( wow, what a dirty trick. korra should be ashamed of herself. mako is laughing as she pins him, at the gust of air she used to soften his fall, at how light he feels. losing his firebending, the heat and warmth of the sun. it's. exactly what it was like to have korra gone for those three years. an anchor around his feet, but he just learned to carry it. the weight constantly threatening to drag him under some impossible ocean.
but when she came back to republic city, it was like a lost sense was returned to him. color came back into the world, or the sun into the sky, or. the wind in the air. he lived without her, but he didn't realize how much he hated it until she was back.
and now she's pressed in close against him, and he can feel the warmth of her hand over his heart, and everything in his mind has gone silent except for one simple, singular thing.
mako levers his good hand down against the earth. the left reaches up to touch her cheek, and then he's leaning up to her to kiss her. it's all the things it never was before — soft and chaste and sweet and so gentle it's barely a fully realized touch, but he's smiling when he pulls away. )
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but when she came back to republic city, it was like a lost sense was returned to him. color came back into the world, or the sun into the sky, or. the wind in the air. he lived without her, but he didn't realize how much he hated it until she was back.
and now she's pressed in close against him, and he can feel the warmth of her hand over his heart, and everything in his mind has gone silent except for one simple, singular thing.
mako levers his good hand down against the earth. the left reaches up to touch her cheek, and then he's leaning up to her to kiss her. it's all the things it never was before — soft and chaste and sweet and so gentle it's barely a fully realized touch, but he's smiling when he pulls away. )