Broh Week, Day Five – 'Charming'
'Right,' chief Bei Fong snapped. 'You and your so-called "Team Avatar" are very lucky to have been invited to the Officers' Ball, Bolin, and this time you are going to behave yourself. I don't want all the dignitaries to think that I can only run this city with the help of a set of ill-bred, loutish vigilantes. Charming vigilantes, maybe. So, be charming.' She gave Bolin her signature nose-to-nose glare. 'Keep your hands out of your pockets. Stand up straight. Don't pick your nose when you're being spoken to. Don't put your ferret on people. General Iroh – ' She turned to where Iroh was standing, remembering just in time to switch to her "superior officers" voice. ' – please back me up.'
'Well, all your advice is perfectly sound,' Iroh said, 'but I find him altogether charming already.'
When Lin turned back to Bolin, he was preening ridiculously and doing his version of a seductive smile – basically a huge goofy grin with some eyebrow waggling on top.
'Oh, by the spirits!' Lin shouted, throwing up her hands. 'I give up! You two should never have been allowed to meet. You make each other worse!'
She stalked out of the room.
'I already promised her I wouldn't slurp my noodles or do any of those other things,' Bolin said anxiously. 'Do I really make you worse?'
Iroh kissed him. It felt like sinking down onto soft pillows after a long, hard day.
'Definitely,' he said, keeping him close with a hand on the back of his neck. 'I would never have spoken with such levity in front of a fellow officer before I met you.'
'Oh,' Bolin said. 'Sorry about that.'
Iroh kissed his eyebrow as it quirked upwards.
'I fear I am becoming less charming under your influence,' he sighed.
'But I'm charming enough for both of us!' Bolin said. 'And anyway, shut up. Of course you're charming!'