Katara is captured during a Fire Nation raid. When her identity as a chief's daughter marks her out as a valuable hostage, she is taken under the protection of Prince Zuko, her safety and wellbeing dependent on her people's cooperation. Passions rage between her and her supposed protector and they are caught up in a plot to unite their warring countries.

𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓, 𝒁𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒂'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕? 𝑶𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘, 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆?

A complete Cannon rewrite starting from Book One; novelisation of each book, focusing on Zuko and Katara, and featuring canon-divergences, aged-up characters, mature themes, pining and Two Idiots in Love.

Enemies to friends to... more😏- After joining the gang, Zuko has to earn the forgiveness of Katara, and in doing so they begin to grow closer. Both fire and water elements can be driven by passion & it a appears they may have more in common than they think. This will differ from the shows plot and timeline but I will do my best to stay true to the characters. TW/ Smut later on but I will put a disclaimer or warning before chapters containing anything NSFW.

After Zuko joined the gang Katara still didn't trust him when everyone did. But, when Zuko made it up to her. It all changed...

Avatar Aang saves the world but ruins himself in the process. or Katara engages "He who saved the world" but loses herself in the process. - Aged up. when the battle against Ozai takes place Aang is 18, Katara is 20, Zuko is 22.

Three years after the war Zuko is living a life of duty while Katara reluctantly travels the world with Aang. When General Iroh orders them to find Zuko's mother and save the Order of the White Lotus they seize the opportunity with both hands. It's the beginning of an adventurous journey of discovery, but as time runs out a rising threat puts their bond to the test. *** The chapter titles are based on story prompts by deviantArt's Zutara Eternity and various Zutara Weeks/Months. *** Gaang character ages in this story: Zuko : 20 years old (since summer) Katara : 17 years old (18 years old in the coming winter) Aang : 16 years old (since this autumn) Toph : 16 years old (since spring) Sokka : 18 years old (19 years old in the coming winter) Suki : 19 years old (since spring)