An: I was prompted on the tumblz to write about Linzin lovin' each other up all secrety and affair like.

I did it, and I produced sex.

The ground was frozen underneath his heavy feet as he trudged through the snow. A fierce shiver slithered up his spine, and his breath came out in puffs of white as his arms circled himself in an attempt to find warmth. His eyes closed, and his mind reeled.

'She'll be cold when she wakes up. She'll know you haven't been there. You're killing her, bit by bit...'

But he stumbled onwards; too tired, and too weak to fly. His robes grew soaked at the edges, and his face felt numb. His entire body felt numb.

'Why do you insist on doing this? You made her a promise all those years ago, but now you're destroying it; tearing it into pieces and setting it all on fire. What has happened to you?'

The knock on the door was soft, weak, barely able to be heard even by the man who made it. His body shook with the cold and a single tear fell from his eye; tracing a path to be frozen by the harsh weather. He could hear her footsteps approaching, and his heart thumped wildly. Spirits, he shouldn't feel like this.

"Tenzin," to him, her voice sounded like an ethereal choir, and his heart soared even higher. Another tear slipped down his cheek, and a sigh left his lips. He couldn't look at her. He couldn't look into those beautiful, shining eyes. Not when he knew that if he did, he'd never be able to say what he needed to.

"You're freezing," she whispered, reaching out and touching his face. "Please...come in. I'll make tea."

"I shouldn't be here," Tenzin said, even though he followed her into her home, and closed the door behind him. "I just...I shouldn't be here."

"Then why are you here?" she asked, a note of teasing adding to the chorus of beauty he already heard. She disappeared into her kitchen, and he could hear her start to prepare tea, but he couldn't move from his position, fixed in her foyer.

"Because I'm a terrible person," he whispered, shaking his head and slumping his shoulders even further. His frozen hand rose and ran over his face, his knees suddenly feeling weak as he noticed that all he could smell was her. The same scent that clung to her skin day after day, the same scent he breathed in as he licked up the column of her neck, the same scent that was intertwined into the locks of her hair that tickled his nose as they slept.

Everything around him, even the robes that clung to his skin reminded him of her, and he couldn't stand it.

'Don't blame her. She's been nothing but caring and gracious towards you. This is all your fault. These are your mistakes. Best deal with them now before they swallow you whole.'

The sound of her dainty feet pulled him from his reverie, and he looked up to see her carrying a small cup of steaming ginseng tea towards him. Immediately, he felt his heart leap into his throat, and he knew he made the wrong decision by choosing to look at her.

Her eyes, they were always the first thing he looked at. He adored the color of green that resided in her irises, but a deeper frown touched his lips when he noticed that the usual brightness held within them was gone. She was exhausted, strung out as far as she could go, and he knew that tonight he should have just left her alone.

"I'm sorry," he said, holding his hand up when she extended the cup towards him. "I woke you...I shouldn't have come this late. You need rest."

"I'm not helpless," she insisted, grabbing his wrist and placing the cup in his palm. "I'll be fine, besides...it seems you need me more than I need sleep. What's going on Tenzin?"

'Spirits, I need you more than air itself...'

His eyes screwed closed and his head ducked; his fingers tightening around the small cup in his hand. He tried to look up, to look anywhere but directly at her, but the softest brush of her fingers against his cheek brought his eyes to stare into hers. His hand rose to cover her own, while his cheek turned into her touch; another tear sliding to his neck before falling to the ground. His lips pursed, and he placed the softest of kisses against her wrist; his heart slamming into his ribs at the tiny hitch that marred her breathing.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, holding onto her hand as if his life depended on it. "I'm so, so sorry."

"For what?" she asked, tilting her head and trying her best to lock gazes with the distraught airbender. He seemed so scared, so helpless, and it was breaking her heart.

"I don't know if I can do this anymore," he said, looking up and watching as her look of concern transformed into one of sorrow.

"Oh," she muttered, pulling her hand back and crossing her arms over her chest. "I should have known this would happen sooner or later. I probably should have known that loosing you the second time around would hurt just as bad as the first time too..."

