Author's note: Hello there, please don't kill me. I'm nervous to publish things in these highly passionate fandoms, but here I am!
Hi. This is a "The kids are all right" AU that kept bugging me since I watched LoK at the beginning of the year. I love Korrasami, I can't wait for Turf Wars, but this au kept coming to me until I started writing. So I'm writing.
It will be composed by teeny tiny chapters of a canon-compliant future fic inspired by the 2010 movie "The kids are all right" that I absolutely LOVE. The plot is adapted, but the essence is here. If you watched the movie, you know what's endgame. I also swapped the kids' genders because of reasons. Title comes from The Offspring's song "The kids aren't all right".
I'll try to post every saturday and every wednesday, 'try' being the key word. I do intend to write/finish fast, seeing that the chapters are short and objective.
English is not my first language. Jenna (littlecajunlady88) is my beta reader. Reviews are welcomed.
Legend of Korra and everything in the Avatar universe is not mine.
I hope you enjoy the ride and I see you soon.
longing for what used to be
A Makorrasami/The kids are all right AU
1. (mostly) ever after
It seemed a good idea at first, and it was not like they regretted the final result. The past couple of weeks had been hard, for sure, but as Korra and Asami hugged Santo in front of Republic City University and Major's arms enveloped them, they knew that the regrets were minimal.
Twenty years ago, Avatar Korra defeated Kuvira and her Earth Empire, and shortly after she had the vacation of her life with Asami, the woman she loved. Even though they were young and full of years ahead of them, within a year the baby talk began. It was more or less around the time Korra helped deliver a little girl at the bender special prison.
"Moms," Santo whined, and they finally let go of him, Asami sniffing more than anyone else.
"You're just so grown up!" she exclaimed and blew her nose in a tissue. "Our baby boy."
Major snorted. She was the third best person to embarrass him, only behind their mothers.
"Don't get too comfy, big brother, I'll be joining you in a couple of years."
"Uh," Korra interrupted. "No, you won't. You'll be going to the Northern Water Tribe College to get better at your healing."
Major opened her mouth to protest, but Asami shook her tissue between the two of them.
"We'll have plenty of time to discuss that," she said and the three of them turned to Santo again. The man of the house. Their firebender prodigy. "We're only a train ride away."
"I know," he said.
"And if your father tries to contact you again-" Korra started, but Santo shook his head.
"He won't. And I'll know what to do. Don't worry, Mom."
"I'm not worried, I'm just…" Korra sighed. She looked at her family, thinking about all the damage control she had yet to do, but Major was smiling again, and Asami didn't seem to hate her anymore, so maybe things were better than expected. She looked at Santo. "Go rock the world, baby, I'm so proud of you."
"Thank you, Mom," he said letting her hug him again. Yeah, there was hope.
a/n: a prologue of sorts. things will be chronological from chapter 2 and ahead. thanks for reading ^^