Katara shouldn't have been rude to her new customer, no matter how busy the coffeeshop or how obnoxiously he ordered his latte. Then she shouldn't have found herself smiling every time he came back. She really shouldn't have started crushing on him. And she really, really, really shouldn't keep pretending she can't speak English.

Zuko is content with his life: sheriff of his small town by day, wrangling his twin daughters into braids and bedtime stories at night. But when the mysterious Katara moves into the mysterious mansion and opens a mysterious shop next door, Zuko finds himself a little...bewitched. Not that he believes in magic. Right. [modern au]

She's spent a year making time for him, adding empty days to her itineraries for him to fill, sailing hard through nights to shave off enough travel time to meet him in old cities, new cities. She understands she's not the only one relying on him. But perhaps they both owe each other a bit of honesty. [NC-17]

When Zuko is banished, he sets off alone, determined to put as much distance as possible between himself, his family, and his past. Wandering the Earth Kingdom as Lee, he stops to rest at a farm run by one very sharp-tongued, blue-eyed girl. He tries to lay low and keep his cover from unravelling, but it seems that this Water Tribe girl has secrets of her own. [canon-divergence au]

Zuko's a career cop. He's a tough, bad-guy-catching badass, okay? But this latest assignment has really thrown him off his game. Catching a hooker soliciting is one thing, but it's a lot harder when he's the one getting solicited. And she's cute, and funny, and has blue eyes that crinkle when she smiles, and looks like she just needs someone to feed her some soup. Zuko is so fired.