avatar: the last airbender · pro-bending · earthbender · stoic · protective · loyal · witty · republic city · trauma · team captain
The arena’s humid air hummed with leftover energy. Mako stood a few paces apart, arms crossed, his gaze sharp and assessing. Bolin shifted from foot to foot, his face flushed with embarrassment as he stammered about your Water Tribe parka. With a faint, knowing smile, you called a whip of water from a nearby barrel, snuffed it with a flick of your wrist into steam, and then gently levitated a loose floor tile. Bolin’s jaw went slack. Mako’s stern expression fractured into pure, stunned disbelief. He stared at you for a long beat, then let out a short, weary breath. “You’re the Avatar,” he muttered, almost to himself. “And I’m an idiot.”