welp, it's day 2 of femslash week and here is my edition. prompt: Night. Please read, review and enjoy.

Summer nights on Air Temple Island were amazing. The way that the little lanterns lit up just enough to help people see, the way the air acolytes scuttled away to their dorms to escape the heat, the way one's lover moves in the night as she practices her waterbending forms.

"Well?"

Lin's thoughts were interrupted by her girlfriend's question. "Well what?"

"I was hoping you could tell me if my forms needed some work. Lately they feel sluggish and sloppy."

Lin stood up from her spot on the sand and walked over to Kya. "You seem too relaxed. Maybe if you stopped smoking that lillyweed of yours you could concentrate better."

"I didn't ask for your criticism." She went through one of the forms to give Lin an example. "See, it doesn't flow like it usually does at night."

"Do you think it's not you, but the moon?"

Kya looked up to see that the moon was only ten percent full. "It's possible. I mean, I don't usually pay attention to my forms at night. So are you ready to give this a go?"

"Sure, I can spend twenty minutes sweating it out in heavy armour." Lin thrust her arms out to the side, causing her chest plate and gauntlets to form over her body, though she left off her boots. "Alright, I was thinking that the water whip could be adapted to the cables. I think it could help knock back a few criminals so we don't get overwhelmed."

"If it means the difference between you coming home at night without new bruises, then I'll always be happy to teach you. Get into a relaxed stance." She took some water from the incoming wave and began to bend it back and forth as she swayed lightly. "You need to move like water through the movements. Then bring it to behind your body, picture your target as you whip it out then quickly whip it back. Think of it like a towel whip." Kya smiled as her water made a deafening crack in the night air.

"Okay, I think I've got it." Lin tried to copy her girlfriend's movements but her cable ended up in the sand. "Or maybe not."

Trying not to laugh, Kya watched Lin attempt the move ten more times before walking behind the frustrated metalbender, to put her soft hands on her shoulders. "You need to relax and stop being an earthbender. You need to move through the motions." She took Lin's waist in her hands and forced them back and forth until she felt her loosen up. "Feel the metal. It is an extension of your body. Picture the movement, then execute it."

Lin moved her arm back, forward then back again and struggled to keep in her giddiness at the crack it made. "I did it."

"Mhm." Kya moved to start kissing Lin's neck, relishing in the feeling of her girlfriend shudder at her ministrations. "I know something else you can do." She needn't say anymore. Lin had her armour off and was on her in a second.