"Lin..."

"No, Tenzin, just...no. Trust me, I understand," she sighed, turning her back to him and walking towards the staircase that led to her room. "She's your wife...you promised to love her until the day you died. She gave you children...she makes you happy. She's managed to do everything I never did. It's only fitting you choose her."

"Wha- you think you never made me happy?"

"I could never keep you around," Lin snapped, shaking her head and ascending the steps. "Do what you want Tenzin, I hope whatever it is, it brings you peace."

"Lin," he called after her, dropping the cup in his hand, and caring little as it broke at his feet. He ran after her, and caught her before she managed to lock herself in her room. His fingers circle around her wrist, and he immediately had to duck from the punch that she swung at him. "Please, let me explain."

"You don't have to explain anything," she growled, pushing him away from her. "I get it, Tenzin, I fucking get it! Just, save us both the pain and heartbreak and leave now. Leave and never come back."

"I can't," Tenzin argued, reaching for her again and falling to his knees when she took his hand and bent it backwards. "Spirits, Lin! Let me talk to you."

"You've said enough," the hurt woman said, turning slightly so he couldn't see the tears that were forming in her eyes. "Go home. Go to her. She'll be cold without you by her side on a night like this."

"But it's not that easy," the airbender insisted, standing and cradling his wrist. "Lin...have you not remembered anything I've told you? Did you even listen?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I love you," he whispered, stepping closer to her when he watched her spine stiffen. "I've always loved you...it's never stopped. From our childhood to now, you have always been the one woman who refuses to leave my mind. That's why all of this isn't easy...it's never been easy."

"It seemed pretty easy for you to just up and leave all those years ago, and run off with the woman you claimed to love, while I was left here, broken and alone. Do you know how much that hurt me, Tenzin? Do you know how much it still hurts me to see you lay eyes on her? I had never loved anyone like I loved you," she sighed, closing her eyes as the first of her tears slid down her porcelain cheek. "I still haven't..."

"I know," Tenzin whispered, daring to move to her side and gently brush the tear from her face. "And I'm so sorry for that Lin. I never wanted to hurt you like I did, and it kills me to think that I caused all of your pain. Forgive me," he pleaded, turning her and sliding his arms around her lithe waist. "Please, I'll gladly spend the rest of my life making it up to you...just let me know that you forgive me."

"Tenzin," she muttered, her hands shaking slightly as she felt the solid muscle of his chest against her palms. Unable to breathe, she looked up into his silvery blue eyes, and slid her arms around his neck. "You talk too much," Lin insisted, before she leaned forward and shyly pressed her mouth against his.

He had never experienced her lips this timid, and he shivered as the innocent, scared part of her that didn't want to lose him clearly shined through. Her fingers grasped at the back of his robes, and the brush of her tongue against his bottom lip was so fleeting and nervous that he pushed her back into the wall and lifted her until her legs wrapped around his waist. The softest of moans escaped from her lips as he pressed against her, and his fingers dove into the soft tendrils of her hair while his mouth sealed to her neck.

Her head fell back, and her eyes closed as her vision was colored with bliss. Her lips parted and soft pants of pleasure floated through the air as Tenzin sucked at her pulse, only to sooth the injury with the pass of his tongue. Gasping, her hands started to tug at the layers of clothing he had on. With ease, she flicked the clasp at his neck, and sent his red cloak floating to the ground, while the airbender let his hold on her go, and she slid to her feet

Silencing her before she could speak, he leaned forward and captured her mouth; parting her lips with the brush of his hand over her breast before he pushed his tongue into her mouth. Grasping at the collar of her sleeping tunic, he swiftly ripped it from her body and pushed the remains away. Another soft gasp left her lips, and her eyes narrowed as the airbender attempted to distract her by sliding his hands over her freshly revealed skin.

"That was expensive...you know."

"I'll buy you another one," he promised, before he pressed himself flush against her and slid his hand into the waistband of her pants. "I'll gladly rip these off too, if you'd like."

