married to the flames
is a short Avatar: The Last Airbender oneshot by Serendipity1.
The story is a 1000 word story about an AU where Zuko lived as Li longer than in canon. Jin wasn't just a Girl of the Week, and their relationship bloomed. "Li" and Jin stayed together.
This fanfic provides examples of:
- Alternate Universe Fic: Zuko lived as Li for longer than in canon.
- Bittersweet Ending: Zuko and Jin are Happily Married, but Zuko hasn't returned home. He lives in secret with his wife.
- Deliberate Values Dissonance: Zuko and Jin are married at age sixteen, which isn't abnormal for the period.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Downplayed. Jin drinks tea after her parents are kidnapped.
- Fake Mixed Race: Jin assumes that Li is of mixed ancestry, which is why he has the golden eyes signature of the Fire Nation. He's actually fully Fire Nation.
- Missing Mom: Fire Nation kill benders, aside from firebenders. Jin's mother was killed because she was an earthbender.
- That Man Is Dead: Zuko refuses to tell Jin his name. To him, "Li" is his new name.
- Sex for Solace: Jin and Zuko have Their First Time because Jin wants to feel numb from her feelings and the world.
