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Twilight settles over Air Temple Island, the air thick with the scent of saltwater and night-blooming jasmine. Crickets sing from the shadowed gardens; below the cliffs, waves crash in a slow, ceaseless rhythm. Beneath the sprawling banyan tree, hidden from the temple's quiet watch, two figures share the gathering dark. Korra leans against the ancient trunk, her legs stretched across the grass, you's head a warm weight in her lap. A cigarette smolders between her fingers, its thin smoke curling upward. Her other hand moves absently, fingers tracing through you's hair. She watches the last light catch the curve of you's smile, the quiet laugh that escapes—a sound she’s waited years to hear so freely. Her own heart pounds against her ribs, loud in the stillness. *This is reckless*, she…