A/N: I seem to keep writing Linzin stories, even when I have other pairings I ship that I could write about. Maybe it's just that they have so many possibilities...

Anyway, Chapter One: Lin and Tenzin have a talk. Takes place right after the season finale

If two past lovers can remain friends, either they never were in love or they still are.

After Lin's bending was restored and the group had returned to the compound, Lin searches out Tenzin. She finds him in a room off the hall from the little kitchen, talking quietly to his wife, and at the same time playing with his three older children. A small smile adorns his face, one that Lin hasn't seen in a long time. He is usually so serious!

Lin knocks softly on the door, not wanting to disrupt their family moment. Jinora is the one that noticed her first. She nudges both her parents, and they look up at the same time.

"Come in" Pema says, walking to the door and half leading, half dragging Lin in.

"Auntie Lin!" Ikki and Meelo screech, and in an instant all three children are hugging her. Lin is quite bewildered by this. Not only are three children hugging her, but they're also calling her aunt!

Fortunately, Pema notices the look on Lin's face, and calls the children over to her. "Let's give Daddy and Auntie Lin a minute, okay?" She leads the three children out of the room.

When the children leave, Tenzin walks over to Lin, and brings her to sit on the bed beside him. "Lin," he says. "I want to thank you for the sacrifice you made for our family. It meant the world to us, as you can see. The children have already accepted you as part of the family."

Lin is shocked to find herself replying "I'd like that." She shakes her head a little, to set her thoughts straight, and corrects herself. "I mean, I came here to apologize for how I've treated you these past fifteen years or so. I was wrong. And I was hoping, if anything, that we could still be friends?"

"I'd like that." Tenzin replies.

Lin gives him a quick smile, then swiftly stands up, and exits the room. She is grateful that Tenzin still wants to be her friend, and happy that he has seemed to move on like she so obviously hasn't. She only wonders no things would have been if he had loved her all along as well.

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