Isthmus
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'What are you doing, Korra?'
Angry green eyes drilled into hers with an intensity that was unfamiliar, considering that this was Bolin, resident clown of Republic City. She would have laughed, if it didn't feel like a boulder was sitting on her chest.
It hurt to look into that pretty lime. Especially when there was every chance she wouldn't see it again. But he wouldn't forgive her for looking away, and he wouldn't forgive her for what she was about to do either. If she didn't come back, because of a duel she'd called for herself, because she'd walked away from this city and run towards death... that's what Bolin, as kind and as patient as he was, would never let go of. She did this for them, for him. And he wouldn't forgive her.
She was okay with that.
'I'll come back,' she lied.
I'll keep you safe.
I won't let them take your bending away.
I promise.
She found her arms wound around his neck. His heartbeat thrummed beneath his skin, its even rhythm more of a lifeline than a comfort to her. Korra marvelled at the way he held her. Not so much at his strength - although one look at his build would tell you that this was not a man to be messed with – but because he seemed so much a boy when she was in his arms. He held her the way one would hold a small bird, with a kind of youthful awe. Gentleness. Holiness.
Her lips brushed the skin in front of his ear. 'Believe me.' Not that Korra had anything to do with those words, but she loved him for it anyway.
Bolin released the breath she'd felt him holding, and closed his eyes. Uncharacteristically, neither of them spoke. She felt him grip her tighter and she could tell, although he wouldn't say it, that he was more scared than he was angry.
His face was resigned... because both of them knew there was no way to convince her to stay, not when she had her heart so set on this – this was Korra, after all. So he gripped her shoulders tightly, and prayed.
'You have to.'
Just a little drabble I thought of. Good lord, I need to study. Now if my exams were in procrastination...
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