Thank you to- A Human Being, for the prompt: "Korra, what in the spirit's names do you think you're doing in here?"
Sitting with her knees pulled up to her chest, she stared into the darkness surronding her, and tried to think of nothing. It was a technique Tenzin had often tried teaching her during their meditations, and she focused on it now, hoping it would clear her mind from the nightmares, the visions of Aang and Toph and Sokka that were keeping her awake.
"Korra, what in the spirits' names do you think you're doing in here?"
She knew before she looked up who it was.
Mako was standing over her, his hair rumpled, gold eyes wide, and dark with sleep, the fire in his open palm illuminating the space in which she was with a warm glow.
She forced herself to smile at him and stood. "Your closet is the darkest place in the house. I needed to think."
Before she could do anything more embarrassing, she brushed past him and headed outside. Maybe some night air would help clear her head of the frightening dreams, and the image of Mako's smiling face that was never to far from her thoughts.