"I would prefer if you didn't," Lin sighed, pressing her hand into his chest and pushing him away from her. Walking into her bedroom, she easily pushed the silk fabric over her hips, and allowed it to fall until she was clad in nothing but her underwear and the bindings around her chest. Looking over her shoulder, she watched as Tenzin's eyes glazed over in lust, and he stalked closer to her, as if she was his prey.

His hands, cool against her warm skin, settled on her back. He traced the contours of the muscle that clung to her, and let his touch flow with the curve of her waist, before he settled his hands on her stomach. His beard brushed against her skin as he kissed at her neck, and slid his hands up the panes of muscle that had been hardened from relentless earthbending training. Grinning into her skin, his hands cupped her breasts, and squeezed the soft flesh guarded by the flimsy fabric that threatened to relent under his touch. A rough moan left her lips, and she leaned her head back against his shoulder; her eyes closing and her teeth sinking into her lower lip as pleasure consumed her.

A smirk pulled at the corner of his mouth, and he lowered his lips until they pressed against her shoulder. Squeezing her breasts once more, and feeling heat pool in his core with every sound she made, he grasped at her bindings with his teeth and pulled; watching as the fabric slid down her stomach and left her bare for him to see. Tenderly, his thumb brushed against one of her rosy, taut nipples, and a fierce shiver shot up her spine, causing her to squirm in his arms. Reaching behind her, her fingers dove through the waves of airbending robes that clung to his body until she found purchase, and grasped his growing erection through his pants. His teeth sunk into her shoulder, and his hands tightened around the globes of flesh he held; causing both lovers to shudder and moan.

Letting his hands fall, Lin turned in his arms and clawed at the tunic that rested over his chest. Working it over his head, she threw it in the corner and pressed her breasts against the wall of muscle she revealed. She kissed, and nibbled along the line of his shoulder, while her blunt nails dug into his skin and her hips fell perfectly against his own. He groaned, and settled his hands on her hips; teasing the line of her underwear while she traced the lines of his chest with her tongue.

"Rip them, and I will kill you," she muttered against his skin as she felt his hand tighten around the fabric that kept her from being completely naked. He looked at her, and laughed, sliding his fingers along the curve of her back while he sealed their lips together softly.

"Fine then," Tenzin said, stepping back and placing his hands in the air. "By all means, please...take them off."

"You first," Lin argued, crossing her arms under her exposed breasts. She smirked, and her eyes fell to the pants that hung from his hips; his erection threatening to push through the baggy fabric if given any more treatment.

Shrugging his shoulders, he pulled at the sash tied around his hips and let the thin swatch of red fabric float to the ground; soon joined by the last of his clothes. "There," he teased, walking up to her and sliding the tips of his fingers along the curve of her waist. "Now," he husked, leaning forward and licking up her neck. "Your turn."

Shivering, the sassy earthbender smiled and reached forward to gently brush her fingers along the underside of his shaft. "So forceful for one in such a vulnerable position."

"You aren't too far off," Tenzin retaliated, pressing his fingers into her mound, and stroking her soaked heat through her underwear. A moan passed by her lips, and her fingers tightened around his cock. She kissed his shoulder, and cried against his skin while he pushed away the fabric covering her and sank his finger into her silken heat.

With ease, his thumb slid along the line of her slit until he found the small nub of pleasure he was searching for. Tightening his arms around her, and groaning from her constant handiwork on his cock, he began sliding his finger in and out of her while his thumb teased at her clit. Ripples of pleasure sent shivers coursing along her spine, and her velvety walls contracted as he added another finger inside of her. Her moans grew more fervent, and her concentration was lost on pleasing him.

Bringing her to the point where she was almost at her high, he stopped and removed his hands from her before he tugged her panties from her hips and let them pool at her ankles. Her emerald eyes glazed over with passion and lust, and she licked at her lips as he settled his hands on her waist and pushed her back towards her bed. Gently laying her down, he pushed her arms over her head and let his lips fall to encompass one of her nipples. Immediately, her back arched and her wild moans returned; his free hand palming and squeezing the breast that remained neglected. After time, he switched and lavished the woman who lay sweating and squirming under his ministrations. She was glorious, lying in the prefect way for the moon's appreciative light to cast over her glistening body, and spirits, he couldn't want her more.

