I've been wanting to write something like this for a while. Read, review and enjoy

It was a sombre moment when Lin and Kya crossed the thresh hold of their home. It had been a long day, full or family and friends mourning the loss of the Avatar. And neither one of them were up to doing much.

"Kya?"

"Mm?"

"I was thinking I could draw you a bath. You seem stressed and, uh, I think it might help you, you know, heal."

Kya allowed herself to smirk as her partner fumbled over words. It was a rare occurrence to see Lin Beifong nervous, but Kya was glad that it happened today. "I'd love one. Thank you."

"No problem. You just grab some pyjamas and get undressed while I get started on the bath."

Walking to her bedside table to fetch her clothes, she stopped at seeing the picture, the picture that contained her and her father when she was only two years old. Her chubby arms waving in the air from atop Aang's shoulders as he ran around pretending to be an ostrich horse. Tears found themselves at the corner of her eyes. Not allowing herself to mourn any more, she put the frame face down and proceeded to retrieve her clothes and get undressed.

She entered the bathroom to see Lin kneeling next to the tub and sprinkling sea salts into the purple liquid as the result of a bath bomb. "Wow. You've really gone all out."

"Of course. I don't do this often, so when I do it, I like to make it special." Taking the waterbender's hand, she helped to lower her into the deep tub. "Now, you lay there and relax. Do you want a foot rub? Or do you want me to wash your back?"

"No, I actually want you to join me. I could really use some human contact right about now."

Stripping down, Lin stepped into the tub behind her partner, and put her legs on either side of her. Her heart skipped a beat when Kya leaned against her chest, prompting her to wrap her arms around her waist. "How are you feeling Kya?"

"Not bad doctor Beifong." The two women shared a short laugh together before their sombre mood picked up again. "I feel numb."

"Oh?"

"After not talking to dad during these last few years, I kinda forgot what he meant to me. The only times I saw him was when I was visiting mum and it wasn't for long periods of time. I regret not fixing things with him."

Lin took the washcloth into her hands and gently ran it over Kya's stomach in an effort to relax her. "Everyone regrets things Kya, It's a part of life."

"Do you have regrets?"

"You know I do."

"Lin, if I asked you to do something, for me, would you?"

"Of course."

"I want you to get together with Toph and Su and talk. I already lost one family member and if I have the chance to gain more, I'm going to take it."

Lin went silent. Over the past twelve years, the two women agreed wordlessly that the mention of certain family members would not be talked about. So for Kya to bring up both Su and Toph, Lin knew she felt very strongly about this. "I, can I think about it?"

"What's there to think about? I'm asking you to do this for me. Please?"

Letting her head fall backwards, Lin let out a sigh. "Okay, for you."

"Thank you. Now let's go to bed. I can feel myself beginning to prune."

Lin continuously bounced her knee up and down quickly as the train travelled through her sister's city. She wasn't taking in the sites so much as she was focusing on all the outcomes of what today might bring.

"You've had a year to prepare for this, so would you relax, you're going to give yourself a heart attack with all the worrying you're doing." Kya continued to talk to the earthbender as she stared in amazement at what the city had to offer. "Why don't you look out the window and take in the sites of Su's city. I have to say, I find it amazing that that little punk of a kid I used to know, has built something this amazing and big."

"It's a city. Nothing I haven't seen before."

"Actually Chief Beifong, there is no city in the world that compares to-"

"Aiwei was it?"

"Yes."

"I thought I told you to be quiet."

A frown crossed the older man's face as he made his way into another cart, away from the two women.

"A bit harsh, don't you think Lin?"

"I'm a little out of my comfort zone, so excuse me for being on edge."

Kya ignored the heavily irritated police Chief, instead deciding to just sit next to her until they reached their destination five minutes later, where a heavily pregnant Su stood at the platform waiting for them. Taking a deep breath, Chief Beifong stood, picked up hers and Kya's bags and followed the waterbender out onto the platform.

"Su! It's so good to see you again." Kya embraced Su, careful not to squeeze the living day light out of her. "And you're pregnant with your first child! That's amazing."

"It's good to see you too Kya. And she is my third actually."

"Three kids, what a nightmare." Lin's voice broke through the friendly air between the old friends like a knife.

Taking in her sister's appearance, the dark cold steel of the Republic City Police uniform, the black hair that hadn't changed its hairstyle, and finally the two scars that she had left on her right cheek, Su straightened up and looked into Lin's jade eyes. "It's good to see you again Lin. I see you have been promoted."

"Where's mum so we can get this over with?"

"Of, of course. Follow me."

They followed Su into a large garden, where an outdoor patio sat amongst flowers and the lovely backdrop of a waterfall sat waiting for them, complete with the greatest earth bender of all time, Toph Beifong.

Lin felt her heart rate increase as she took a seat next to Su, across from her mother, with her girlfriend on the other side of her. Taking in deep, shallow breaths, Lin fought the urge to scream, to curse, to cry about everything the two of them had put her through, instead deciding to hear what they had to say and make peace with it.

"It's good to sense you again captain, or should I say Chief?"

"Mm."

"I was so surprised to hear that you wanted to visit Su and I, that I thought it had been a dream. Anyway, I think Su should say what she has to say first."

