again not %100 about this. but thanks to Matryoshka Ai for the prompt ( Su meets Jinora, Ikki, Merlo and Rohan. Suyin doesnt see Lin as a maternal one, but maybe the airbabies prove her that she's wrong.) please R&R and drop a prompt if you want to.
"Mello! Mum called from the station, and said Aunt Su is coming over. We need to clean up!" Yelled Jinora, up to her younger brother, who is currently running from rooftop to rooftop.
"Make me!" As soon as those words left his mouth, a block of earth encased his feet.
"Got you!" The woman said, as Meelo fell into her arms.
A gust of wind knocked her back, "release my brother!"
The woman turned to find Jinora in a fighting stance, "is that anyway to talk to your aunt?"
"Aunt Suyin?" Dropping her stance, she walked up to the woman, taking in her appearance.
"You have the same look Lin has, when she inspects something. So are you Jinora, or Ikki?" She asked, placing Meelo down.
"I'm Jinora and that's Meelo," She pointed in the distance to her sister, who was talking to an acolyte, "and that's Ikki."
"I thought there were four of you."
"Rohan is inside taking a nap."
"Right. So where is your mother? I should let her know I arrived early." Said Su, looking around for her older sibling.
"She's at work." Ikki pointed out, joining in on the conversation.
"Kids! Where are you?" Tenzin came into view, catching a glimpse of his children talking with a stranger. He used his airbending to propel him across the grounds. Getting closer, he took in the woman's appearance, recognising it was his partners' sister Su. "Oh Su, we weren't expecting you until tomorrow."
"Well I thought I'd surprise you all. So what time does Lin get home?"
"She should be home for dinner."
"Tenzin!" everyone turned around to find the Avatar walking towards them, a wailing baby in her arms, "I think he's hungry or his diaper meeds changing."
Tenzin took Rohan into his arms, trying to calm the baby down "hmm, he's a little warm. I'll take care of him. In the meantime I want you four to start meditating, I'll join you in twenty minutes."
"I can take care of him." Piped Su.
"If you're sure." He handed Rohan to Su. "You know your way around. If you'll excuse me."
Su walked into the kitchen, searching the cupboards for baby food. "Spinach and cabbage? Peas and beans? Carrots and mashed potato? I feel sorry for you kid. Your mother isn't here, your dad is busy and now you have to eat this crap." Su looked at her nephew, tickling his feet, "would you like auntie Su to make some apple puree?" He let out a gurgle, "I'll take that as a yes."
She finished the task, placing Rohan on one knee and the bowl of apple puree, on the other. She started to feed him, when Bumi and Kya walked into the room bickering. "I'm telling you, I did beat an earthbender in a rock throwing contest!"
"Oh really? Please, tell me how you accomplished that." Retorted Kya not believing for a second her brother could pull off the task.
"Well, it included a bottle of scotch and-" Their conversation was interrupted by a babies laugh. They turned to find their nephew being fed by his aunt. "What in the-"
"Su? What are you doing?" Kya cut in.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm feeding this little cutie." She replied pinching Rohan's chubby cheek.
"Let me rephrase, what are you feeding him?" Kya asked, taking Rohan from Su's lap.
"Just some apple puree. I saw all those terrible flavours in the cupboard and thought he might like something else. Why?"
"Because Lin gets angry when people feed him something else that she didn't personally buy. That's why!"
"Kya has a point." Said Bumi, putting in his two cents.
"Please. Lin won't know anyway. She's too busy at work."
Kya and Bumi shared a look. "I'm going to put Rohan back to bed." Said Bumi, taking his nephew from his sisters' arms. "Why don't you two make dinner."
"Sure." The two women said.
"Kids! I'm home!" Shouted Lin, walking up the path to her home.
"Mum, your here!" Yelled Jinora, running up to her mother. "Rohan won't stop crying."
"How long has he been crying for?"
"Ever since aunt Su fed him."
Lin let out a growl. "What did she feed him?"
"I don't know. But he's all feverish, I think it made him sick."
Lin opened the door to reveal her youngest son wailing in his father's arms. "Tez, hand him to me please."
Tenzin looked up to see his partner standing in the doorway, "he. Wont. Stop." He said, handing the child to Lin's waiting arms. "Dinner will be ready soon. Stay clear of the potatoes, Su cooked them."
"Okay. I'm going to try and put him to sleep."
"He's down for the count." Said Lin, walking to her place at the head of the dinner table.
"Sorry about that Lin. I didn't know he wasn't used to natural sugars yet."
"Whatever." Su let out a humph, digging into her meal.
"So mum how was work? Did you get any bad guys? Did you grill any criminals? Did-"
"Ikki, all I did was paperwork." Lin said, cutting off her daughter so she could eat.
Su scoffed. "Something wrong Su?" asked Lin, slamming her fork onto the table.
"I'm just observing your lovely 'nurturing' skills." Su said, a smug smirk crossing her face.
Everyone went silent. Lin was about to yell at her sister when a small cry broke the silence. "I'm going to check on Rohan." She left a tear rolling down her face as she left the room.
"What's wrong with you?!" Yelled Jinora in Su's direction. "Do you have any idea how hard my mother tries to be there for me and my siblings. I pity your children for having a heartless mother like you! I'm going to bed." Jinora threw her utensils onto the table, before storming off to her bedroom. Her siblings following suit.
"Well I didn't expect that." Said Korra trying to break the silence.
Tenzin let out a sigh "I'm going to check on Lin."
"Lin?" Said Tenzin, head appearing from behind his son's door. "Are you okay?"
Lin looked up at him from the only chair in the room. "Am I a bad mother?"
Tenzin hurried over to her, "of course not." He whispered.
"Su seems to think so."
Tenzin pulled Lin up from the chair, taking her seat and placing her on his lap, hugging her tight. "Su doesn't know what she is talking about. She doesn't know how much you love our kids, or how hard you work to get time off to spend with them." He rested a hand on his son's head. "So how is this little guy?"
"He has a slight fever, I think he will be sleeping in our bed tonight. And thanks for the reassurance." She rested her head on his shoulder.
"You may want to thank the kids, they stood up for you when you left."
"Yeah?" She got off his shoulder looking into his greyish blue eyes, "are they already in bed?" Tenzin nodded. "You take Rohan and I'll see you in ten minutes. I'm going to tuck the rest of our kids in."
"Okay."
"Girls, Mello," said Lin, walking to sit on the bed, "are you all sleeping in Jinora's bed tonight?"
"Yeah." Mello answered. "We're having a sleep over!"
"Sounds fun. Now make room." Lin jumped to land in the middle of the bed between her kids. She put her arms around her kids, drawing them close. "Your father told me what you did and I wanted to say thank you for backing me up."
"No one insults our mother." Said Jinora. "Not when we're around."
Lin let out a laugh. "You three, including Rohan, are the best things to come into my life and don't you forget it." She wrapped her arms tighter around them pulling them into a tight hug.
"Mum, your armour is really hard." Said Ikki, being blunt as always.
Lin released them, getting off the bed. She gave them each a kiss goodnight before walking out the door.
She walked into her room to find Tenzin dozing off with Rohan sleeping peacefully on his chest. "I love those kids, they're so sweet and protective." Said Lin, shrugging off her armour and clothes, leaving her clad in her undergarments.
"Mm, they get it from your side of the family." He pulled the blanket back for Lin to climb in.
She ran a soft hand down the length of Rohan's body. "His temperature has come down a bit." She laid her head on Tenzin's shoulder, falling asleep quickly.
"You're a wonderful mother Lin." He whispered to her, falling asleep with the most important person in his life at his side.