Here we go, this is something I've been working on along wih"Walk Through the Fire." This is a series of one shots that go along with the story itself. It takes places during and after the story from a series of points of views. These two chapters specifically are on two marriages that Bolin dealt with. It should be fun.

I hope you enjoy this, and I am taking requests. If you want a point of view from anyone about anything (exp. Sunki losing her arm?) I will write it. Don't worry, I plan on writing a lot about Bolin's family especially his granddaughter.

Enjoy.


Two Weddings Bolin Took Part In-Part 1

"I still can't believe you came all this way to see me," Iroh murmured a gentle smile on his face as he and Bolin walked down the brightly lit street together arm in arm. It was only a short shore leave, at the end of the week Iroh would be back in his ship heading to the next mission. And Bolin would be back in Taku helping to get the new nation back on its feet.

Bolin smiled innocently. "I don't know what you're talking about, I had a meeting with the Fire Lord and you just happened to be here." The liar. Iroh knew without a doubt that Bolin was supposed to be in Taku, which was why it had been such a huge shock to disembark from his ship and see Bolin waiting for him with a delighted grin.

They'd passed the evening away as Iroh finally showed Bolin around Fire Nation Capital. They'd eaten in some hole in the wall restaurant before deciding to wander through the brightly lit streets and take in the sights.

"Kazuki isn't here with you?" Iroh asked wondering where Bolin's adopted son was. The young firebender was now thirteen but still hated being separated from Bolin for extended periods of time. It was one of the last remaining marks of their time spent in the camps, same as Bolin's eyepatch over his mangled eye.

"No, he decided to stay behind this time," Bolin admitted a worried frown crossing over his face, "He's training to join the Jade Guard now and didn't want to fall behind." A worried expression crossed Bolin's face but Iroh knew how to get rid of that expression easily enough.

Leaning down, he pressed a quick kiss to the corner of Bolin's mouth before pulling away. "Kazuki will be fine," Iroh murmured leading Bolin last stalls that were beginning to close due to the late hour, "He's shaping up to be as powerful a firebender as his father."

That managed to startle a bright laugh out of Bolin, a sound Iroh loved above all else. Bolin laughed too rarely now under the weight of responsibility he faced now running Taku.

"He's still missing out on seeing you," Bolin complained resting his head against Iroh's shoulder, "He'll never admit it, but Kazuki adores you. Always going on about how he's going to be just like you when he grows up...then he ruins it by calling me mom."

Iroh chuckled at that, "He's growing up. Soon you'll be watching him fall head over heels for some poor soul who will no doubt not be worthy of his attention."

"Kazuki flirting is a terrifying image," Bolin admitted with a silly grin, "Which is why I left him with the best babysitter in the whole world!"

"Having Pabu watch your son does not count as a babysitter."

"It does so. You take that back."

It was starting to get late enough to head back to Bolin's hotel room for the night, but neither seemed to feel the urge at all to turn in for the night. Somehow walking under the starry sky and the brightly lit lanterns cast a surreal magic over the capital city that would disappear the moment they returned to the hotel room. It was easier to wander under the stars and forget that they both had responsibilities to return to when the sun rose. It would be so much easier to believe they were ordinary citizens with simple lives like this.

Bolin came to a stop in the middle of the street forcing Iroh to stop of well. Turning to face his lover, a familiar feeling of dread filled the older man as he took in the sly smile on Bolin's face.

"It's a beautiful night," Bolin murmured.

Iroh raised an eyebrow, "Instead of commenting on the weather, why don't you tell me what you have in mind?"

The sly smile turned softer as Bolin regarded Iroh fondly. "Why don't we get married?"

"Right now?" Iroh clarified to which Bolin nodded quickly in affirmation. Iroh paused to think about what Bolin was asking for, a spur of the moment wedding before the city went to sleep. They'd been planning on getting married for years now, Iroh had proposed during the aftermath of the siege of Taku and Bolin had accepted happily. But somehow their work had kept them too busy to perform the ceremony itself. And anytime they did have the time for it, there wasn't enough time to draw up a guest list that included everyone.

Now that he thought about it, Iroh realized how much of a mess having the actual ceremony was. They needed to include the Fire Nation's royal family, the founders of Taku, not to mention all their friend's from Republic City. And that was disregarding who would be in what wedding parties, and if anymore foreign dignitaries had to be invited to avoid tricky political systems.

If they didn't have to deal with all that mess, then they'd probably have gotten married by now.

"Alright," Iroh said grabbing Bolin by the hand and dragging him down the street, "Let's go get married."

Bolin let out a delighted laugh as Iroh pulled him along the street, both of them running like children through the quiet marketplace. "Where are we going?" Bolin gasped out as Iroh led them deeper into the city.

"To the city official," Iroh explained dragging Bolin onwards, smiling brightly himself, "If we make it before he closes, he can marry us."

They must have made an interesting sight, tumbling into the official's office sharing secret smiles and easy laughter. Still the exhausted looking man did not turn them away from his desk, instead he dutifully filled out the paperwork while struggling to hide his exhausted yawns. It didn't stop Bolin and Iroh from smiling delightedly at each other as they signed their names on the documents.

"Congratulations, you're now married," the official let out a jaw cracking yawn before smiling sheepishly at the pair, "Seriously though, congratulations. Spur of the moment idea?"

"The wedding was," Iroh admitted wryly, "We've been engaged for three years though."

