Mature | Zuko x OC (Kaira) | Slow Burn The war is over, but peace has never been simple. Four years into his reign, Firelord Zuko is still trying to rebuild a nation that doesn't fully trust him. When a new threat begins to take shape in the shadows, one that strikes before it's seen, he is forced to rely on the last person he expected. Kaira. A firebender born in the Earth Kingdom, raised far from the Fire Nation she was never meant to belong to. She sees danger before it happens, moves before anyone else understands there's something to react to, and keeps parts of herself locked away that Zuko can't seem to reach. She becomes his guard. His ally. Something far more dangerous than either of them planned for. Because the closer the threat gets, the harder it becomes to tell what's loyalty, what's truth, and what might destroy everything they're trying to build.

Zuko x OC || Slowburn || Enemies to Lovers || Jealousy The war is finally over. Peace, they say, has begun. And with it, the return of a prince no one expected to rule. The throne is no longer occupied by the powerful tyrant, but rather a young Fire Lord determined to rebuild what his nation destroyed. He speaks of balance. Of restoration. Of doing better. Funny. Celia does not believe him. Daughter of a high-ranking official from one of the former colonies, she has seen too much to trust in words like peace and redemption. And while the world looks to the new Fire Lord to make things right, she chooses a different path. One that does not rely on promises from a crown that once took everything. She will rebuild in her own way. On her own terms. Far from the Fire Nation. But when unrest begins to spread, the path she carved for herself is pulled back toward the very center of power she tried to avoid. Back to the Fire Nation, where she finds herself wondering: "What can a banished prince, once dismissed as a failure, possibly fix?" She plans to never come close enough to find out.

❝ Born of war. Forged by loss. Held together by something neither of them understood until it was too late. ❞ In a world torn apart by fire and blood, Siku an ice-wielding Waterbender from the Earth Kingdom never expected to find her greatest enemy in a banished Fire Nation prince. Driven by revenge, she joins Team Avatar to fight the ones who destroyed her home. But when the enemy becomes an ally, and the boy she swore to hate begins to heal the cracks in her heart, everything changes. Through battles, betrayals, redemption, and war, Siku and Zuko's paths twist together until neither can imagine a future without the other. From sparring beneath starlight to bleeding on palace floors, their love is anything but easy. It's painful. Raw. Real. And in the end... eternal. A slow-burn enemies to lovers story woven through the heart of Avatar: The Last Airbender and beyond told through Siku's eyes as she fights for balance, forgiveness, and the boy who became her home.

Your cousin, Hajime Iwaizumi, whom you haven't seen in a long time, invited you to support him in the largest street racing event in Tokyo. He told you he was a part of the Seijoh Brawlers, one of the top five notorious gangs affiliated with the underground street racing scene. Once he introduced you to his leader, Tooru Oikawa, a.k.a. Cypher - your interest piqued, curiously wanting to understand the true meaning behind his alleged nickname. Street Racing AU \ō͡≡o˞̶ Content Warning: Extremely Sexually Explicit, Violence, Murder, Guns, Drugs, etc. Please read at your own risk! Inspiration is from Aikk00's Street Racing Tokyo Drift AU of Oikawa, which is also the cover of the fanfic. Links to the deciphered spotify playlist and the visuals of the cars are on my profile bio. Highest Rankings Achieved: #1 in fanfiction (out of 1.4M stories) #1 in action-romance (out of 18.9k stories) #1 in oikawa (out of 11.8k stories) #1 in tooruoikawa (out of 643 stories) Story also posted on AO3 © hoeneymilktea 2021