Okay, so there are these headcanons on Tumblr for Linzin that I absolutely love! So I decided to write fanifics that go with each headcanon. So here's the first one! Enjoy!
Headcanon 1: As baby Rohan was passed to Lin, he said his first word "Lin" because Meelo kept telling Rohan about the day she gave up her bending to send them. Lin gasps. Pema, who had been waiting for baby Rohan to say his first word for weeks is slightly more than shocked.
Pema picked up Rohan out of his crib and walked over to where Lin was sitting. Today, she was dressed in her casual Earth Kingdom attire, rather than her metalbending uniform. Tenzin was standing beside her, looking carefully at her expression. He could tell Lin was nervous about holding Rohan. Though she got along great with Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo, she seemed to get tense around Rohan. He just assumed it was because she didn't like babies.
"Alright, Lin," Pema said smiling at her youngest child. "You ready?"
Lin nodded and held out her hands to take the baby into her arms. Rohan looked up at her with his grey eyes. She recognized them as Tenzin's eyes. He gave her a bright smile and reached one of his chubby hands up towards her face.
"Lin!" He declared.
Tenzin, Lin, and Pema gasped at Rohan's outburst.
"What?" Lin was so confused.
"Oh Spirits, this won't end well..." Tenzin mumbled under his breath as he looked at his wife's expression.
"What did Rohan just say?" Pema asked, her cheeks dark with anger.
"Lin!" Rohan repeated with a laugh as he snuggled closer to Lin.
Pema looked like she was seconds from exploding.
"How... how does he...?" She sputtered.
"What's the big deal? He just said my name." Lin stated.
"It's his first word," Tenzin explained, his eyes still on Pema.
"But, how...?"
Before Lin could finish, Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo walked into the room. They stopped when they saw Lin.
"Oh, hello Auntie Lin!" Jinora greeted.
"Hi Aunt Lin! Oh! You're holding Rohan! Aww he likes you! Mommy says we can't hold him yet! You're so lucky!" Ikki said, her words flying out of her mouth at a hundred miles per hour.
"Yay, Hero Lady is here!" Meelo smiled.
'Lin!" Rohan said again.
Jinora and Ikki gasped, obviously surprised. However, Meelo's face lit up with happiness.
"Yay! He was listening to my stories!"
Everyone turned to look at him with shock and confusion on their faces.
"What?"
"I told Rohan aaaalll about Hero Lady and how she saved us! I guess he heard her name so many times that he remembers it!" Meelo explained with a huge smile.
"Lin!" Rohan laughed sweetly.
"Yes, Rohan, I am Lin." Lin cooed at the baby.
She realized that she and Rohan would get along just fine. And that they did. For the next few weeks, Lin spent all her free time at Air Temple Island, mostly talking to Tenzin and the children while holding Rohan.
Pema was upset and shocked that Rohan's first word hadn't been what she expected. Lin realized this and decided to surprise Pema.
One day, a few weeks after Rohan had said his first word, Lin came into the sitting room and sat down next to Pema, who was sitting down on the couch after a long day of dealing with the children. Lin gave Pema a small smile before she looked at Rohan. Pointing to Pema, she said,
"Rohan, who's that?"
Rohan turned his head to look at his mother and gave her a big smile.
"Mommy!" He answered, lifting his hands towards her.
Pema's jaw dropped and tears of joy filled her eyes as she took Rohan into her arms and held him close. Looking at Lin, she mouthed, "Thank you."
Lin smiled in reply and left the two alone, listening as Rohan screeched "Mommy!" again.
Pema watched Lin go and smiled to herself. She had been sulking about Rohan's first word since he had said it. She felt resentful towards Lin and how she had been her son's first word. But now, she felt like it had been a good thing. And she had even gone through the trouble of teaching Rohan how to say "Mommy." Maybe Lin wasn't as bad as she thought after all.
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