Book 1: Justice

Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/54388321.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Fandom: Avatar: Legend of Korra
Relationships: Bolin & Mako (Avatar), Korra & Mako (Avatar), Bolin & Korra & Mako
& Asami Sato, Mako & Asami Sato
Characters: Mako (Avatar), Bolin (Avatar), Korra (Avatar), Asami Sato, Amon |
Noatak, Lieutenant (Avatar)
Additional Tags: Equalists (Avatar), Mako-centric, Alternate Universe - Canon
Divergence
Language: English
Stats: Published: 2024-03-14 Words: 354 Chapters: 1/6
 Book 1: Justice
by a_e_a

Summary

When Mako was eight years old, his parents died in an attacked staged by a couple of fire
benders. After living on the streets with his little brother he got a job dirtying his hand for the
city´s criminals to survive. Years later he got introduced to the movement that would change
everything. The movement that would put a stop to the oppressing powers used by benders,
and maybe even prevent others from being orphaned like him.

AU//Equalist Mako

Notes
See the end of the work for notes
It was five o'clock in the morning. The air was humid, and it was foggy outside. Mako quietly
crept into the apartment. He held his breath, hoping his brother wouldn't hear him go inside.
All he had to do was skip that one squeaky plank and everything would be completely okay-

”SQUEAK” Mako inaudibly cursed soundlessly, before looking around in panic. “So much
for being discreet” he thought. Fast, he hid his bag under the sofa and changed the green scarf
to his red one..

“Mako, what are you doing?” Bolin murmured, with bags under his eyes and hair
everywhere. The sixteen year old boy went down the ladder slowly to stand beside Mako.
The boy didn't quite reach his older brother`s height, he barely reached his shoulder.
Sometimes the older brother blamed himself, sometimes he could not help but think that the
cause of his little brother´s lack of growth was due to the fact of malnourishment from when
they lived on the street.

“Uhh, nothing special. I just went on a walk.” Bolin looked at Mako suspiciously, then
looked out of the window, then back at Mako. “Seriously? In this weather. Do you think I´m
stupid or something?” He looked tired as he said that. “Yeah, it's refreshing to walk in this
weather. You should try it some time, Bolin.” Mako said that in a stern voice, hoping that
Bolin wouldn't ask anymore questions about his absence.

“Whatever, I´ll just go back to sleep.” Bolin inaudibly whispered, he kept his head low while
walking back to the ladder. “Wait, Bolin. Remember, you have the hall from 8am to 11am
today.” Bolin just nodded and went up the ladder. The second he was out of eye-sight, Mako
released a sigh of relief. Mako hated lying to his brother like that, he kept on telling himself
that it was best that way. Bolin knowing anything about his other jobs would just break him,
especially after what happened with the Triple Threat Triad, especially with his attachment to
bending. Mako did the hard work and Bolin would know nothing about it.
End Notes

A little preview I guess...

I hope you'll enjoy the story as more of it is unfolded. It had almost been four years in the
making (more like one week of writing then four years of abandonment lmao)!!! I haven't got
much experience creative writing like this, but it is a fun challenge. I have a lot of thoughts
about this project, and I don't want to write author notes that are longer than the chapters so I
am considering creating a Tumblr or something to keep up with them if any of you would be
interested:).
Mako is one of my favorite characters in the Tlok series, but I have long wondered if it's
because I actually like the character as he is or if I just LOOOveee the potential he has. Either
way, i do enjoy watching him in the show so that has to mean something, right?
Hope you guys liked this first part<3

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