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het_reccersFandom Category: Avatar: The Legend of Korra
Pairing: Korra/Mako
Fic Title: The Heart Is A Lonely Warrior
Author: lncognito
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/377846
Rating/Warning(s): teen
Genre: action/adventure, romance/drama
WIP?: no
Why This Must Be Read: Insta-rec! So, this series has only premiered online, with only the first two eps, but already this ship is sailing with awesome artwork and fics. I ship it with the passion that is slightly disconcerting. Anyway, this is my favorite Mako/Korra story I've read thus far. It's about 11k, and has fantastic voices and character development. The evolution of Korra/Mako's relationship in the wake of Bolin getting kidnapped by Equalist showcases a great journey. Lovely dialogue, great character moments, and it's all wonderfully written.
Read it, if you like this pairing! And if you haven't already seen the first two eps of this show online, where have you been? Watch it already!
This time it is Korra who rises with the sun. The first thing she thinks of is him and nothing else. When she puts on her clothes she wonders if he will talk to her today, if he will emote in some way—or if he will just diligently walk behind her like usual.
Every day she is learning something new about him and each new thing is somehow important. For one thing, he never leaves out his toothpaste; as soon as he uses it he screws the top back on and slips the tube inside the cloth bag he keeps all his grooming products in. He’s fussy about his sleeping bag too. At night, the corner has to be neatly folded away before he can enter. He is fastidious with almost everything he does, including how he sets out his clothes; they must be neatly pressed or folded and ordered in importance of what he will put on first: underwear, socks, undershirt, trousers, outershirt, jacket, belt, boots, and gloves.
She begins to wonder if the fact that she notices all these little habits of his is merely a mark of her obsession or infatuation—or something else altogether?
Forgoing these thoughts, she decides to take a bath. Their camp is next to a river, so she ambles her way down, stripping as she goes. The water is cold—point of fact, it’s freezing. She uses fire to heat the space around her. By manipulating both fire and water she is able to quickly raise the temperature to a comfortable degree. The soap is out of her reach and she’s feeling exceptionally lazy, so she bends the hard sand of the beach to lift the soap to her palm. As she begins to wash, she ponders the concept of the four elements—earth, fire, water, air—they are all essential for survival. And though the body craves all four, the spirit requires more. Companionship. Family.
She has never been able to identify with the spiritual side of things. And though her past lives have experienced the aching pain of loss, she has not. Korra finds herself wanting to learn more, to understand that an emotion like grief is forever. It’s not something that simply goes away; it becomes a part of you. As the Avatar she needs to accept Mako’s pain for what it is, but to also help him understand how to move past it.
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t expect you here so early.”
Korra’s thoughts are disturbed by the familiar voice and she turns on instinct.
“That’s okay. I was just—”
Her eyes are met with a most unaccustomed sight: Mako is standing on the beach in nothing but a towel.
Korra eyes blink wide open.
Pairing: Korra/Mako
Fic Title: The Heart Is A Lonely Warrior
Author: lncognito
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/377846
Rating/Warning(s): teen
Genre: action/adventure, romance/drama
WIP?: no
Why This Must Be Read: Insta-rec! So, this series has only premiered online, with only the first two eps, but already this ship is sailing with awesome artwork and fics. I ship it with the passion that is slightly disconcerting. Anyway, this is my favorite Mako/Korra story I've read thus far. It's about 11k, and has fantastic voices and character development. The evolution of Korra/Mako's relationship in the wake of Bolin getting kidnapped by Equalist showcases a great journey. Lovely dialogue, great character moments, and it's all wonderfully written.
Read it, if you like this pairing! And if you haven't already seen the first two eps of this show online, where have you been? Watch it already!
This time it is Korra who rises with the sun. The first thing she thinks of is him and nothing else. When she puts on her clothes she wonders if he will talk to her today, if he will emote in some way—or if he will just diligently walk behind her like usual.
Every day she is learning something new about him and each new thing is somehow important. For one thing, he never leaves out his toothpaste; as soon as he uses it he screws the top back on and slips the tube inside the cloth bag he keeps all his grooming products in. He’s fussy about his sleeping bag too. At night, the corner has to be neatly folded away before he can enter. He is fastidious with almost everything he does, including how he sets out his clothes; they must be neatly pressed or folded and ordered in importance of what he will put on first: underwear, socks, undershirt, trousers, outershirt, jacket, belt, boots, and gloves.
She begins to wonder if the fact that she notices all these little habits of his is merely a mark of her obsession or infatuation—or something else altogether?
Forgoing these thoughts, she decides to take a bath. Their camp is next to a river, so she ambles her way down, stripping as she goes. The water is cold—point of fact, it’s freezing. She uses fire to heat the space around her. By manipulating both fire and water she is able to quickly raise the temperature to a comfortable degree. The soap is out of her reach and she’s feeling exceptionally lazy, so she bends the hard sand of the beach to lift the soap to her palm. As she begins to wash, she ponders the concept of the four elements—earth, fire, water, air—they are all essential for survival. And though the body craves all four, the spirit requires more. Companionship. Family.
She has never been able to identify with the spiritual side of things. And though her past lives have experienced the aching pain of loss, she has not. Korra finds herself wanting to learn more, to understand that an emotion like grief is forever. It’s not something that simply goes away; it becomes a part of you. As the Avatar she needs to accept Mako’s pain for what it is, but to also help him understand how to move past it.
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t expect you here so early.”
Korra’s thoughts are disturbed by the familiar voice and she turns on instinct.
“That’s okay. I was just—”
Her eyes are met with a most unaccustomed sight: Mako is standing on the beach in nothing but a towel.
Korra eyes blink wide open.
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