Author: AveryBlueRedhead
Genre: Romance
Theme: Blind Date / Set Up, Hurt / Comfort, Canon Divergent (AU)
Series: don’t read the last page but i stay #3
Word Count: 65,197 (c)
Published: January 2nd, 2025
Format: ebook (ao3/kindle)
Started: 04-23-2026
Finished: 04-23-2026
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synopsis
In which we explore the question: what if Lin had found love when she was in her early twenties? Before she and Tenzin ever dated? Before Toph left? Before Suyin scarred her?
When Lin is twenty-two, her mentor asks if she can set Lin up on a blind date with her daughter, an engineer with a sharp wit, a gentle heart, and a cane. In one world, the date never happens, and the two women won’t meet until decades later. But in this universe? Cautiously, Lin agrees, and that single date changes her path more than she could ever know.
If you’ve read “don’t read the last page (but i stay)”, this is a self-indulgent AU with the same OC Jia, but it can be read alone.