Communication Has Its Perks
“Fuck!” Kya muttered, glaring at her desk with all the hate she could muster. She was finally ready to go home after a long day, but then she had to hit her knee. She quickly bent down, noting with reassurance that nothing was bruised or broken, it would just hurt like a bitch for a few minutes.
She sighed and opened her office door, just ready to go home. For once, she was the one working late. Over the past week, several officers had gotten injured and several healers were out sick. She thought back to her session with Li Meiza yesterday and softly sighed.
“So, do you have a job?” she asked.
“Yes, I work with Lin at the station. I’m the Head of the Healing Department,” Kya replied, taking a sip of the tea the therapist had offered.
“How much stress has it added to you? You have more worry lines on your face then when you came in with Lin for your first appointment.”
“It adds a lot, but I’m fine,” she said, mustering up as much nonchalance as she could.
The black haired woman let out a laugh. “Dear, keep in mind I’m a therapist. I can tell when people lie to me. Now be honest, are you okay?”
She hesitated for a moment and took a sip of tea. “No. No, I’m not okay,” she admitted in a small voice.
“Let me guess, you feel like you have to do this. You wanted a job at the station to make sure Lin doesn’t get hurt. Now, you treat it as redemption.”
She looked at Kya with a raised eyebrow. “I remember you stating in our last visit that you still feel guilt for those people you couldn’t save. By healing the officers and managing other healers, you feel like you’re atoning for that. You want to redeem yourself.”
Kya let out a sad laugh, tears gathering in her eyes. “I have to redeem myself somehow. If I don’t, then what purpose do I have living?”
“Can you think of another place where you want a job?” she asked, scribbling some more notes in her blue journal.
“I’d like to get a job at the Winter Bison. It’s run by a really friendly Southern Water Tribe woman named Ialli. The place makes me feel safe and...and it feels like home,” she admitted softly.
“Do you want to go into more detail?” she asked.
“Yeah,” she said, wiping at her eyes. “The place always smells like jasmine incense. It was Dad’s favorite smell. I would always get up early and I tried to meditate with him each morning. The smell brings me back to being a little girl, just spending time with my father. Ialli also reminds me of the South and the life I left behind there.”
“Do you feel guilt for abandoning your mother?” the therapist asked.
“Yes. Even though she encouraged me to find myself, I still feel guilt. I left everything behind to help her after Dad died. Abandoning her made me feel like I was abandoning my identity,” she said, tears rolling down her face.
The pale woman silently handed her a tissue. “You’ve made a lot of progress,” she said with a smile. “You’re being open and honest with yourself. I think you should quit your current job, it adds too much stress and makes you feel that spiral of guilt.”
“I’ll talk with Lin about it,” the dark waterbender said. “Thank you.”
“Of course dear,” she said softly.
She opened the door to the apartment. Kya walked in, too exhausted to even notice Lin making halibut stew. She just walked over to her girlfriend and buried her head into the crook of her neck.
“Hey baby,” she said, stirring the stew.
“Hi.” Kya simply held her close. “Today was shit. It’s so fucking stressful.”
“Do we need to have a serious talk?” Lin asked, noticing the change in her lover’s voice. “I won’t judge you love, I just want to support you.”
“Yes please,” she said softly.
“Hey, go sit on the couch and collect your thoughts. I’ll be there soon,” she said with a smile.
Kya nodded and walked to the couch. She sat down with a sigh and closed her eyes, desperately trying to sort through her mind. She opened her eyes when her girlfriend placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, giving her a bowl of stew.
Lin sat down on the couch next to her, picking up another bowl of stew from the coffee table that Kya hadn’t noticed before. “So, are you ready to talk?” she asked.
“Yeah, I think I am.” She took a deep breath. “I think I want to quit my job.”
“Do you want to talk about why?” Lin asked, blowing on some stew as she ate.
Kya ate some stew and looked at her girlfriend’s worried gaze. “It’s too much for me. I feel like I’m trying to make up for all the people I couldn’t save. I feel so much stress and...and it’s a burden,” she said, tears rolling down her face.
Lin placed a hand on her face and pressed a kiss to her lips. “Thank you for being honest with me. You don’t have to have this job if you don’t want to. I’ll talk with Saikhan about finding a replacement.”
“Talk with him about Erasi. He’s a new healer, but he is insanely smart. He can’t waterbend, so he understands the importance of teaching all types of healing, not just bending.”
“Sounds good.”
The two ate in comfortable silence and Kya grabbed the bowl from Lin. She walked over to the sink and began washing the dishes. She gave a soft smile as Lin walked up behind her, wrapping her hands around her waist as she dried the ceramic.
"Do you want me to take care of you tonight?” she asked, leaning up into her ear.
Kya felt her body erupt into shivers. “Please,” she whimpered.
“Good,” she said with a low growl.
Kya felt herself dripping and legs shaking as Lin growled into her ear. She let out a high pitched sigh, just waiting for Lin’s hands on her body.
“Go wait for me in the bedroom and get undressed,” she said, using that commanding voice that other officers feared but made Kya want to get on her knees and beg for her.
She quickly walked to the bedroom and stripped her clothes off as fast as she could. She sat on the edge of the bed, legs shaking with the promise of what was to come. She folded her hands and placed them in her lap, waiting with anticipation.
After an eternity, Lin walked in, fully clad in her armor. “Good girl,” she said, tilting her head up with a finger. “Now, I would normally gag you but I want to hear those pretty little sounds you make.”
Kya whimpered, causing Lin to chuckle. “Alright.” Her voice softened as she leaned into her ear. “If you get overwhelmed or need me to stop, use the safewords. Now, tell me. What’s our system?”
