#heroicissm

She was stretching alongside him, feeling her own chi paths opening with the steam of the geyser helping to clear her skin and sweat out impurities. 

Aang was with her, and she was taking him through movements... various stretches, positions. She was hoping this might be the end of it. He was having so many nightmares, and they were clearly getting to him. He had ridiculous demands of the entire team and everyone was clearly getting annoyed.

All she wanted was for them to be ok, and to make it out of this war together.

After Aang declared it felt warm, then hot as if he was in the Fire Lord’s throne room, and it was like he was shooting fireballs at him, he collapsed and started breathing heavily. 

She leaned down, looking in his direction... She thought he might need to talk it out, but with whom exactly? Sokka tried to convince Katara that he was good at listening to people’s feelings. While she didn’t doubt her brother, she did doubt that he would be able Aang.

It’s horrible, having to wait around and being able to do nothing. She has no idea if Peter is alive or... gone. And if he is alive, he’s stuck in space - potentially by himself. May has to force herself to have hope, otherwise she thinks she’ll just lose her mind. But every now and again, thoughts creep into her head, reminding her that the odds aren’t in his favour. So she wanders, and worries, and talks to those in the compound who are more equipped to do something to help than her. It’s what brings her to Dr Banner - searching for some kind of answer. 

It was a matter of timing.

He’d jumped in to help her first when, while out on patrol, she’d ended up outnumbered 25 to 1. The second time, though, it had been her that had jumped in for the rescue. And now - for the third time in a row - they found themselves in the same place at the same time, fighting together. She smirked as she smacked one of her attackers in the face with her bo staff, quipping, “We’ve gotta stop meeting like this.”

“I find your question ridiculous,” he answered with a grin. “There is pizza on the way, we have a mountain of movies. There are covers and pillows in here. We won’t have to leave this haven of warmth and relaxation for hours.”

                 ___________________

"So in other words: a lot." She laughed again and crouched down at the mouth of the fort to see him better. " Were you that bored while I was running errands? " Lena knew better though-- Garfield didn't need much prompting for shenanigans. 

          It was late. Elle was hungry. No time for the vigilante selection process or playing the hero in the dark alleys, she was just going to eat the first creepy bastard that hit on her. The casino -- yes that was where she’d head. Meal and a show. But just as she was about to turn into the lights of the entrance, something caught her attention. Caught her nose’s attention, specifically. What a weird scent it was. Not human and not expensive cologne. Perhaps it was something new on the menu?

    “Mm… that sounds amazing. But don’t you have things to get done? I can do science in bed but your job — often requires specific venues.”