A gentle brush of his fingers against her thigh teased her, but the firm grasp on her knee that pushed her legs aside excited her to the highest degree; her hands reaching up to grasp the top of her headboard. Positioning himself over her, his knuckles tenderly brushed against her cheek and he leaned forward to claim her lips in a searing kiss. Mouths moved, tongues fought, and heated breathes escaped into the air as Tenzin placed his fingers under Lin's knee, and urged her legs around his waist. Complying, the tip of his shaft brushed against her, and her entire body vibrated; her hands abandoning the headboard to slide against his dampening skin.

Smiling against her lips; he continued their kiss as one of his hands grasped her hip and kept her steady as he pushed himself into her and stretched her walls in delirious rapture. She moaned into his mouth, but refused to stop the erotic fight between their tongues. She tightened the hold she had around his torso and scratched along his back, knowing all too well that she tore skin enough to bleed. Tenzin, on the other hand, delighted in the torture, and sunk into her until the entirety of his cock was buried in her heat. Groaning roughly and tightening his grasp on her hip, he pulled back before pushing forward once again. His rhythm started slow, and teasing, but with every scratch that she left along his back, his pressing need to drive her crazy drew itself closer and closer.

Her back arched as his hips grew more frantic, and his slow, drawn out pace was replaced with a faster, more erratic one. His hand left her hip and dove between them, teasing her clit and threatening to send the otherwise calm and collected metalbender into oblivion. Her plump, pouty lips parted as moans of bliss spilled from her, while Tenzin fisted the sheets under them as he was once again surrounded by everything her.

Her scent suffocated him, her moans echoed in his mind, and every kiss she pressed into his skin was burned into a memorial scar of their lovemaking.

'Why did I ever leave this?'

Her head pushed back into her pillow as his cock slid home once again. She arced off of her bed, and loud, earth-shaking screams exploded from her chest as her walls fluttered around him, and spasms wracked her body. Her chest heaved, and her fingers remained clasped tight around his arms; slowly riding out the wave that he was prolonging with the slow, gentle rolling of his hips.

Reaching forward, his hand cupped her cheek while rivets of sweat rolled down her body. Leaning down, he captured her parched lips and kissed them softly. She responded in kind, and met his tongue with purpose and vigor; shivering as a rough growl bubbled from deep in his chest. Grasping onto her waist, he increased his pace again; sliding in and out of her dripping core until an innocent bite to his lower lip sent him flying over the edge.

The two panted as warmth encompassed them in their state, and Tenzin sighed as he exited her body entirely. He laid by her side, his eyes focused on her face as she curled herself up and closed her eyes against the lingering remains of her orgasm. Her chest heaved, and puffs of air left her lips while sweat clung to the hair that fell in her face, and dampened it to a lighter shade of ebony. Smiling, he reached over and brushed the hair from her face; his thumb caressing her cheek while she recovered.

Leaning over, his lips settled against her temple, and her arms weakly circled around him. Rolling onto his back, she followed, and settled her cheek against his chest; listening as his heart raced wildly beneath her. A smile touched his lips, and his fingers soothingly danced across the arm she had slung across his stomach, pushing her towards sleep. She yawned quietly, and Tenzin flicked his wrist through the air to bend her sheet up to their hips. Looking up at him, the sleepiness in her emerald gaze had returned, and a soft pout had formed on her lips.

"Will you be here in the morning?" she asked, even though the question itself was idiotic. She hoped, every single time they were together that she would have the pleasure of waking up in his arms, but he always had to escape early so he could slip into bed with her, and suspicions wouldn't arise.

"Yes," he answered, without so much as a second to think out a plan. "I won't run tonight. I promise."

Smiling, she leaned up on her elbow and planted a final kiss against his lips. Chaste, but satisfying, she returned her cheek to his chest and sighed as the warmth of his body fought away the chill that always managed to sneak into her bones this time of year.

'Not tonight, Lin. She hasn't won tonight.'