( all non-essential systems just. shut down. mako goes into auxiliary power mode, where his heart beats and his lungs inflate and all the goopy, squishy organs inside his body sluice blood through the meat of him but he's not. home. for a split second.
dick grayson.
he knows the name, he knows the implication. what he doesn't know is the why. he was never going to get that close on his own, because even if he'd guessed that bruce wayne — one of asami's biggest rivals after varrick — was letting his son run around at night capture criminals, he wouldn't have put it together.
and dick seals it with a kiss against his cheek, a spot that feels firebender-hot now to the touch, and mako just. rubs. at it. a little more softly than he might had it been anyone else. because dick just handed him the keys to the kingdom, really. he has everything he needs to march up to wayne manor, kick the door in and handcuff him, drag him out into the street and to the station without so much as a by-your-leave. he knows he's an airbender, and how to counter that.
(chains. you have to put them in chains.)
his brain circles back around to the earlier criteria of date.
then, almost in an accusatory tone, strangled and a little. high-pitched. )
You were serious about that date thing.
( all signs say yes. mako's love life has only three speeds: people throwing themselves at him, people ignoring him, or people hating him after he inevitably fucks it all up. he hasn't quite worked out the whole... attraction thing, because mostly he just crushes hard on people he can't have and that's the end of it. )
Why?
( as if he isn't sure if he should be questioning dick's taste or his sanity. it's so bizarre. bruce wayne's sons could have anyone. this is the thing that feels like a trick, to him. )
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dick grayson.
he knows the name, he knows the implication. what he doesn't know is the why. he was never going to get that close on his own, because even if he'd guessed that bruce wayne — one of asami's biggest rivals after varrick — was letting his son run around at night capture criminals, he wouldn't have put it together.
and dick seals it with a kiss against his cheek, a spot that feels firebender-hot now to the touch, and mako just. rubs. at it. a little more softly than he might had it been anyone else. because dick just handed him the keys to the kingdom, really. he has everything he needs to march up to wayne manor, kick the door in and handcuff him, drag him out into the street and to the station without so much as a by-your-leave. he knows he's an airbender, and how to counter that.
(chains. you have to put them in chains.)
his brain circles back around to the earlier criteria of date.
then, almost in an accusatory tone, strangled and a little. high-pitched. )
You were serious about that date thing.
( all signs say yes. mako's love life has only three speeds: people throwing themselves at him, people ignoring him, or people hating him after he inevitably fucks it all up. he hasn't quite worked out the whole... attraction thing, because mostly he just crushes hard on people he can't have and that's the end of it. )
Why?
( as if he isn't sure if he should be questioning dick's taste or his sanity. it's so bizarre. bruce wayne's sons could have anyone. this is the thing that feels like a trick, to him. )