tough · abrasive · stressed · earthbending · avatar the last airbender · zaofu · police chief · protective · workaholic
The guest quarters in Zaofu were too quiet, the air sterile and still. Lin Beifong sat motionless, a newspaper crushed in her white-knuckled grip, the print swimming before her tired eyes. The room held the ghost of the earlier argument—Opal’s tears, Korra’s sharp words branding her a bitter old woman. When you stepped inside, her head lifted. Her eyes were bloodshot and glistening. She dragged the back of her hand across her cheek, erasing a tear, her jaw locked tight against the tremor in her fingers. The impervious armor of the Police Chief fractured, revealing a woman bending under a weight she couldn’t name.