"That's wonderful! I hope you two have a great rest of your night," the official said while seeing the newly married pair out of the building before locking up for the night. Which left Iroh and Bolin alone smiling happily at each other under the stars.

"We finally got married," Bolin said with a helpless laugh as he and Iroh traded a gentle kiss, "How does it feel, having a husband and a son now?"

"I don't know, how does it feel to be in the official royal line?" Iroh teased back leading Bolin bad, to the hotel.

"I wish Kazuki was here though," Bolin admitted softly after they'd been walking for a while, "He's been hoping we'd actually get married for years now."

"That's what he gets for staying behind," Iroh deadpanned causing his new husband to laugh hysterically in the starlight.

Husband. Iroh could get used to saying that pretty quickly.

Returning to Taku was just what Bolin expected. He'd purposefully returned late in the evening to avoid having to work on anything before heading to his home. It was a peaceful walk through the quiet city streets and Bolin cheerfully greeted the people he passed. He knew most of them now, the camp survivors had formed a tight knit community quickly where everyone looked after each other.

Bolin just knew there would be some big welcome home for him the next day as the city celebrated the return of their leader. He hated the fuss but could never convince anyone to stop the celebrations. As it was, it was a quick walk to the house he shared with Kazuki and sometimes with Iroh.

Hopefully soon Iroh would be able to come and live there permanently, there had been talk of a representative for the United Forces Military in Taku. If Bolin worked it right, he'd manage to get Iroh to join them here.

Opening the door to his house, Bolin called out, "Kazuki! I'm back!"

The patter of feet echoed across the floor above them, followed by the heavy footed clunk of combat boots down stairs. Kazuki came stumbling into the room, a wide grin on his handsome face as he rushed forward to give Bolin a spine breaking hug. "You're back," the thirteen year old murmured burying his face in Bolin's shoulder, "I missed you so much."

"Ah come on now, I wasn't gone that long," Bolin teased hugging his son back, "What's the matter, you don't like Pabu as a babysitter?"

"He's a fire ferret dad, not a babysitter," Kazuki deadpanned while an excitedly squeaking Pabu climbed onto Bolin's shoulder. Kazuki's sharp amber eyes studied Bolin's face before a worried frown appeared, "Something happened, you look worried. Is Iroh alright, did he get hurt?"

"What? No, Iroh's fine," Bolin headed up the stairs to his room, Kazuki following close behind. Pulling off his eyepatch, Bolin set in on the dresser before falling backwards onto his bed, pulling a loudly protecting Kazuki with him, "And I'm worried because I'm not sure how well you'll take finding out you are now a prince."

"We've already talked about that, and I said I'm alright...wait," Kazuki's eyes narrowed and in that moment he looked so much like Mako in one of his disapproving moods that it was scary, "You said I am a prince, not that I'll be a prince. What did you do?"

Bolin huffed at the suspicious tone, reaching up to ruffle Kazuki's wild hair fondly. "I married Iroh two days ago in the Fire Nation," Bolin explained patiently. He let out a sign at Kazuki's horrified expression, "What's the matter kid?"

"You got married already? I thought there was supposed to be a big party where all the official people were invited and you wore fancy outfits and that sort of thing. And instead of that, the two of you decided to elope?"

"Well, yeah. It was the fancy party and the important people that's kept the wedding from happening," Bolin explained to Kazuki, "We just decided to skip the whole mess and just get married to get the whole thing over with. I wish you'd been there though..."

"I wish I'd been there to watch you actually get married," Kazuki complained good naturedly snuggling into Bolin's side. "How did the Fire Lord react to the news?"

"No idea. We both booked it out of there so we wouldn't have to find out," Bolin admitted with a cheerful grin, "You realize this means you're grandmother is the Fire Lord, right?"

"You've realized she's your mother-in-law, right?"

"Well damn. I'd forgotten about that detail."

The next couple of weeks, Bolin fell into the habit of keeping the telephone in his office turned off. Normally it wasn't a problem to have constant contact with the outside world, but the wedding had changed everything. Somehow he and Iroh had managed to offend every official by not inviting any of them. Mako had some choice words to say on the subject before Bolin had hung up on him, and the earthbender just knew his older brother was on his way over to make him suffer for that.

But Iroh was the one truly suffering through this whole mess. He'd sent a letter to Bolin the day before explaining that Fire Lord Izumi was so angry about the whole catastrophe she planned on disowning him. It didn't phase Bolin much any more, he'd learned it was a yearly event where one of the royal children was threatened with being disowned. Bolin figured it was a sign of affection for the crazy family.

Not to mention his friend's in Taku were not the least bit helpful. Varrick could not stop laughing about the whole mess, while Baraz and Ahnah had smugly informed Bolin they'd been married with plenty of witnesses. They ignored the fact that they were trapped in a concentration camp during this whole mess.

Bolin had at least expected Akita to be on his side during the whole mess, but she was too amused by the whole ordeal to agree with him. "The wedding was the social event of the century, and you and Iroh ruined it in an evening," Akita explained with a delighted grin, "This is the most entertaining thing that has ever happened to me!" So she was useless.

As he opened the door to his house to see Iroh standing there, Bolin realized he could never regret marrying Iroh. Not if the marriage made it so Iroh always returned to his door.


So yeah. I did some research and the amount of people who would need to be invited to Bolin and Iroh's wedding. It's a lot. I can see that throwing back the wedding plans for years until they go "screw it, let's get hitched" which they did. And it's amazing.

If you want anymore of the fallout, I will be happy to expand on that later as well.