Sleepy thoughts

A hand shoved its way into Korra's mouth. The little fingers gagging her. Tickling her tongue. Lin was better off in this case. The foot she was eating for breakfast in bed had at least been washed the night prior. And at least the weightless limb didn't hurt Lin everytime their daughter shifted in her sleep. As Korra was sporting several red marks on her face the shape of her daughters cast.

Pulling the digits out with a wet pop. The parents pinned Yee-Li between the sheets. Each rested a hand on her steadily moving chest. Feeling the steady rhythmic beat. They looked at each other with their own version of contented grace. Korra a wide grin. Lin a relaxed smile. They leaned over their sleeping daughter and shared a kiss. A whine was swallowed as Korra attempted to pull away only to find her bottom lip snatched between Lin's teeth. The women giving her a most salacious look. Korra leaned in and gave Lin a bite of her own so that she could escape.

"No way that's happening, badgermole." Korra winked.

Lin huffed. Ever since their little time alone she had been getting bolder. A new fire had awakened inside after that day. Which there was only one way to quench it. Sneaking scandalous kisses and inappropriate touches whenever she knew her daughter wasn't looking. Too bad they hadn't had any time to themselves. What between both their jobs and Yee-Li becoming more attached to Lin's side since she hurt her arm. They hadn't a free minute to even do something rushed. Even during their shared morning shower Yee-Li had intruded upon that tradition.

"It's time to get this kid her own room." Lin said. A stern lip, but she gently brushed the child's red hair out of her sleeping face. Rubbing her nose with her thumb and making it wrinkle.

"Do you really mean that?" Korra asked. She had been thinking about this for some time actually. But couldn't' think of a way to bring it up the topic.

"Yeah, I figure we can add a room onto the apartment."

"I don't think the landlord would allow it."

"I can be persuasive when need be." Lin growled. A hand found its way under Korra's night shirt without it's wearer knowing until the other wanted her too.

Korra removed the hand. And Lin became visibly upset by the loss of her lovers body under her fingers. "I think it'd be a better decision if we just moved." Korra said; bringing her wife's hand out from under the covers to place a chaste kiss to the back of it.

"What-why? We don't need to move. We can just add on here." Lin said. Trying to make her point.

"But if we moved we could find a bigger place. And we could try and find somewhere closer to your work. Besides, in a year Yee-Li will start first grade. There aren't any schools close to the apartment. And there's no way we could drop her off unless we take one of Asami's bus's. I know how much you hate those things." Match to Korra. That was a much better argument.

Those things were pristine about a couple of years prior when they first came off the line. But they'd been mistreated by the citizens of republic city. All manner of sticky food item, or mysterious fluid, had been deposited on those seats. And the obscene graffiti was not something Lin wanted to explain to her daughter currently. Remembering some of the talks she had with her mother.

Sinking underneath the shelter of the covers. Lin covered her mouth. Mumbling through the fabric she said. "I changed my mind she doesn't have to go to school anymore. We'll have Jinora teach her."

"Lin." Korra huffed. Tapping her figurative foot at her wife's stubbornness. "Do you really want Jinora teaching our child?"

The girl was an odd ball. The only person Lin had a hard time telling what would come out of her mouth. Would it be wise words or things that were better left for bedroom talk.

"You have a point." Lin conceded.

"Do you think you could get some time off work? So that we can check out some of the houses."

"Your talking as if you've got some already lined up."

Korra shrugged her un-trapped shoulder. Rolling her tongue and her eyes as she looked to the ceiling. "Wellll...I may have been looking around."

"I still don't see why we can't just add onto the house." Lin drew Korra's hand over and planted her own kiss on it. Rubbing her lips against the dark skin. Making Korra's face redden and hastily withdrawing to stop her wife from making out with her hand.

