Fuck It. AtLAland Secret Santa Gifts
They are in the comments. There are a lot of them. Because I wrote a fuckton for this.
suzukiblu was my giftee. dark_puck and spyridona are my buddies. neldluva, crystaldrake, and banditjoeykuba are also my people. chameleon_pete and takatohedgehog got random things written for them for various reasons.
suzukiblu was my giftee. dark_puck and spyridona are my buddies. neldluva, crystaldrake, and banditjoeykuba are also my people. chameleon_pete and takatohedgehog got random things written for them for various reasons.
Part of him knew he couldn't possibly measure up to whatever Jae was measuring him against.
"When'd your father kick you out?" The earthbender asked abruptly.
"I ran away, actually."
Jae nodded. "When?"
"I was just about fifteen." Fifteen and due to go into Basic Training the next year. No way in the inferno he could have done that. Being a firebender didn't make him a killer.
Jae nodded again. "Sixteen. Disowned on top of it. At least I had a place to go - a lot of people like us don't. So you either don't love who you want, or you trade in for a shitpotfull of trouble and unpleasantness and doing what you have to do to get by."
'People like us' warmed Huan far more than it should have. He wasn't like Jae, not even a little bit. No one had cared he was gay, just that he could firebend. But it felt awful nice to pretend he belonged, to pretend he deserved the earthbender's empathy. (Deserved the earthbender's soft mouth and wicked hands. Deserved the same kind of look in the earthbender's eyes when he said the name Sang Min.)
Huan winced. "Fire men had their uses. Got me here, at least."
"Don't know how much of a blessing that is. You could pass for Fire pretty easily - they don't think the same way we do about this kind of thing."
"Could and did. Sometimes they care about who they're fucking." It wasn't really a lie that he had passed for Fire. Not really. Huan tried hard not to think of the way Jae picked fights with Fire soldiers. Better to think about how Jae's cock felt or of maybe getting worn out like that again. He liked the man, he wanted the man, and-
And Jae thought he was Earth Kingdom. Continuing to lie to him about that felt, well, it felt dangerous.
Of course, not lying to Jae about it felt even more dangerous.
Huan reached for another steamed roll and decided to wait and see. The point might be moot entirely, after all. One night of hot, crazy sex did not mean Jae was interested in him staying around any longer than necessary after breakfast. Or even ever seeing his face again.
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