A/N: Hi, I'm Issa. You could call me Isis, Issa or Isay and this is my first ever fanfic. The genre is a bit adult-ish and I hope you'll find interest in reading this one.

Lin Beifong stood at the doors of the Future Industries Factory beside Asami Sato as her metalbending cops rummaged the factory of any remnants of the Equalist propaganda. The past few weeks after her bending and position was restored, she immediately set to work on eradicating Republic City with any traces of Amon's revolution. Thanks to the Asami Sato's cooperation, her police force was able to destroy the weapons Hiroshi Sato manufactured. As the last Equalist paraphernalia was brought out of the industries, she thanked the Future Inidustries heiress and boarded the airship that was waiting for her.

She sighed a big breath of relief when she reached her seat on the airship; at last, the Sato estate has now been officially cleared and wiped clean of Equalist weapons. The only thing standing in her way between her and total relief is her official report that she needs to personally deliver to the council tomorrow. She has already made preparations in her mind and the sudden thought of it made her feel slightly nervous. Even if she's been already doing these reports for the past twenty-five years, her nerve still seems to quirk. She shook her head to dismiss the thought and got herself a pad of paper and a pen, and wrote down the sketch of her report.

She stood in the midst of the council room and kept her air of confidence, her stern voice and her serious face as she delivered her report smoothly to the five councilmen.

"As of yesterday, the last of the Sato Estate in Republic City has been cleared off of any Equalist material that has been manufactured by Hiroshi Sato. Miss Asami Sato may now be granted to re-open the Future Industries Corporation."

As she finished her speech, she was met by the familiar nods of the councilmen and Tenzin, the acting Chair of the Council pounded the gavel as the meeting was adjourned.

"Thank you, Chief Beifong," he said. "The clearance for the Future Industries to re-open will be issued effective next week. Meeting adjourned."

The four councilmen immediately rose and left the room to head for their respective offices and as they went out one by one, the air in the council room suddenly changed. She turned around to get away from Tenzin but his voice forced her to stay.

"Lin, I think we should talk."

She turned to him and tried very hard to keep her voice in her usual business tone. "What is it about?"

"About the other night."

Her heart was suddenly in her throat as memories became suddenly vivid in her mind. Of course! How could she forget about the other night! For the first time in fifteen years, she let herself go wild that night in Bumi's farewell party. The man was leaving for the Fire Nation and as a farewell gift, he asked Lin to loosen up for the night where she ended up too drunk to go home by herself. And who's there to help her with her problem? Tenzin. Of all people, it was Tenzin who was the only sober person around during the party in Bumi's condo unit in the city. She mentally slapped herself for losing control of her consciousness that night.

"You don't have to remind me about that, Tenzin," she said casually. "I was drunk and I didn't know what came over me. It happens."

Tenzin nodded in disappointment. Apparently for Lin, waking up naked next to Tenzin just happens out of her drunken state. "Let's just forget about it," she added.

"I was sober, Lin," Tenzin said which made him so guilty. "I took advantage of you and I'm really sorry."

But is he really that sorry? He missed her. How could he be sorry for sleeping with Lin when all he could think of that night was her? When she told him to kiss her, Pema was suddenly wiped out from his mind, and when he leaned down to kiss her, he forgot that he is a father to four children. Lin wasn't the only one being irresponsible that night because at least, Lin had a reason for acting stupid. But him? Nope. He was sober, not even a single drop of alcohol touched his lips since he insisted that if ever something happens to any of them, he would be able to handle things.

"Apology accepted," Lin's stern voice snapped. "Now, I need to head back to work, Councilman Tenzin."

She hurriedly left the council room and rushed to her comfort zone.

As Oogi landed in the stables of Air Temple Island, Tenzin took a deep breath and jumped off his sky bison, still, the thought of his night with Lin filled his mind. How could she disregard what happened to them the other night so easily? Was it just one of her casual one-night stands? Because for him, it meant something. For Tenzin, it was rekindling what they had years ago; for him, it's a problem with the position he is in. He knows that he's been distant for the past few days and he knows that Pema noticed it too.

He walked to their residence on the island and headed directly to the kitchen where Pema is. As he entered the kitchen, the smell of sautéed vegetables and his wife's sweet smile met him. She lowered the fire on the gas ranged and rushed to him to give him a sweet kiss. He tried his best to act normal and reciprocated Pema's action but deep inside and hoped that he was able to convince Pema that nothing's wrong with him.

"How was your day, love?" she asked as she returned to her cooking.

"It was alright," he answered. "How're the kids?"

Pema smiled at the question and said, "Rohan started to crawl." She grinned at Tenzin, expecting him to exclaim in excitement as he usually did whenever one of their children have their firsts but he just simply nodded and said, "That's good."

Something is very wrong and Pema doesn't know what it is. Tenzin isn't himself and usually, the man would just tell her his problem whenever he would find the two of them alone. This bothered her and as the vegetables were cooked, she turned the gas range off and sat beside him.

"Something's bothering you, Tenzin," she said. "Tell me, what is it?"

Tenzin shook his head and smiled at her. "Nothing, dear, I'll just meditate for a while." He rose from his seat and planted a kiss on Pema's forehead and head out of the kitchen leaving Pema a little suspicious and worried.

A/N: This isn't a one-shot. Tell me how I did, okay?