Disclaimer: I do not own The Legend of Korra or the song "Youth" by Daughter. Prologue is set 11 years before LoK.
Shadows settle on the place that you left
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness
Destroy the middle; it's a waste of time
From the perfect start to the finish line
If you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong
We are the reckless
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there
And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of our feelings they are dead and they are gone
We're setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting pictures from the flood that wrecked our home, it was a flood that wrecked this...
...and you caused it
Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silhouette
A lifeless face that you'll soon forget
My eyes are damp from the words you left
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest
And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one
'Cause most of us are bitter over someone
Setting fire to our insides for fun
To distract our hearts from ever missing them
But I'm forever missing him
And you caused it
"Lin, how could you?" Tenzin's voice shook with emotion as his body trembled with anger. Though he's known her for his entire life, he could hardly recognize the woman standing in front of him.
The black sky that loomed above Republic City matched his dark mood. The streets were empty at the late hour as the pair stood opposite each other. One with fists clenched at his sides with an agitated air around him, while the other stood half turned away from the livid man before her, and half turned towards her home where a man with wild hair and a solemn look on his otherwise happy face stood on the porch with a squirming baby in his arms.
"I don't have to answer to you Tenzin. What I do in my spare time is no longer any of your concern." Lin's response was to Tenzin, but her attention was locked on the baby who now began to cry. Torn between comforting her newborn daughter and finishing her conversation, Lin watched as her daughter thrashed in her father's arms. After much fussing, the hood placed over the baby's head fell back, revealing a head full of downy black hair and wide grey eyes.
"And when exactly did sleeping with my brother become a past time of yours?" He exclaimed loudly over the shrill sounds of the baby girl while taking one step closer to the new mother.
Hastily taking two steps backwards to compensate, Lin's voice was not above a whisper as she responded, but the pain was still evident. "When you broke my heart and married that acolyte bitch."
The silence that followed was punctuated by the cries of the baby, and the rolling thunder in the distance.
"Do not insult my wife." Each word was spoken slowly and perfectly articulated due to the fury brewing behind his cold exterior. "Pema is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and you need to respect that."
"Respect it? I clearly remember us saying the same thing about one another not too long ago." Her voice began to grow in volume, giving into the anger she felt towards the man standing before her. "And now quite frankly, Lily is the best thing that has ever happened to me."
Running one of his large hands down his face, he quickly expelled a gust a wind through his nose, bellowing his grand robes around him; an act Lin knew he did when he was upset. "What I do not understand and would like an explanation to, is why you were not willing to start a family with me, but could easily do so with my brother."
The mild breeze that had been blowing around them quickly escalated into a wild gushing wind. Briefly wondering if Tenzin was playing a part in the drastic change, Lin lightly shook her head as she sighed. "If you think any part of this was easy in the slightest bit, you do not know me at all." Turning on her heel, she didn't look back once as she made her way into her modest home where her new family awaited.
