#tahsami

I was shocked to see there were only 14 Asami Sato/Tahno fics on AO3. Absolutely criminal. Think of the fun they'd have. Think of the shared *Trauma* from the Equalists. Think of the fabulous hair.

Written for @atlararepairmonth Secret Tunnel Valentine's Day event prompt 9, past love(r)s.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/79575366

If you consider Irosami a rare pair, I'm your girl. But I took a look through my AO3 and it turns out I've only written one Asami ship that's not Irosami or Irosami + a third. You should totally read it though, it's cute. Asami/Tahno.

  Him? Her words lift his brows high, and paint him with a rather clownish expression of amusement, his lips casting into a smile. 

      “Oh, Princess,” He sounds drunk—absolutely consumed by something, even though his veins are as pure and clean as the day he was born. Alcohol doesn’t even lick his skin the way the flames of her aura burn him. 

      The only person standing in your way is you… 

      Why, had he known—had he been aware that she had only been counting the minutes until his self control broke, he would’ve violated all of his rules regarding professionalism (rules that he followed liberally) months before.

      His fingers fit beneath her chin, even though he’s never had issues holding her focus, and his tongue darts out to wet his lips, eyes just as cool as his façade boring into her own ivy green irises. Isn’t she striking? 

      “Don’t you know?” He begins with a smile, fingers falling from her chin, only for his hand to cup her cheek and bring her closer. His other hand falls along her back and drags her up against him, until the only thing separating skin against skin (besides his quickly failing barrier of control) is their clothing. 

      He doesn’t kiss her, though their lips nearly brush, and with one sigh, he could easily bring them together. Control or not, Tahno loves to tease, and he’d leave the breaking to her. “It takes two to stand still.”

His words are heavy and smooth. But the way her term of endearment pours off his tongue lulls her subconscious and makes his lips seem oh so tempting. 

It was almost as though he was testing her: teasing her. Their relationship was a tight line of tension stretched way beyond its limits, always being pinched, pulled, and twisted. Their relationship was twisted. 

He's sin dipped in dark chocolate.

Asami is never one to fall into a cliché, for she is always the one starting the trend. Business partners stay business partners, however, the current situation is anything but professional; the way his fingers linger along her cheek, the way he draws her against him, the way his devious quirk of the lips promise a scandal she can’t afford. 

“It takes two to stand still.”

Tahno invites danger, but Asami can’t resist. 

Lidded eyes lift in slow, calculated movements, “Then what are you waiting for,” she would play his game, but according to her rules, “Pretty Boy?” 

She is never the one to settle. 

Asami held back the laugh that wanted to escape her throat and opted for a smile. She knew when the heavy twang and slow slur of his words over took the perfectly polished Republic City accent, it meant Tahno was sleepy. She never pointed out the change in his speech, knowing he’d deny it, but Asami found it cute. 

"I suppose you’re right," Asami mimicked the slow drawl. Placing the documents on her nightstand she turned off the lamp and snuggled closer to him. "Sleepy, darling?" She teased, kissing his lips softly. 

Seriously though part of me wants a whole season that explores the character of Republic City. At the very least I want a Tales of Ba Sing Se like episode that just lets you become awash in the highs and lows of the city, I want characters reminiscing on first coming there vs those who grew up in it, I want the late night dives and crappy takeout noodle stands that aren't authentic in the least but are the only option at 3 in the morning when Narooks is closed, I want festivals and street performers and pausing to take in the various statues of the Gaang, I want where college students gather and have passionate debates about the Equalist Revolution, I want people reminiscing about all the times they saw the skyline on the horizon and were just left speechless, I want people who love the theater scene in RC to butt heads with people who insist Ba Sing Se has superior entertainment (I headcanon a kind of NY vs LA type rivalry), basically I want everything out of this show that will never ever happen.

Also because I've been having Tahsami feels, I have it in my head that Tahno would spend a night whisking Asami to all his favorite hidden gems of the city into the wee hours of the morning, all the clubs and dives in the seedier areas of town.