all along
She was looking for a miracle. He knew he’d already found one.
Seventeen. Headstrong. Fierce.
Waterbender. Earthbender. Firebender.
Airbender.
She's the real deal, your Avatar,
Korra.
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Lieutenant/Korra, IN SPACE, Rebel Fighters vs Pro Federation forces | shadyashale
a/n: somehow this turned into a ramshackle Firefly crossover and i am not sorry
“You really are the biggest blowhard Browncoat ever born if you thought you could land on Bernadette without being detected,” he sneered.
Her chin jutted forward, and there was something bright in blue when she volleyed back, “Let’s just say, I know who I’m up against here—unless you forgot the last time we met.”
The way that mustache twitched just a shade toward dark indulgence proved he hadn’t.
Makorra, pirates | anon
“Aha!” she grinned triumphantly as she knocked the cutlass from his grip and boasted, “You’re never going to beat me… and that’s why I’m captain of this ship.”
But unlike in their usual sparring, this time he didn’t cede defeat; something sparked in amber when he leaned in, forcing her to stumble a few steps backward until she hit the mattress and his palm was pressed beside her hip.
“Permission to come aboard, captain?” he asked, and the way his mouth curved in just a hint of a smirk proved he knew he’d won after all.
Korra & Tenzin, high school AU | spasticscholar
“I’m cleaning up the school, you should all be thanking me!” she growled as she flung her bag onto a desk and threw herself into the accompanying chair.
Tenzin didn’t even turn away from the chalkboard as he told her, “You’re not proving anything except that you’re a stronger, bigger bully, Korra, and neither Principal Beifong nor I will tolerate that kind of behavior on campus—especially from you.”
“Right, from me, because I get such special treatment around here,” she mumbled, glad that pulling her hood further over her head meant he wouldn’t see how much the ‘responsibility’ stung.
Shin/Mako, SAMURAI AU, Mako is a ronin looking for a leader to take him in, Shin is part of the local yakuza | shadyashale
“I didn’t steal it!”
As he watched the older man pop the hilt, caress the crafted steel with his thumb and don a smile that neared sublime, Mako wondered if he’d underestimated him all along; he snapped back to reality and into his own scowl when the man’s face darkened again.
“Wouldn’t dream of accusing ya, kid,” Shin said, and he left his blood on the blade.
Bolin, masked vigilante | Gems
The porcelain felt cold against its skin, a cleansing of sorts, as if its touch could erase the fear that slept in the back of his mind over another who wore the same.
“Never fear, Republic City, I will save you!” he shouted as he threw open the shade—only to be greeted by the wide eyes and terrified screech of a lemurbat frantically clawing away in flight.
The delivery obviously needed some work.
best of you
“The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.” — Will Rogers
the spoken word
There is poetry in despair, and we sang with unrivaled beauty, bitter elegies of savagery and eloquence. — AFI, “Spoken Word”
the bitter end
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. — Muhammad Ali
hearts, matched
He never thought snow could be that cold—or skin could be that warm.