Taking in another deep breath, Lin's heart rate picked up slightly as her sister began to speak. "Lin, I want to start off by saying how sorry I am for causing the scars on your face. It was wrong of me to think I had a right to defy you because you were my sister. On that day, at that moment, you were a police officer first and my sister second. I'm sure that if it were a different cop, I wouldn't have retaliated that way. You were doing your job and I should have served my jail time. I'm so sorry."

I can't believe it, Lin's eyes went wide with what her sister had just said. She admits that I'm right and she is wrong. This, this is fantastic. It won't erase the scars but at least she is accepting responsibility for her actions for once in her life.

"I guess that just leaves me now. Lin, I'm sorry for the way I brought you up. I wasn't the best mother, and I knew that. Though over all those years, not once did I try to mend the way I parented and things may have turned out differently if I had taken more control over you two girls." Taking a moment to sort out her thoughts, Toph tried her best to make eye contact with Lin. Even though her gaze was a bit off, it meant a lot to Lin that her mother was trying this hard to convey how sorry she is. "I know that we spent months arguing over your career path, even when you became my captain we didn't stop fighting over it. I'm sorry that I took you for granted.

"You got us out of more scrapes than I ever have and good officers get to see their families because of you. It was an honour fighting next to you and Lin, I am so proud of you, as your mother and as your old police chief."

She's proud of me. She's actually proud. I could die happy right now and I wouldn't care.

"Umm, Lin, you may want to calm down, your heart is racing and if it speeds up I think you might have a he-"

Lin didn't hear her mother as a shooting pain began to go throughout her right arm. "Hey Kya, what arm hurts during a heart attack?"

"Spirits Lin! We need to get you to a hospital"

Standing up, Lin barely made it one step before collapsing onto the ground. "Kya, I can't move."

Her armour was suddenly removed, only to be replaced with cool, glowing water, courtesy of her girlfriend. "I told you all that stress would give you a heart attack. Just relax until I can get it to beat normally again."

"Whatever you say."

Lin woke to find Kya looking down at her. "You took your time waking up."

"Huh?"

"You've been asleep for over three hours."

"What happened?"

"You had a heart attack." Kya helped Lin into a sitting position and began running water over her chest. "I'm not picking up on anything unusual. How do you feel?"

Lin shrugged at the question and looked down at her chest to see what Kya was doing. "Fine, I guess. A little tired."

"Good. I'll help you get dressed and then we can have dinner. You still haven't met your nephews and brother in law."

Lin got out of bed gingerly and with the help of Kya, got dressed before walking into the dinning room and taking a seat next to Su and Kya at the dinning table.

"How are you feeling Lin?"

"Better, thank you Su."

"That's good to hear." Gesturing to the man next to her, who had two little boys on his lap. "Lin, I'd like you to meet my husband, Baatar. And our two sons, Baatar Junior and Huan."

"They look like you, I guess. Are they benders?"

"Huan is but Junior," Baatar rubbed both his sons backs in a comforting gesture as he answered his sister in law's question, "isn't. He helps me with architecture around the city. As young as he is, he has some pretty good ideas. He wants to put an ice cream shop on every street corner."

"Yeah, that's a great idea." Lin played along with the idea, guessing that Baatar Senior was joking

They continued to talk in an effort to get to know each other, when dinner suddenly arrived. Looking down at her plate, Lin saw steamed vegetables with boiled chicken, excluding the skin. Starring at everyone else's plates, she was quite surprised to find red meats accompanied with sauces and fried ice cream. "What's the big idea? I have to eat the blandest meal alive while you guys have ice cream and meat."

"You have meat."

"Boiled chicken is not meat Kya, it's an insult."

"Tough. You just had a heart attack so until I am satisfied that you won't have another one, you are going to eat what I request for you. No negotiating."

The sound effect of a whip echoed throughout the room, causing everyone to look at Toph who still had her lips puckered. "Really mother?"

"Hey, don't blame me that Kya has complete control over your lifestyle."

"If that's the case then Katara had you whipped for a lot of years."

A smirk graced Toph's features and she suddenly burst out laughing. "Damn badgermole, I missed your humour." Calming down, Toph took a piece of meat into her mouth and began to chew as she talked. "So, I managed to get a look at your armour, that's some new design. It would appear to be your work."

The conversation continued well into the night until Baatar and Su announced they were going to bed, to which everyone followed suit.

Stripping down to their underwear, Lin and Kya got into bed a stared at the ceiling, both not ready to go to bed just quite yet. "That went better than expected. And you didn't end up fighting Su. I call that a successful reconciliation."

"I don't hit pregnant women. I still can't believe my little sister is about to have another kid. I regret it."

Kya rolled over and rested her palms and chin on Lin's chest so she could look at the emotions that crossed her face. "Regret what?"

"Not being there for Su. She had to go through two pregnancies without anyone, other than Baatar, to help her. I feel, guilty, almost. I remember my mother when she was pregnant with Su. We had each other and obviously your parents and Sokka to help, but I could always tell that my mother wanted more. She wanted my grandparents to help her through it. Some form of family to welcome another Beifong into the world." A beat of silence passed before Lin looked down at Kya with a smile. "Kya, I want to stay here until my niece or nephew is born and then for another month to help Su."

"Wow. I might actually see Chief Lin Beifong hold a baby for the first time in her life."

"Shut up."

Reaching up, the waterbender placed a long, slow kiss on the earthbender's lips before leaning down to whisper in her ear. "You know, these walls are made of steal and sex can be very good for the heart."

She needn't say any more as Lin rolled them over and began to go down on her partner's body.