Hi so I'm looking for a fic with adult katara and zuko (anything above teens) that has ANGST

I've been looking through people's zutara recs and I noticed that most of the angsty ones are during the war when they were still teens (it makes sense ofc since that was the only time they were enemies) so I was wondering if anyone knew any recs where they still have a serious reason to be enemies in adult age (EDIT: actually not necessarily enemies, I just want a forbidden air to it)

I'm also a dramione fan (to no one's surprise on this subreddit lol) and I wanna use Manacled as an example since it creates a timeline where the war is still going on into their adulthood

pls no modern au's 🥹🥹<3

important clarification: adult meaning adult age, not as in prominent smut (smut isn't an issue tho I just don't enjoy fics that are driven by it)

thank u sm in advance guys <3

Hey y’all!

Just posted the prologue and ch1 of my new fic A Scholar’s Guide to Masks and Misconduct and I am so excited to share it with you all!

Modern AU with bending, blue spirit, painted lady and lots of undercover sleuthing. And smut(of course). Thank you for checking it out!

Rating: E

Following the end of the hundred year war, the Fire Nation has taken extreme measures to make reparations with the other nations. They've even banned all forms of bending, much to their own citizens' dismay.

Katara accepts a scholarship from Caldera University’s doctoral program as part of their attempt to bring more foreigners to the Fire Nation. She just wants to finish her PhD in peace. She takes up a position as a TA for Zuko Rokura to earn some extra money for herself, but something about him is...off.

When she starts getting harrassed on and off campus, he takes notice.

When he starts showing up to class in states of disarray or not at all, she's forced to investigate.

Thank you u/CrazyGailz for today’s question!

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Hello! I need your help because I’m starting to think I’m going insane. Sometime over the summer (August/ September), I read this WIP on AO3, and now I cannot find it for the life of me.

What I remember from the plot is that Katara was captured during one of the Fire Nation raids on the Southern Water Tribe before the events of the series and taken to the palace, where she ended up working as a servant/slave and training as a healer. The Fire Nation had developed these metal pins that were implanted(more like painfully hammered) into benders chi pathways, allowing firebenders to turn someone’s bending on and off. At some point, Zuko (who either hadn’t been banished at all or had already returned from his banishment, can’t remember which) was poisoned and Katara was assigned as his personal healer, giving her more rank among the palace staff/slaves. They had to meet for daily healing sessions and eventually I think they even started sparring together. Naturally, palace intrigue and slow burn ensued. Also Ozai had two mistresses, one befriended Katara the other one was more on the evil snake side. Another smaller plot point was that Kataras friend/fellow enslaved palace staffer got herself pregnant and Katara was trying to use her higher rank to get her out of the palace before it was discovered.

I’ve tried looking for it, but no luck so far… Does this ring a bell for anyone?

I would be forever indebted to anyone who can help me find it or knows more about it!!