"Here we go! How many people hate Lee?" I ask to see many hands raised. "Okay then. Now I want VOTES on who Pema ends up with: Tenzin or Viper? You don't have to decide now, but you do in a few chapters. Anyway, Korra, please say the disclaimer."

Korra walks in to hear cheers and smiles and waves. "Hey guys! I came to say that Nonya owns nothing but the plot and OC characters: Lee and Ming (since Viper is actually a character, look him up on avatar. wikia wiki / Viper [just take out the spaces])."

"Thank you! Please Read-"

"Enjoy-"

We grin and say together, "And Review!"

Warning: Slightly suggestive themes, cursing (mainly in disclaimer, but also in future chapters), mention of/implied rape, love triangles... That should be it.


Chapter 2:

Monday

Pema's torture ended and she cleaned herself as best as she could before Viper returned home, her mind numb and her body in pain. She never hated anyone as much as she hated Lee, she realized, and she was sure she never would. She walked into the living room and saw that everything was the way it should've been and Lee was on the couch watched a mover. She knew she would have to act normal or bad things would happen, but she didn't want to go trough this, she just wanted something good to happen as she made lunch.

She heard the door open and Viper's voice calling before he was in the doorway. She loved the way his hair flopped into his eyes without the hat to hold it back, she realized. "Hey Pema."

"Viper," she said with a smile, relaxing at his presence and hugging him. "How was work? Did you almost get caught?"

"No, hun, I was careful," he promised as he kissed her quickly. "Did you enjoy your day?"

She nodded, not even looking at the monster sitting on the couch.

"Can I sleep in the bed again?"

She smiled. "Yes."

Lee left and she fell asleep on her new husband's toned chest feeling safe, wondering what she did for a job.

-The Next day-

Usually the light of dawn would awaken Pema, but this time it was the spirit. She was too comfortable where she was to say anything and raised her eyebrows questioningly so as not to wake the husband of this life and have him think that she was a lunatic who talked to nothing but air.

"You must leave. You are an assistant to the council so as to get information for your husband. You got it a few years after you married him and you've been working there for about five years now. You organize files and make sure that everything that your councilman needs is done."

Pema really wanted to ask who, but she simply did as she was told and got dressed quickly in clothes that looked professional enough to work for a councilman, whoever that might be. Her mind was spinning as she quickly made herself and her husband breakfast and left when the spirit ordered her to, before her husband woke up. She wanted nothing more than to make sure that this life would get better or she return home, either way she was more willing to do this little act of normalcy since she was an assistant in her previous life.

Once she reached there the spirit led her through to her desk and she sat down and got to work. Soon the door opened and she heard a familiar deep voice, "Hello Pema, on time as always I see."

She whirled around and saw the bald airbender, his face as handsome as always and his beard about an inch shorter than it would usually be most likely because he trimmed it recently.

"Good morning," she said politely, trying to keep from jumping into his arms and kissing him. "How was your weekend?"

"It was rather good. Lin and I went out to dinner last night while Korra watched the children. We finally got some alone time with each other," he smiled, sighing with relief. "And how was yours?"

"Nothing unusual, just the same as always," she shrugged, unable to tell him that she magically woke up married to a gangster when she was supposed to be married to him with children instead of Lin. Obviously she couldn't tell him that. "Is there anything you need me to do?"

"No, no," he assured. "Just keep doing what you're doing."

She went back to work as her husband walked away, not even knowing that she was his wife, his original wife. She wanted more than anything to tell him the truth, to keep the promise that they kept on their wedding night: to never tell a lie, but he wouldn't remember that would he? With a heavy sigh she cast these thoughts out and continued to work. At the end of the day she clocked out and as soon as she walked out she saw Tenzin giving Lin a kiss. Her heart shattered into a million pieces and she quickly left, going home and finding her husband not there, but instead Lee. She froze as soon as the door closed and she could feel the air leaving her lungs.

"You're late," he drawled, standing to his full height and sauntering over to her.

"W-work piled up and I wanted to get it done before I came home," she stuttered, hating that sign of weakness.

"Then you'll be punished for your tardiness," he growled, yanking her to press against him.

"Please," she whimpered.

"Quiet!" he barked, ceasing her weak whimpers as he pressed his lips to hers.

Come home, Viper! she silently begged, but knew he wasn't going to be home for hours and she knew that Lee planned it to be that way... he always planned for it to be that way because he was a careful man, and she hated him for that. She hated that Lee was a criminal for her husband's gang, that he chose to pick on her, that he even did any of this. Most of all she hated that she wished for this... to know what it was like if she hadn't married Tenzin, a man who no longer remembers her.

-This... is a... line!-

Her body was sore and she washed up, making sure she was presentable before her husband came home. She didn't know why she went through with Lee's orders, but she knew she didn't like the thought of her death or Vipers, or anyone else's for that matter. She have out a short laugh without humor, knowing she received her answer. She shook her head and went into her bedroom and curled in a ball and drifted off, knowing that she would be unable to do anything because of how exhausted she was.

After a while the door creaked open. "Honey?" Viper asked into the room.

She didn't move, and she didn't have to because he was soon in the bed, hugging her from behind. She could feel that he was fully clothed and that he barely bothered to take off his shoes. He kissed her cheek and hummed something that seemed to calm her... a lullaby. She moved closer to him with a sigh and he grabbed her petite hand in his larger one.

"I love you," he murmured.

"I love you too," she breathed.

"I got you something while I was out... and I made it myself," he murmured before pulling one hand away and then bringing it back to lay it in front of her face. "You can open it any time you want."

She was suddenly curious. "I think I'll open it now," she said, rising to sitting position and he followed, sitting up. She opened it to see a ring made of silver with the words 'Pema, you are my world, and I love you, Viper' engraved in it. She smiled and put it on before kissing her husband. "I love it so much. I love you."

"I love you too," he murmured against her lips and he caressed her face with his right hand while she held his face with both of her delicate hands. "I suppose we should go to sleep. After all, we have work in the morning."

She nods and curls against him, the both of them fully clothed and above the covers, but neither care as they drift off.