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𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨,  𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙤  𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨  𝙞𝙛  𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙣  𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨  𝙝𝙤𝙬  𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝  𝙝𝙚  𝙘𝙖𝙣  𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩  𝙝𝙞𝙢.   mako knows how to put his feelings away so well, he thinks sometimes that bolin maybe believes that he no longer has them.  the words, thrown out in anger during this fight that’s gone too far already, stun him  —  but just for a moment.  his expression hardens, jaw clenching.   “ 𝚍𝚘  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠  𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝  𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍  𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎  𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍  𝚝𝚘  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚒𝚏  𝚒'𝚍  𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚘𝚕𝚍  𝚖𝚎? ”   his voice is cold, but still full of rage  —  full of hurt.   “ 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎  𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎  𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎  𝚘𝚏  𝚖𝚎,  𝚊𝚗𝚍  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚍𝚘  𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝  𝚒  𝚜𝚊𝚢  𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎  𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜  𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝  𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚜  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎! ”   he yanks off his pro-bending helmet, practically throwing it across the room.   “ 𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗,  𝚒  𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚝𝚘  𝚍𝚘  𝚘𝚗𝚎  𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐! ”   the cold begins to slip, making way for the fire that’s still there  —  always there, right under the surface when he gets scared or hurt.   “ 𝚘𝚗𝚎  𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐  —  𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝  𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢  𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢  𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎  𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚜.  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝  𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗  𝚝𝚘  𝚖𝚎  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝  𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎,  𝚊𝚗𝚍  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝  𝚐𝚘𝚝  𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏  𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍!  𝚒'𝚖  𝚗𝚘𝚝  𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐  𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝  𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗  𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗! ”   even if it is noi this time, not shady shin or anybody else from headquarters.  he can’t let this happen.  he won’t let this happen. 

@lavaeir  sends  random  cute  shit   

   limbs are forced away from her body as she falls from the sky.  air is ripped from her lungs as  opal tries to regain a sense of consciousness.  fingers twitch but her arms feel like boulders, too heavy...  can’t move..  no you have to.  just move!  you’re a bei fong don’t be weak!    the airbender squeezes her eyes shut in a panicked attempt to help her focus before bolin’s voice breaks through her fear like a sudden trumpet sounding mid-battle.   his arms wrap around her battered body as he grabs opal from the air.   how did he do it ? to speak in a voice so solid and sure but so soft. opal ponders this as they both sail back to bolin’s awaiting rocks head lulling against his chest with a weak smile.      " i know you do.  “     she never had to be tough around him.. she never had been the type to be stern, from the moment they met it’s always just been them.   he was a man made of loyalty and honesty with the sweetest and biggest heart.. and he was in love with her.       the realization seems to hit her for the thounsandth time, she’s near breathless as always when she answers.      “  i love you, bolin.. “

i don’t

there’s  a  chill  in  the  air  that   wasn’t  there   before.  the  setting  of  the  night,   the  reminder   that  they  have  to  go  back  to  their   own  lives.   believe  me.   i  miss  you  as  dearly  as   you   miss  me ,  i   promise   you   this.   that’s  what  she  thinks.    but   she   does   not   believe   him.       “ i  love   you  —  but  don’t  ask  me  to  trust  you  first   right  now  —    “    noi    tucks  a   hair   behind   her   ear,   stepping   away   from  him.   ready  to  say   goodbye  for  the   night.    she   doesn’t   trust   him   yet.   she   loves   him  deeply.   she  loves  him,  she  loves   him,   but  she  does  not  trust  him.   sh  trusts  no  one   but  herself  to   save  her.     “  i’ll  see  you  later   tomorrow, okay?    ”  

𝙝𝙚  𝙨𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙨,  𝙞𝙣  𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚  𝙤𝙛  𝙝𝙞𝙨  𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙨  𝙩𝙤  𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥  𝙝𝙞𝙨  𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨  𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.   he manages it all the way home from headquarters, just clutching his burned hands to his chest, trying not to whimper where anybody can hear him until he’s back in their alley  —  until it’s just him and bolin in their makeshift shelter, melting snow to try and clean up mako’s hands with the swatches of ruined fabric from their fallen-apart shirts from last year.  he squeezes his eyes shut, no hands free or able to wipe at the tears on his cheeks as he usually would;  he can’t hide this from bolin anymore.  he has to let him help this time.   “ 𝚒'𝚖  𝚜-𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢, ”   he stutters, shaking.   “ 𝚒-𝚒...  𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎  𝚐-𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊  𝚋𝚎  𝚒𝚗  𝚝-𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎... ”   they always get into trouble when mako fails. 

𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨  𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚  𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣  𝙖  𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚  𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚  𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣  𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙤  𝙖𝙣𝙙  𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙣  𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧  𝙩𝙝𝙚  𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩  𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧  𝙤𝙧  𝙨𝙤.   but it’s them, so things usually just work themselves out.  that’s a little harder when they barely see each other, now that bolin is traveling around the earth kingdom with kuvira full-time.   “ 𝚠𝚑𝚢  𝚒 . . . ”   he shakes his head, frustration in his voice and face  —  all over him.   “ 𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝  𝚝𝚘  𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠  𝚠𝚑𝚢  𝚒  𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎  𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎  𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎  𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐  𝚊𝚕𝚕  𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛  𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎  𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑  𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜  𝚘𝚏  𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜  𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢? ”   bolin might be an adult now, but he’s still mako’s responsibility, and he’s just not got a good feeling about kuvira  —  not since she left zaofu and started off on her own.   “ 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎  𝚖𝚢  𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛,  𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗.  𝚒  𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎  𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚐𝚘  𝚊𝚗𝚍  𝚠𝚑𝚘  𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎  𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑!  𝚊𝚗𝚍  𝚔𝚞𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚊  —  𝚋𝚘,  𝚒  𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠  𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢  𝚒𝚜  𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗  𝚒𝚗  𝚋𝚢  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚠𝚊𝚢  𝚜𝚑𝚎’𝚜  𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑  𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖,  𝚋𝚞𝚝  𝚒  𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝  𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎  𝚊  𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍  𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐  𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝  𝚑𝚎𝚛.  𝚘𝚛  𝚢𝚘𝚞  𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐  𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑  𝚑𝚎𝚛. ”