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[Legend of Korra] where's the man could ease a heart like a satin gown? (Lin and Suyin gen)
Title: where's the man could ease a heart like a satin gown?
Fandom: Legend of Korra
Length: 614 words
Prompt: fandom_stocking forstarlit_purple
Pairing: Lin and Suyin gen
Other: Set at the end of S4.
Excerpt: When Suyin walked into the police station, a hush fell over the assembled officers. She had not been inside even once since her exile, but there was no doubting who she was, with the family resemblance. She kept walking, her feet clicking on the tiled floor, until she reached Lin's office, and she opened the door without knocking. She shut it behind her.
When Suyin walked into the police station, a hush fell over the assembled officers. She had not been inside even once since her exile, but there was no doubting who she was, with the family resemblance. She kept walking, her feet clicking on the tiled floor, until she reached Lin's office, and she opened the door without knocking. She shut it behind her.
Lin looked up from the paperwork she was signing and her brow creased with worry. She was on her feet so fast that the chair fell over behind her, and she didn't bother to steady it.
"What's wrong?" she said.
Suyin held up her hands. "Whoa, whoa. Who says there's something wrong?"
"You're here. In my office," Lin said, as if it were obvious.
"I'm not reporting a crime!" Suyin said. "Except for your wardrobe. What do you wear when you're not working?"
"Why were you in my closet?" Lin countered. They stood and stared at each other for a long moment, neither of them willing to back down.
"The wedding," Suyin said. "I came to Republic City to buy a nice dress to wear for Varrick and Zhu Li's wedding, and I stopped by your apartment since I was in town."
She ducked her head a little and for a moment Lin saw the little girl that her sister had been thirty years ago when she was trying to get away with something. It didn't matter that there was iron gray in her hair now -- some things never changed.
"You knew I wouldn't be there," Lin pointed out. She hadn't worked the night shift regularly for years. She mostly did days and afternoons. It helped that she could set the schedule.
"Yes, I did!" Su finally admitted. She rolled her eyes and fluffed her hair a little. "I know how you are, Lin, I knew you wouldn't have anything nice to wear."
"I was going to wear my uniform," Lin said. It seemed like an obvious choice to her. It was a nice uniform, especially if she polished it up a bit, and plenty formal enough if she wore the full kit.
"You have nothing in your closet except tank tops and loose pants and spare uniforms. Don't you ever go out? Don't you ever dress up?"
"I have a uniform," Lin said, speaking slowly as if Su wasn't understanding her.
"Let's go shopping!" Su said. She smiled. "You and me. Come on, it will be fun."
"It will not be fun," Lin said, but Su didn't move; she knew better. Lin sighed. She was trying to figure out how to have a family again. This was probably part of it. If someone reached out, she was supposed to take their hand. At least, not pry it off.
"I don't want something too... dressy," she said. "No frills. Something simple."
"We can do that," Su said, and Lin smiled, just a little.
"I'm going to tell the officer on duty we're investigating a possible fraud charge," Lin said. That seemed marginally easier than explaining that she was going to leave work early to go clothes shopping. Su did not seem to mind. She grinned.
"The prices in the clothing district are practically fraud," she said.
"Why do you think I never go shopping?" Lin asked rhetorically, but she followed her sister out of her office. The hushed police station immediately resumed their previous activities, possibly a little louder, when Lin appeared, and the nosiest sergeant startled when she grabbed him because of his convenient nearness and told him she was leaving.
Then she followed Suyin out into the streets of her city, and her heart felt light.
Fandom: Legend of Korra
Length: 614 words
Prompt: fandom_stocking for
starlit_purplePairing: Lin and Suyin gen
Other: Set at the end of S4.
Excerpt: When Suyin walked into the police station, a hush fell over the assembled officers. She had not been inside even once since her exile, but there was no doubting who she was, with the family resemblance. She kept walking, her feet clicking on the tiled floor, until she reached Lin's office, and she opened the door without knocking. She shut it behind her.
When Suyin walked into the police station, a hush fell over the assembled officers. She had not been inside even once since her exile, but there was no doubting who she was, with the family resemblance. She kept walking, her feet clicking on the tiled floor, until she reached Lin's office, and she opened the door without knocking. She shut it behind her.
Lin looked up from the paperwork she was signing and her brow creased with worry. She was on her feet so fast that the chair fell over behind her, and she didn't bother to steady it.
"What's wrong?" she said.
Suyin held up her hands. "Whoa, whoa. Who says there's something wrong?"
"You're here. In my office," Lin said, as if it were obvious.
"I'm not reporting a crime!" Suyin said. "Except for your wardrobe. What do you wear when you're not working?"
"Why were you in my closet?" Lin countered. They stood and stared at each other for a long moment, neither of them willing to back down.
"The wedding," Suyin said. "I came to Republic City to buy a nice dress to wear for Varrick and Zhu Li's wedding, and I stopped by your apartment since I was in town."
She ducked her head a little and for a moment Lin saw the little girl that her sister had been thirty years ago when she was trying to get away with something. It didn't matter that there was iron gray in her hair now -- some things never changed.
"You knew I wouldn't be there," Lin pointed out. She hadn't worked the night shift regularly for years. She mostly did days and afternoons. It helped that she could set the schedule.
"Yes, I did!" Su finally admitted. She rolled her eyes and fluffed her hair a little. "I know how you are, Lin, I knew you wouldn't have anything nice to wear."
"I was going to wear my uniform," Lin said. It seemed like an obvious choice to her. It was a nice uniform, especially if she polished it up a bit, and plenty formal enough if she wore the full kit.
"You have nothing in your closet except tank tops and loose pants and spare uniforms. Don't you ever go out? Don't you ever dress up?"
"I have a uniform," Lin said, speaking slowly as if Su wasn't understanding her.
"Let's go shopping!" Su said. She smiled. "You and me. Come on, it will be fun."
"It will not be fun," Lin said, but Su didn't move; she knew better. Lin sighed. She was trying to figure out how to have a family again. This was probably part of it. If someone reached out, she was supposed to take their hand. At least, not pry it off.
"I don't want something too... dressy," she said. "No frills. Something simple."
"We can do that," Su said, and Lin smiled, just a little.
"I'm going to tell the officer on duty we're investigating a possible fraud charge," Lin said. That seemed marginally easier than explaining that she was going to leave work early to go clothes shopping. Su did not seem to mind. She grinned.
"The prices in the clothing district are practically fraud," she said.
"Why do you think I never go shopping?" Lin asked rhetorically, but she followed her sister out of her office. The hushed police station immediately resumed their previous activities, possibly a little louder, when Lin appeared, and the nosiest sergeant startled when she grabbed him because of his convenient nearness and told him she was leaving.
Then she followed Suyin out into the streets of her city, and her heart felt light.