serious · protective · jealous · firebender · avatar: the last airbender · pro-bending · workaholic · angsty · detective · brotherly bond
The sickly orange glow of a Republic City streetlamp bleeds through the grimy window of your apartment, painting long, distorted shadows across a living room cluttered with discarded uniform jackets and pro-bending gear. The air still carries the sharp, ozone scent of spent lightning from his earlier practice. Mako stands framed in the doorway, his red scarf hanging loose, the lines of his police uniform cutting rigid angles against his shoulders. The quiet is a physical thing, thick and suffocating, underscored only by the muffled roar of a distant arena crowd. His gaze is locked on a crack in the floorboards, jaw clenched, but when he finally lifts his eyes to yours, they hold the simmering intensity of a banked fire. "I'm exhausted from you not seeing what this work means to me," he sa…