Authors Note: Rating on the story has been moved up to M because of this chapter. Enjoy.~

Rannok's bar wasn't crowded, but it always seemed to have just enough people inside to make the place look comfortably lively for Lin's tastes. It helped that her officers were here as well, and had been delighted when they noticed Lin entering with Bumi. Now the place was alive with chatter and laughter, as they all lost themselves to the drink. Even Lin, though she didn't show it as much as the rest. Bumi was doing a good job at keeping them all entertained with more outlandish stories, some that included Lin, much to her dismay. But it seemed to do the officers some good to hear about their Chief's wild side. And several beers later, she stopped caring altogether.

She didn't dwell on Tenzin as much since she arrived, letting Bumi distract her just as much as her officers. But their kiss was a constant lingering guilt in the back of her mind. They would eventually have to tell Pema, wouldn't they? What could she say? How would Pema react? Would she leave Tenzin? Spirits, she hoped not. Though the woman had taken Tenzin from her, Lin did not want to be responsible for their love going sour. He deserved that happiness.

She sighed. It would have to be Lin that told Pema. Apologized. On her knees, if she had to. It was a lapse in judgment and she truly was sorry. The woman would understand. She had to. She had a sickening soft heart that always irked Lin. But she didn't hate Pema. She knew deep down she was just jealous about the woman's ability to display her affections so openly. No one could hate a woman like that for long, she mused with a smile. Cripes, she must be drunk, if she was smiling about that damn Pema.

"Babygirl, you alright?" Bumi smiled, looping his arm around Lin's shoulders and pulling her against him. The officers were all laughing at whatever Bumi had said, a few pounding the table and spilling a few of the drinks that were scattered across it. Lin sighed, enjoying the sound.

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm alright. And don't call me that." She warned with a raised brow, pulling out of his arm. Bumi's eyes danced with mirth, and he leaned in teasingly as if to kiss her. Gasping, she gave him a playful shove that had them both chuckling. He then swooped back into another story, leaving his arm loosely around her shoulders. Lin drank her beer and just listened, laughing when he joked about Iroh's reaction to his first red-light district, six months ago. It was freeing, this moment. She let her troubles melt away, at least for a while. That was Bumi's specialty after all. Among other things...

Stumbling onto the threshold of Lin's home, the pair chuckled as they nearly toppled over. Bumi maneuvered Lin into the wall beside her door and took her mouth again, growling against her. Lin moaned freely, a hand blindly reaching out to swing her door shut, adding a quick flick of her fingers to twist the lock shut. The hall was dark, so they stumbled their way down towards Lin's bedroom, wrapped around each other like vines. It had to have been very late, or very early. The window was wide open, but only the dark night sky greeted them when they finally entered the bedroom, their clothes in disarray. They'd left a trail in the hall; Bumi's coat, Lin's armor, their shoes, Lin's shirt. Bumi's shirt hung open, exposing a muscled chest that was impressive on a man his age. But it was so hard to see anything, with only the light from a half-full moon shining in.

With a playful growl, Bumi let Lin topple onto her bed, a soft purring giggle escaping her. Such an uncharacteristic sound. Bumi grinned and came down ontop of her, hands sliding against her hips and upward, across the pale skin of her stomach, illuminated in the moonlight. She arched against his touch, and his palms hungrily roved over her chest, gripping the cups of her bra and yanking them down to free her breasts to his eyes. And soon his mouth.

"Bumi." Lin breathed, one hand diving into Bumi's hair as his mouth followed his hands path and covered a breast, giving the tip a quick nip that had her gasping. He soothed the twinge of pain with a lazy drag of his tongue, bringing shudders up and down her spine. How long had it been? Lin shivered weakly, unable to do much else but hold on and moan as he switched his attention to her neglected breast, not stopping until both of her nipples were stiff and aching for his tongue. His beard was tickling along her sensitive flesh, and for one quick moment, it reminded her of Tenzin

Horrified, she gasped and shook that thought aside and reached down to yank Bumi up higher, mashing her mouth against his. He was surprised, but eagerly fell into the firey kiss. All lips tongue and teeth, biting and tugging. Her hands desperately pulled at his shirt until it was discarded, then lifted her chest to press against his, groaning at the sensation. He responded to her eagerness with a bit of his own, powerful hands lowering to lift Lin's hips, easing her pants over her behind and down her firm, smooth thighs.

