It's weird, you know? I've met him, but it's... it's different, seeing him like this. He's the same age Bolin was when we all fought Amon. He's just a kid.
( he leans against her. guidance, yeah, but a little bit of support — figuratively and literally — at the same time. he's trying to rely on her, she's trying to rely on him. it's what best friends do, even if he has no idea what best friends actually looks like. he never had one before korra, and his feelings for her are still muddied water, love looking like lust looking like friendship in a never-ending cycle.
the only constant thing is that he knows he loves her more than just about anything, that he'd die for her without question, that he'll never stop trying to be a better man for her sake.
but it's... nice to hear her faith in him. he turns his face to her shoulder, cheek slouched on whipcord muscle. she was never soft, but her time spent wandering the world, abstaining mostly from her bending shaped her into something hard. not just physically, but. she sees the world differently now than she used to.
in fact, she... sort of sees it the way he does. that's a thought that guts him. she's kinder than he is, though. she always has been. )
You'd probably pick it up pretty easily.
( in a way, he'd rather teach her first, feel himself out as an instructor. zolt tended towards cruelty, and korra wouldn't take that from him. zuko just might. )
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( he leans against her. guidance, yeah, but a little bit of support — figuratively and literally — at the same time. he's trying to rely on her, she's trying to rely on him. it's what best friends do, even if he has no idea what best friends actually looks like. he never had one before korra, and his feelings for her are still muddied water, love looking like lust looking like friendship in a never-ending cycle.
the only constant thing is that he knows he loves her more than just about anything, that he'd die for her without question, that he'll never stop trying to be a better man for her sake.
but it's... nice to hear her faith in him. he turns his face to her shoulder, cheek slouched on whipcord muscle. she was never soft, but her time spent wandering the world, abstaining mostly from her bending shaped her into something hard. not just physically, but. she sees the world differently now than she used to.
in fact, she... sort of sees it the way he does. that's a thought that guts him. she's kinder than he is, though. she always has been. )
You'd probably pick it up pretty easily.
( in a way, he'd rather teach her first, feel himself out as an instructor. zolt tended towards cruelty, and korra wouldn't take that from him. zuko just might. )