When We Were Young 5

She let him hold her because it made him feel better, it made him feel like she was safe, though they both knew that day after day was one risk on top of another. It was an easy price for a young lieutenant to pay to keep her city safe. It was a hard one for the Avatar's youngest son.

Headcanon:

This is one reason they eventually drifted apart. He utterly loves her but knows she won't give up her work and it kills him with worry that one day she won't come back.

_{Tenzin & Lin BeiFong©Legend of Korra}

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