"Fuck, I love your body, Lin. So smooth, strong." Bumi grumbled, mindlessly kissing and biting at her lips as she shimmied her pants completely off. She gave a low sultry giggle and let her own hands ease down Bumi's front, bypassing the hem of his pants and going straight for that growing bulge. When her palm greedily curled over it, Bumi hissed, lifting his head. His gaze was a blaze of need, pouring all of his desire into that one look until Lin's hand trembled at the heat of it.

"I like your body too, Bu." she cooed, licking her lips when her other hand had gotten sneaky and peeked beneath his trousers and took him in her hand. His eyes widened, and he growled and kissed her again. Brutally, almost angrily. Excitement stole her breath, lost to Bumi's passion. Her mind was cloudy with it. She hadn't even realized Bumi moved until she found herself on her knees over him, his hands firmly on her behind. Her muscles tensed subtly. She didn't like being on top, in control. She didn't have control, especially when it came to passion. But her unease was quickly dashed when she became acutely aware that while Bumi was underneath her, he was not letting her be in charge. Those wide-palmed hands dipped underneath her tiny panties and gripped her behind tightly. She shivered, loving it.

A delighted moan melted into his mouth as she kissed him again, suckling on the tip of his tongue as he worked those panties down far enough to let his fingertips wander between the rounded cheeks of her behind. She gasped, pulling her head up but unable to sit upright when his other hand locked around her abdomen, keeping her prisoner against his chest. She couldn't move. She was a prisoner to his passion. Just how he knew she liked it. When his fingers slipped over her sex, parting her, she held her breath. He teased her with a nibble to his chin, letting her body shudder with pent up lust just before he shoved two of his fingers inside of her.

"Ah!" She cried out, trying to rock her body against the penetration of his thick fingers. But he held her tighter, distracting her mouth with a biting kiss as his fingers pulled out slowly, then sank back inside her heat. She moaned, whimpered, a slave to it the control over her. She was losing more and more of her mind to the pleasure, seeing flashing lights behind her closed eyes as she tried desperately to grind against his slow moving fingers. She still couldn't move anything but her mouth, taking her aggression out with angry, passionate bites against his lips. He loved it, growling low in his throat and sped up the thrusting of his fingers. Lin's knees squirmed against the bed, but she could neither push closer or pull away. Locked against him. Forced to drown in the blazing heat consuming her. Building in her. Goddamnit! He always did this! Teased her to the point of losing her mind. Keeping utter control over her body. Working her up to that peak and shoving her off of the edge with a swift gust of wind. Damnit. Goddamnit-

"T-Tenzin!" Lin gasped, reaching for that peak. The fingers stopped thrusting. Lin opened her eyes. Bumi was staring up at her in the darkness, eyes wide.

All at once reality crashed over her. Mortification, horror, disgust and misery crossing her face in quick succession. Oh Spirits, no!

"Bumi! I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean..." She rushed on, babbling incoherently as she tried to repair her idiot fuck-up. She yanked herself away from him and he let her go, arms limp. Rolling over, Lin sat up on the edge of her bed and covered her face in her hands. She screwed up. Twice in one day, how appropriate. "If...you want to leave, I-"

"Wow." Bumi interrupted her, but he didn't sound angry, he sounded...weird. "Am I that bad, that you think I'm my little brother?" He asked, bringing Lin whipping her head around to look at him. He was sitting up now, looking edible with no shirt and his trousers undone, hanging low on his waist. But the look in his eyes had stopped her from letting her gaze linger. He was frowning, eyes dark with something that could only be called passionate anger. He looked dangerous. It made her shudder.

"Bumi..." she tried to apologize again, but squealed in surprise as he snatched her up and against him, a firm hand in her hair.

"Guess I'll have to try harder, won't I?" He growled, glaring at her. She inhaled, but his mouth was on her before she could speak. A hard, damning kiss. Lin whimpered into it, crying out again when Bumi suddenly rolled, maneuvering her onto her stomach underneath him. Now he kept her still with his own body, angrily yanking at his trousers enough to free himself. She felt the lengthy heat of him against her backside, making her gasp. It was different than a minute ago. Gone was their playful drunken romp. Now it was...