"Lin." Korra puffed. Annoyed with the way her wife had been clinging to the idea. "How are we gonna exactly add onto this place. We're surrounded by other peoples homes. And it's not like we can take space out of the living room. Or do you want to build a cupboard for our daughter to sleep in?" Korra laid her arm over the top of her head; fingers touching the cool wooden floor behind her pillow. She pressed her arm hard into her ear to muffle the coming reply. Looking at the small head of constantly growing red hair in front of her.

She raised her arm off her ear. Gave a hmm for the other to clarify.

"I didn't say anything Korra." Lin replied. "Y-your right. We'll have to find a new place to live. What did you have in mind?"

Turning onto her back Korra said. "I have a few newspaper clippings. The few places that I thought sounded nice; I took a walk by."

The covers were moved away. A pair of green eyes attached to the most beautiful lips Korra had ever tasted hovered a few inches from her face. Without disturbing their sleeping child Lin had managed to crawl over her and on top of the other women. Settling her body against hers. The thin fabric they both wore did little to hide the older women's warming body. Lin pressed herself into her water tribe women.

"Lin." Korra warned. Glancing over. Their daughter was facing away from them.

"How long have you been doing this?" Lin asked. Curious as to how her wife had been able to keep this whole operation under wraps without her finding out.

"Oh-couple of months now. I wasn't really serious about it. Just, ya know...looking around; just in case. I mean we shouldn't expect Yee-Li to want to sleep with us when she's a teenager."

"I shared a room with my mother sometimes-e-even in my teenage years."

"Really?"

Lin nodded. The warmth between her legs evaporated instantly at the mention of her mother. As Lin scooted down to rest her head between her little penguins breasts. Pressing her ear close to listen to her heart. "Of course. We only had each other."

The words rumbled and bounced around from Korra's chest to Lin's head. "What about Master Katara, Anng, and Sokka. They lived close by."

"They weren't there at night." Those lonely nights. After a hard day for the mother and daughter. When all they needed was the reassurance that someone who loved them was close by.

Fingers ran through Lin's hair. Scratching her scalp tenderly. "It must of been hard when you moved out."

"It had my mother's idea." Lin confessed at long last. If it was back then she would of told anyone it had been her doing. Making sure no blame would come back to her mother for people misunderstanding and thinking she had kicked Lin out.

"Will you be ok with this?" The hand moved down her spine. Making the women shiver and Lin's body beneath purr for more attention.

Lin shook her head. Making Korra give a startled yelp at she grazed her nipple; unintentional on Lin's part.

But Korra swatted her wife's head playfully thinking the women had done it on purpose.

"This is the only other home I have ever known." Lin confessed something else; looking up into the face of the person she held most precious in her life. The best thing in it. And the only women she could ever truly be honest with. To show this much insecurity too.

Scrunching her arm up Korra cupped Lin's cheek. Her own will was breaking. "We don't have to move. We can make this work; it's our home still."

Lin shook herself. Brushing fingers against the hand still on her cheek. "Little penguin your right about this. Don't turn back now. A Beifong doesn't turn back when they make a decision. And...my home-no matter where that may be. Will always be with the two of you." A tear slipped as Lin glanced at their daughter. It's who she was doing this for; her and the women she rested on.

Korra shed a tear of her own.

Lin got up quietly. Lending a hand to her wife. "Show me what you've been looking at so far." She asked. Following behind Korra as they left the bedroom and moved into the kitchen. Where a small folder was brought out of hiding. The two women sat down, shoulder to shoulder, and looked over each of the hastily cut clippings. Korra leading Lin through the choices she had so far.

And when their daughter woke up and stumbled groggily into the kitchen rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Hair a complete and utterly devastated frizzy mess. Her mother's sat her down and explained what was going on. And Lin was glad that Yee-Li took to the idea a whole lot better than her momma did. Jumping for joy at the news of getting her own room. But deep down Lin knew even if she should be glad that she wouldn't have to deal with stinky feet in her mouth after this. That she was still going to miss it anyway.