Linzin Week, Day 2: Family
Family. I don't know if he knows how much that word makes my gut twist. He's brought it up enough times that I can feel it coming, looming over the conversation and getting ready to wrap around my throat. I make excuses to leave, change the topic to something harmless, anything to drag the talk away from that black pit. I know his parents married young. Hell, my parents married young. But that doesn't mean that I should feel the same way. There's no reason to do this now! We've got so much life ahead of us, we shouldn't be rushing to bury ourselves in married bliss and children when we have so many options open to us.
I know he desperately wants children and I understand, I really do. There's so much pressure on him now that it's clear his parents will have no more airbenders. The survival of the Air Nomads depends on him, and he is fully prepared to do his duty. Really, if there was any person in this world I could see myself making a family with, it would be him. It's hard, but I can see myself playing mother to a gaggle of young ones, teaching them to bend and fight like my mother taught me. If he'll just wait for me, I'll help make his dreams come true. If he gives me the time I need, I promise I can be everything he wants me to be.