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Item: Therapy

Pairing: Kyalin

Prompt by: YOLO1882

Lin and Kya's relationship was straining and beginning to crack under the pressure. So in an effort to save it, they sought therapy from the one person they knew could help them and keep their mouth shut. Kya's mother, Katara. Katara wasn't legally a therapist but she knew she could help them. So here they were, in the lounge of their apartment, about to talk about the issues in their relationship. "So Lin," Katara began from her seat opposite the couple, "why don't you tell me what's wrong with your relationship."

The metalbender folded her arms across her chest defensively, not liking the idea of sharing with anyone. "Nothing is wrong. Quiet frankly, I have better things to be doing right now."

Kya suppressed the urge to begin shouting at her girlfriend like she had in the past. "Lin, we wouldn't be here if something wasn't wrong. The sooner you talk, the sooner this is all over."

"Maybe I don't want to talk." Lin growled out between clenched teeth.

"Lin," Katara began, "just breath for a second. Now, you know Kya loves you, right?" A nod from the metalbender. "Well, if you are having troubles in your life, Kya may be able to help you. Or at the very least, listen to your opinions."

"She doesn't appear to want to listen to my opinions at the moment."

"That's because you won't talk to me!" Kya was now standing, having had enough of not voicing her concerns. "How can I listen to your fucking problems if you won't talk to me?! You come home tired from work and I can understand that you want to spend a few minutes relaxing and become 'home Lin', but you don't do that. You come home, dump your armour in the corner, which by the way is covered in blood, someone else's blood and sometimes yours, then you strip and expect me to heal you without letting me know the cause and then when I am done, you role over and go to bed. By the time I wake up, you're gone." Katara stood up and placed her hands on her daughter's heaving shoulders, calming her down somewhat. "I want to be there for you but you won't let me."

Lin bowed forward, placing her fingers to her temples as she looked at the ground. "That's because I don't want you to know about the things people have done to me, the things I've done to them." Kya let out a sigh and sat down next to her partner, rubbing a calming hand up and down her hot, tense back. "I-I've killed."

"I know. Your mum came by the apartment and filled me in. She only comes by for the serious things, to make sure you are okay but you're usually asleep on those days. She hasn't come by in five months. Not since you got the scars on your cheek. Heck, I haven't even seen Su lately. It's like you're pushing everyone away."

"Lin," the metalbender looked up at the older waterbender, eyes red with tears threatening to fall, "why haven't you told Kya about that incident? If you can talk to me about it, then you can talk to her."

"I can't, because I'm ashamed of myself and I don't know how to fix it."

"I think you should tell her, it will make everything else seem so much smaller."

"Tell me what?" Kya was getting frustrated at her mother and girlfriend talking about her as though she wasn't there.

Lin took a deep breath as she turned to face her other half. "You remember how I told you about those kids who tried to rob a store and the driver got away? The driver was Su. I went to arrest her and she cut my cables. That's how I got the scars. She got away thanks to the Chief. She's in Gaoling with my grandparents so that's why you haven't seen her and you haven't seen my mother because we aren't on good terms. It's, professional, between us."

"That's nothing to be ashamed of sweetie."

"My mother wanted to let her off the hook, to do what was best for our family, but I wanted revenge. I wanted to see my little sister behind bars. I wanted it so badly I was willing to fight my mother for it."

"The scars on your back?"

"I-I went to her house to talk, but it, uh, it escalated. We didn't have our armour on but we still had our spools. We must have fought for half an hour before I gained the upper hand. I uh, I had her on, on, on her back." She shook her head, tears slowly streaking down her face. "Aunt Katara, can you please finish it?"

"Of course dear, of course. Toph didn't have contact with her element so she panicked. She lashed out and caught Lin in her torso. Toph called me in a terror and when I arrived, spirits, there was so much blood. I did the best I could."

Kya grabbed Lin's hand a squeezed it tightly. "Is that why your mother hasn't been around to see us?"

"I threw the first punch. I knew her weakness and I used it against her. I put her through more than any human should go through and I can't forgive myself for that."

Katara stood up and walked to the back of the couch where she placed a hand on each of their shoulders. "You two have made a lot of progress tonight but I think you two need to rest. Let everything sink in and I'll see you in a few days to see how everything is going."

Lin waited for the door to close before she really let the floodgates open. "What have I done?"

"Lin, it happened but you can still fix this. Maybe start with your mother, seeing as how you have to work with her and then slowly go from there." The crying didn't stop so Kya took Lin's hands into her own and led her into the bathroom where she began to run a bath. The process was slow as she helped a defeated Lin Beifong undress and get into the tub, before undressing herself and slipping in behind her. She wrapped her arms around the metalbender's torso, and lightly pulled until she was resting against her chest.

Lin let out a sigh as the tears finally stopped and she closed her eyes to the world.

Kya took control of the water around her and began running it along the sides of Lin's head.

"Kya," Lin began eyes still closed as she fully relaxed into her girlfriend's chest, "I'm sorry I've been so difficult these last few months. I didn't mean it to go this far. I just didn't know how to handle something this fragile."

"It's okay. We've never been in a serious relationship before, so any problem we have is a new experience. We just have to learn how to deal with it."

"Kya, I really do love you. That is something that will ever change."

"I love you too. Now come on, we haven't had sex in months and I'd like to get to know you again."

A smirk graced Lin's face as she turned over and pressed her body against Kya's, enjoying the soft skin against her own scarred body. The kiss was heated as the metalbender's tongue went wild against the waterbender's, stopping quickly when she felt something press up against her below the waist, causing her to squeak.

"Never knew I could make the unmoveable Beifong squeak like a little mouse."

"Spirits I love you."