures that on average 80% of children can read and write by the age of 7, Fire Lady Kokoro built museums in every major city so that the people knew there history and culture."

He actually found this helpful, no one had ever really explained what he was supposed to do. It was nice to have a blueprint that he could follow and build on but it was also daunting, he didn't have any grand plan on how to improve the Fire Nation. He was an outsider who no little about the nation or people he was about to rule.

"And the responsibilities?" he asked.

"You accompany the Fire Lord to all his engagements and your expected to fill in for him when he cannot attend an event. You sit on the National Board of Art and Science. Given your experience in the war, the Fire Lord has decreed that you be put in charge of the non-bender division of the army. Obviously you're the first man to do this so that has created some shall we say difficulty.

"You can say that again, but just so we're clear Zuko knows I'd do anything for him. But I'm not being called Fire Lady." That was the one thing he wasn't willing to compromise on, it was bad enough Toph was going to call him that no matter what he didn't need was everyone else doing it too.

"No need to worry you'll get a title that fits your gender." she paused as if she had just remembered something important. "We also need to talk about your hair."

"My hair?" he asked suspiciously.

"Yes, you need to let it grow out to be able to wear the royal hairpin."

"Anything else?" He asked tired of the this and ready to see Zuko again.

"There is one more issue, Princess Azula we-" He held up his hand cutting her off before she could go on.

"Ask Zuko," He said closing his eyes and shaking his head this was none of his business.

"He said to ask you."

"Zuko, asked you to ask me to make a decision about his sister?" He didn't believe that for a second.

"He said he wasn't going to deal with it, so were asking you."

"I don't think he meant for you to come to me. Zuko's relationship with his sister is complicated and I don't want to get in the middle of it so whatever is you need can wait.

"I get it," Chieko said grabbing him by the wrist before he could walkout. "You don't want to overstep boundaries but that's the nature of your role. You're here to support him and sometimes that means making decisions that you don't want to."

"I want to see her before I decide anything."

"That can be arranged."