"Bumi, I-"

"Shut up."

"Wh-What?"

"I said, shut up." he growled, just as he shoved himself inside of her.

Because of his previous play, her body had been ready for him, but it was still a shock. To be empty one minute and full the next. Lin took a breath and held it, trying to savour the feeling of him buried inside her. He was as well, groaning softly and resting his head against hers. But when Lin tried moving beneath him, he growled and pulled out. Quickly shoving himself back in, stabbing her with himself. He repeated this move once, twice. On the third thrust, Lin moaned, loud and long. The sound seemed to please him, because he switched up and began quick, deep stabbing thrusts into her from behind. Banging up against the spot he had memorized. The spot that drove her crazy. He assaulted her body, working himself inside her faster and harder. She whimpered, unable to speak. It was as if he was punishing her with his body, his hips beating against her backside as his frenzied thrusts carried on. She was barely even breathing, tipping her head back against him when she felt his hand sliding up her chest and wrapping around her neck gently, holding her steady against his brutal thrusts. She cried out, pleasure so acute to pain that it felt as if they were burning in hell. A deeply passionate hell.

Bumi was just as damned, mindlessly pounding against her as his lips caressed her cheek. His eyes were closed, brows drawn together in frustration. She felt it. His frustration, anger, need.

"Say my name." he commanded, his hips slowing to grind slowly against her backside. Lin shuddered.

"Bumi."

"Again."

"Bumi!"

"Who's fucking you?" he growled, his rhythmic grinding speeding up.

"B-Bumi, please!" Lin felt herself reaching that edge again, her guilt mixing with her pleasure, making this torturous.

"Want me to stop?" His hips had started to slow down again, making her gasp.

"No! Never!"

"Tell me..."

"Please..."

"Tell me to fuck you." he grunted against her ear, his slow thrusts stabbing in deep.

"F-Fuck me! Fuck me, Bumi, please!" she shouted, hands balled up into fists against Bumi's fingers. She was vaguely aware that he had interlaced their fingers, gripping hers just as tight.

"Lin." he groaned as if in pain, burying his head against her as his pace picked up again. Rough, slamming thrusts that had them both moaning, groaning in pleasure-pain. The peak was close, and in desperation she reached for it, sobbing.

"Come for me. Give it to me, babygirl." Bumi groaned, bucking into her. Lin whimpered, a last minute boldness attempting to hold onto the edge, prolonging it. Her mind was shattering.

"Please, Lin..." came Bumi's desperate whisper against her ear, sounding just as tortured as she felt. That tone in his voice finally set her off. She tensed, letting her cries fly free as her body erupted underneath him. Bumi stilled, roaring out in triumph as he finally let go inside of her. Following her into over that edge and into pitch black oblivion.

Some time later, when passion had finally disspated, the guilt finally settled back in. For both of them.

"I'm sorry." Bumi whispered, looking down into her eyes sadly. They were wrapped up together under a thin blanket, the rest of their clothes discarded and left on the floor. In the moonlight, Lin smiled gently.

"For what? Fucking me royally? I'm the one who should be sorry, Bumi." She shook her head, eyes sad. After a moment of staring at her, Bumi found a tentative smile, reaching up to brush at her hair.

"Yeah. You should." He teased, leaning in to kiss her forehead. He already forgave her. Just like that. Lin chuckled softly, letting her head lift to meld their lips together briefly. When he pulled away, she tucked her head under his chin, settling her arm across his body and relaxing.

"I really am sorry." She whispered. Bumi's chest rumbled in a faint chuckle, sending his hand soothingly over her bare back.

"I know you are, babygirl." Was all he'd say, letting the comfortable silence settle over them. He continued to stroke over her back slowly, relaxing her. She felt fatigue reaching up to take her, but she fought it, even as she yawned. Bumi leaned down to kiss her head, pulling her body just a little closer to his.

"You two are really fucked up." He commented idly, a smile in his voice and a subtle shake of his head. Lin frowned, but found herself chuckling anyways. He was right. After the day she had...

"I know..." she sighed after a while, letting sleep claim her.