“Green for good, yellow for slowing down, and red to stop,” she recited perfectly. Once they had gotten into having more sex, Lin made sure they had a safeword system in place.
“Good job,” she said, tracing her face with a finger. “Now, I’m going to try something new on you tonight.”
Kya trembled with anticipation. Lin smiled and leaned in to give her a kiss. Kya threaded her hands through the short gray hair, pulling the younger woman closer to her. She pulled away briefly to let out a low moan before attacking her lips. Lin gently bit on her lower lip, causing Kya to tremble.
Lin reached down and ran a finger through her folds. “Look at how wet you are already,” she muttered into her ear, biting on her neck as Kya whimpered. “Is this all for me?”
“All for you,” she replied in a shaky voice.
“Good. If it wasn’t, I’d have to remind you of your place, you little slut.” She gently pressed Kya down onto the bed and straddled her. The difference in clothing made Kya feel vulnerable, but she loved it.
Lin sucked a line of hickies down her neck. Kya keened softly, desperately craving her girlfriend. “You’re being so sweet tonight,” she mused. “Here, you deserve to cum at least once before,” she said, standing up.
Kya trembled as Lin walked around the bed. Her girlfriend kept eye contact with her as she bent between her thighs. She pressed a gentle kiss to her inner thigh and softly bit, still gazing at her face with those beautiful green eyes.
She then licked a long stripe up her thigh until her face was right where Kya needed her. She let out a low moan as her girlfriend rolled her clit between her teeth. She lost herself in her girlfriend, allowing Lin to control her body and do what she wanted. Before long, she felt her first orgasm of the night wash over her.
Lin wiped her chin, hand shining with her cum. Maintaining eye contact, she licked her hand off, causing Kya to whimper again.
“You look so pretty like this,” she said, running her hands across her body. “You just lay there sweetly and make those pretty little noises. You’re fucking gorgeous.”
Lin pressed a soft kiss to her. Kya flinched in surprise as two cables grabbed onto her hands. “Green, you just surprised me,” she said, noticing her girlfriend’s look of concern at her flinch. She simply nodded and tied her to the bed with those cables.
“You look so pretty when you get all flustered like this,” she said, running a hand across her chest. “This blush of yours spreads far down,” she noted casually, rolling a nipple between her fingers. She pinched the bud and smirked at her moan.
“Someone’s needy tonight,” she said, running her hand across her thigh.
“Please,” Kya begged. She normally had some semblance of control over Lin, even if she was topping her, but right now she was wrapped around the police chief’s finger. She would do anything she asked.
“Please what?” she smirked, dragging her nails down her chest.
“Please, make me cum. I need you to make me yours,” she panted, eyes closed in fear of rejection.
Lin simply pressed a gentle kiss to her eyelids, forcing her to open her eyes. “You want me to make you mine?” she asked, the question sending shivers down her spine. “Your wish is my command,” she said, turning around to bend her armor off. She placed the armor to the side, keeping her hands tied up.
“Now, I got us a new toy,” she said, stripping quickly. She quickly buckled on a harness and Kya’s legs began to shake as she saw the thick dildo hanging between her thighs. She straddled Kya and gently eased the dildo into her.
Kya gasped and began grinding against her. “Please, please, please,” she muttered frantically, just needing her to take control. Lin gave her a searing kiss as she pounded the dildo into her, hands playing with her breasts.
“You’re such a good slut,” she muttered into her ear. Kya couldn’t even respond, just letting out broken moans and whimpers. Lin pounded into her, the room silent except for the wet sounds of sex and Kya’s moans.
“I can tell you’re close,” she said, leaving yet another hickey on her neck. “Cum for me,” she said, grabbing her hair to look her in the face.
Kya whimpered, feeling another orgasm crash over her. Lin pulled on her hair, the pain combined with the intensity that Lin was fucking her with, making her surrender helplessly. To her surprise, Lin continued fucking her through the orgasm, quickly drawing a third out of her. Her girlfriend grinded down on the dildo as she fucked her, drawing an orgasm out of her as well.
She panted as Lin gently laid her down on the mattress. “You’re so good for me,” she said, running a hand through her long hair. Lin bent the cables away and threw the armor into their closet with her bending.
She peppered kisses all across Kya’s face until she was coherent. “Please, fuck yourself for me,” she begged. Lin smiled and pressed a kiss to her forehead. Kya propped herself up on a pillow as her girlfriend began running her fingers across her folds.
She let out a soft whine as her fingers entered her, thumb circling her clit. She panted Kya’s name. “You were so good for me,” she said, voice cracking. “Fuck, you looked gorgeous.” Her hips began grinding down into her hand and she came, frantically moaning Kya’s name.
Kya wrapped her arms around her. The two laid in bed for a few minutes before Lin dragged them up to shower. She gently worked the shampoo into Kya’s hair, humming.
“You know, I’m proud of you,” she said, pressing a kiss to the taller woman’s cheek. “You told me that you were upset and were able to tell me why.”
Kya pulled her in for a tight hug. The women stood under the shower, letting the hot water wash away their worries. They got out and Lin grabbed a soft towel before gently drying her off. Her girlfriend hummed some random song she heard on the radio as she combed through her long hair.
“Thank you,” she said, leaning her head against her.
“You’re welcome.” The two curled up in bed, spending the rest of the evening reading and snuggling close.
“I love you,” Lin said softly.
“I love you too,” Kya said with a soft smile. The two shared a sweet kiss before turning back to their respective books, leaning against each other.