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Tenzin closed his eyes, sighing again. It was more than just a matter of friendship. Tenzin had wanted to hold Lin in his arms again for several years. He wanted to feel her body against his. Skin to skin. He wanted to see her body exposed to him. It was a terrible thing to think about.

But when they touched...

It had felt like electric.

Tenzin laid back and allowed his mother to continue healing him. All of this much needed bed rest would give him time to meditate on these things. To meditate on Lin.

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Light snow fell on the steeples of the air temples and coated the grass in a thin blanket of white. It very rarely snowed in Republic City, but it had been colder than usual this winter.

Lin looked outside her bedroom window and scoffed, seeing the flakes fall from the clouded skies. "Damn cold."

She rose out of bed and stretched. It was finally a day off for her, and she had slept in for the first time in months. She had been reluctant at first, but her other officers had insisted. She had been feeling kind of achy lately anyway.

Lin removed her shirt and pajama pants, and put on her white tank top and black sweatpants. She walked to the kitchen and put some water on the stove to make tea. She sat at her small table and picked up the paper.

Avatar Korra Sent To Recover in the Southern Water Tribe

A swift knock on Lin's door, broke her out of her thoughts, and she reluctantly went to answer it. She opened the door and raised her eyebrow when she saw who it was.

"Hope you haven't eaten yet." Tenzin smiled holding takeout bags. "What's this all about?" Lin asked.

"Nothing, I just thought we could, you know, hang out."

"Tenzin. It's 9:30 in the morning. I just woke up," she stared at him amusingly, "And don't ever say 'hang out' like that again."

Tenzin smiled and held up the bag. "Well?"

Lin raised her eyebrow again, shaking her head, and stood aside the door. "Come on, Airhead. You're letting all the cold in."

Tenzin walked inside and Lin closed the door behind them. He hung his robe on the coat rack and walked to her kitchen table. "You want some tea? I was just making some for myself."

"Sure I'll have a cup." Tenzin replied pulling the food from the bag.

He set her food on the opposite side of the table, and took a seat. Lin joined him and handed him his tea. Their hands brushed lightly as Tenzin put his hand over hers to take the cup. They both felt the spark again and paused for a moment. Lin cleared her throat, "Careful it's hot."

'Not as hot as you are.' Tenzin mentally slapped himself for even thinking that.

They ate mostly in silence. Making small talk, about the food, about the regular police duties, and about the avatar of course.

"Did you see the snow this morning?"

Lin groaned. "Unfortunately."

"Why do you say that?"

"The cold just...depresses me."

Tenzin laughed. "You're definitely not the same girl who used to wake me up at 2 in the morning just to tell me that it was snowing."

Lin rolled her eyes at him. "Well, things have changed since then."

"You used to love the snow." Tenzin took a sip of his tea.

"Yeah, and you used to love me, so...?"

She glanced away from Tenzin's astonished expression, and drank a sip of her tea. "Like I said, things have changed."

Tenzin paused at her reply. "Lin, I never said that...I didn't love you."

"Oh you didn't? I thought you made it pretty clear when you went off and married a younger woman and had four children with her. Sorry for being mistaken."

Tenzin sighed. "You know why I had to do that."

There was a silence.

Lin sighed, leaning her head back, to stare at the ceiling, then turned back to face him.

"You want to know something?"

Tenzin furrowed his brows. "What?"

Lin looked down, biting her lip slightly. "I used to dream of having kids with you."

Tenzin stared at her, eyebrows raised, as she continued.

"The reason I lied then...about not wanting children, was because with my mom retiring, my sister having been sent away..." Tenzin's eyes were focused on her. "It was all up to me. I was expected to become Chief of Police. Right then and there. I didn't really have much of a choice. I wanted to do what would make my mom proud. When I made my decision, I knew that I wouldn't have time for a family. But you..."

She finally looked up at him. "You were the last airbender. And you needed a family."

Tenzin put his hand on hers and, surprisingly, she didn't pull away.

"Lin, why didn't you just tell me? Maybe we could have—"

"It doesn't make a difference, Tenzin. We both chose our own paths..." She took her hand away from his. "And this is where we are now."

Lin smiled. "Even after we did break up, I still used to imagine us growing old together, me waking up beside you every morning, us reading the paper together... Hoping that somehow, we'd get back together." She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, "Sounds pretty ridiculous now, doesn't it?"

Tenzin reached his arm across the table and lifted her chin with his hand, so their eyes met.

"No."

Without warning, he leaned in and kissed her, delicately brushing his lips over hers. Lin hummed quietly, as she closed her eyes and faded into his kiss. It lasted only a couple seconds, until they pulled away.

"Tenzin." She whispered when their eyes opened.

"Uh...oh, spirits, Lin, I'm sor—"

Lin put the tips of her fingers over his mouth, silencing him.

"Can we...do that again?" She whispered intriguingly.

Tenzin stared at her, wide eyed, placing his hand on the side of her face, as he rubbed his thumb across her scars. They leaned in again, this time for much longer, as they got used to each other's feel again.

Lin's lips were incredibly soft, just as he had remembered them. Tenzin's rough beard tickled her face, and she smiled at its familiar feel, continuing to give him those long awaited kisses. Tenzin returned her actions with equal passion until they were left breathless.

They pulled apart, neither of them wanting to open their eyes, to see the other. But when they did, they began to see one another in a completely different way again. Lin looked radiant in her natural form, and the tank top she was wearing began to look equivalent to something as beautiful as a party gown, and as sexy as wearing nothing but a lace brassiere. (Tenzin tried hard not to think of that though.)

Tenzin looked incredibly handsome, when his features began to show through his acolyte clothing. Lin imagined his perfect abdomen muscles hidden beneath his shirt, and she wanted nothing less in that moment than to just rip his clothes off.

They both stared in silence, not believing in what had just occurred between them.

"Your heart is beating so fast." Lin whispered, being able to feel the loud thumps with her seismic sense.

Tenzin cleared his throat and stood up slowly. "I should go."

Lin looked up at him with sad eyes, then stood up as well. "Yes..." She sighed inwardly, "I'll walk you out."

They walked quietly to her door, neither of them uttering a word. Tenzin opened the door and looked back at Lin. "Goodbye." He said quietly.

She whispered, "Goodbye."

He walked outside and closed the door behind him, without another word.

Lin stood alone in her house as a tear ran down her face.