A/N: I started the 30 Days of Writing challenege on tumblr last week, and decided to post them here as well. :) Most of these are/will be Borra, but I may end up working a few other pairings in there as well. They are also hopelessly out of order because I just can't write any other way.

Rated: K

Day 1 - Letters

Bolin's heart always leapt hopefully into his throat whenever the mail carrier came to the island. He'd ambushed the poor man at the pier a million times by now, each time desperately asking if there were any deliveries from the Avatar in his sack.

"Nothing from Avatar Korra today," the mail carrier said regretfully.

"Oh…" Bolin said, hopes dashed. "Okay. Maybe next time."

"Sorry, Bolin. I'm sure she'll write soon enough." The postman held out a handful of letters, each addressed to Tenzin. "I'm running a little late today. Can you do me a favor and deliver these for me?"

"Sure," Bolin said dejectedly, accepting the mail with slumped shoulders.

"Thanks, Bo. I owe ya one," the postman said.

Bolin gave a halfhearted shrug, and the postman turned to catch the boat back to the city. Bolin trudged solemnly to the main building where Tenzin lived with his family to deliver the letters.

No letters from Korra again, Bolin thought sadly. He'd considered writing her a few himself, but he never knew where to send them. She could be gone for weeks at a time, always hopping around from location to location. More often than not, she was so remote any letter he sent wouldn't arrive before she was off to a new destination. And so he always looked forward to receiving letters from her. So he knew where she was… and that she was safe.

Bolin plodded into Tenzin's office to leave the letters on his desk, but just as he was about to leave, the phone began to ring. Bolin normally wouldn't overreach his bounds, since he really was just a guest here, but a call for Tenzin could be urgent business. He answered the phone.

"Air Temple Island, how may I help you?" Bolin mumbled, trying and failing to disguise his letter-less gloom.

"Bolin? Is that you?"

"K-Korra?" he shrieked when he heard his best friend's tinny voice in the receiver. He pressed the metallic device harder against his ear. "Spirits, Korra! How are you?Where are you? When are you coming back? I miss you so much!"

"Hey, Bo!" Korra laughed happily from the other end. "I'm fine. I'm in the Earth Kingdom right now. I'll be coming home soon… I miss you, too."

Bolin smiled, twirling his finger around the phone cord as she caught him up on everything that had happened since her last letter. And although he loved receiving her letters, Bolin couldn't help but acknowledge how infinitely better it was to hear her voice.