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Item: bending

Pairing: Sisterly Su/Lin

Prompt by: Guest

Toph was a mother for the second time and she was suddenly remembering how difficult it was to get any sleep during the day, so when she got the chance to take a nap, she took it with both hands, though it wasn't much later than when her head hit the pillow, did she hear her baby cry out for her. With a frustrated sigh, the metalbender got off the couch and slowly trudged up stairs but when she made it to the door of the nursery, the crying had ceased. She opened the door to find her eldest daughter standing on the chair, with a piece of meteor floating above the crib as she bent it into different shapes.

Toph smiled as she walked quietly behind Lin, so that she could place her hands on the young girl's shoulders and kiss her on the top of her head. "What are you doing badgermole?"

"I'm trying to get her to sleep. She likes it when I bend."

"I could have done that you know?"

Lin turned around and gave her mother a large smile, even if she couldn't see it. "I know but now you don't have to and that means you can sleep."

"Thank you badgermole. She's asleep now by the way."

Lin leaned back to rest against her mother's stronger, more solid form. "Awesome."

"Mhm. I think you need a nap too." Toph took Lin into her arms and carried her back to the master bedroom, where they would spend the next few hours asleep together.

Lin started bending metal at the age of eight, much to her mother's approval, so when Suyin turned nine, she started to feel pressured that she wasn't living up to the Beifong name.

Lin stretched up, basking in the early morning sun as her feet came in contact with her element, only for her peace to be broken by a rock being broken into pieces against the side of her head. She turned to the only other person outside and glared. "Watch where you're throwing those."

"Shut up!"

Lin cocked an eye at the unusual response. "Wanna try that again Su?"

"Ugh, sorry."

Lin walked over to her sister, to find a slab of metal embedded in the earth, with the nine year old standing on top of it. "Still won't budge, huh?"

"No. I've tried everything but it won't move." Suyin pouted as she folded her arms over her chest. "Maybe I just can't bend metal."

"Don't be ridiculous." Lin walked around her little sister and put her arms on Su's smaller ones, forcing her into a ready position. "You just need to get angry and you Su, are the least angry earthbender I know. Heck, the only reason I'm able to metalbender is because I threw a tantrum. The look on mum's face when I threw her against the wall was nice." Lin righted the slab of metal and leaned against it. "I want you to find everything that has made you angry in the past and let it out on this metal."

Su gave a pathetic scream as she punched the steel, shaking her hand in pain when it rebounded. "Fuck! Why did I listen to you?!"

"First of all, don't swear, second of all, you aren't angry." Lin steadied herself as she stared directly into Suyin's eyes. "Your father isn't in you life because he doesn't want to be. Your dancing is terrible, that's why mum has never been to one of your recitals, not because she was busy at work, but because she was out drinking. Trust me, I know, I picked her up a couple days ago. Grandma and grandpa think you will amount to nothing. I tore mister bunny in tw-"

The nine year old screamed in anger as she went to punch her big sister, only for Lin to sink into the earth, causing Su to make a dent in the steel.

Lin reappeared and smiled at the dented metal. "Good work kid, knew you had it in you." When the older sibling didn't get a response, she turned to find her sister crying on the ground. "Oh shit." Lin kneeled down and pulled Su into her arms. "I am so sorry. Those were all lies, every last one of them."

"I know, but it still hurts. You promise they aren't true, right?" The young girl asked through tears.

"Every last one… except for your bunny."

Su sniffled as she tried to hold back a bout of laughter. "I really liked that bunny."

"I liked him too, that's why he couldn't live. But on the bright side, you're a metalbender."