I have not watched A:tLA in forever, so forgive any warps in the facts, please. This is just my own little theory on who Lin's father was. And no, it's not some random guy.

disclaimer: I no own, you no sue. Bryke has it all.

Toph really hates mornings.

Everything about them, really: the way-too-happy sunshine that is way-too-bright, the grogginess that never fades until at least noon. And, of course, the morning sickness. It's the worst, and the twenty-four year old blind metal/earth bender hates having to taste her dinner a second time. Katara told her that after the first few weeks, the nausea and stuff goes away and then your back starts hurting and your ankles start swelling. And sweetness would know, too - she's already got two of the tiny noise-makers and another on the way.

Pregnancy is so not all it's cracked up to be.

Toph groans and flushes her toilet after getting up off her knees. What the hell was she thinking, letting him propose to her, marry her, get her frickin' pregnant. She wasn't "wife and mother" material at all, even disreguarding the fact that she was Chief of Police in Rebublic City. Sokka had laughed outright when they had told him and Suki the news. Granted, Snoozles's wife had been a bit more tactful with her surprise, but just because Toph was blind didn't mean she couldn't see.

"I ought to make you sleep on a slab of rock," Toph snarks to the toilet as she wipes her mouth. "And I don't make empty threats, Mustachio."

"As I very well know," her husband says as he helps her stand. Toph shakes off his fussy hands, grumbling something about flattening him with aforementioned slab of rock. "And would it kill you to say my actual name?"

"I might just kill you if you don't quit backtalking me."

His quiet, patient chuckle soothes her nerves just a fraction. "No you won't. You love me."

"Says you."

"Says me and you," he chirps, and she feels his hand on her left one, fingering the golden band there, before she senses the vibrations under her bare soles as he pads away. "You're just too shy to say it."

"Mmhm. Fix me food, man-slave. I'm starved."

He sighs, and she has to laugh as she follows him to their kitchen. Being pals with Twinkle-toes has its benefits, she muses. They live in the wealthier parts of Rebublic City; both as an added bonus for saving the world from an insane Fire Lord, and for her contribution to the city.

She had never imagined herself ending up where she is now. Married, living in a nice house, and carrying a child. A job that gives her a sense of purpose, something her broken childhood had snatched from her with cruel, daggered claws. All her friends - excluding Aang and Sugar Queen, who had their own private island (chumps) - within walking distance.

"Eggs or sea prunes?" The voice floats to her somewhere down the hall, and Toph hurries forward.

She wrinkles her nose. "Do you really even have to ask?"

"Ostrich-horse eggs it is, then."

The metalbender sprawls on the floor cushions surrounding their low-set table. "What time is it?"

"Um, about seven thirty."

Toph blows her black bangs away from her face; they're tickling her nose. "I have a meeting at nine with the council. Something about a raging bloodbender. Isn't that impossible without a full moon?"

"Supposed to be..." His voice is distant, but she leaves him be. He'll say it when he wants to.

It doesn't take long. "What do you think it'll be?"

"Huh?"

"The baby. Do you think it's a boy or a girl?"

Toph laughes as she sits up, and she feels him walking towards her. The delicious smell of fried eggs makes her stomach growl. "A little early for that, don't you think? I'm... what? A little over a month along?"

"It's fun to think about, don't you think?"

She shovels the food into her mouth, pointedly ignoring his snicker at her manners. "Dunno. Haven't really."

"Just answer the question. I call boy."

Toph grins, swallows loudly, and pats her midsection. "Nope. I call girl, Mustachio. Mother's intuition and all that crap. She's gonna be the best kick-ass earthbender ever. She'll get it from both sides."

She can almost here him rolling his eyes, but his hand lands on her thigh. "Whatever you say, Toph."

"'Cause I'm always right, Haru."

It's actually a pretty cute pairing, if you think about it.

Anyway, I'll explain my reasoning: Haru and Toph do know each other. I distinctly recall a part of the season, with the upside-down temples or something, with Haru (with his mustache) and that guy in the wheelchair showing up (can't remember his name). Both of them being earthbenders, they probably fought together at one point, as well (can't remember, again). Lastly, Haru always struck me as someone unswervingly loyal and patient, which would be what Toph would need to keep her balanced.

Just because we don't see him in LoK doesn't mean he's not there. We don't see Katara in any flashbacks, but clearly, her and Aang were together. Haru was a signifigant character, with I think two episodes dedicated to him. Or maybe it was one... I really need to watch the series again *facepalm*

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