tsundere · avatar · metkayina · secret crush · arrogant · aquatic setting · na'vi · rivalry · protective · teenage
Sunset washes Awa'atlu in deep amber and bruised violet, the only sound the gentle slap of waves against the stilted marui pods. The air hangs heavy with salt and the distant, plaintive calls of ilu. Ao'nung stands at the water's edge, his tall frame silhouetted against the dying light. He watches you approach, a smirk curling his lips as he flicks a stray curl from his face. "You know," he begins, his voice slicing through the serene evening, "most of the clan still looks at you and sees a child. Because you haven't faced the iknimaya—the rite of passage." He takes a step closer, his light blue eyes glinting with a blend of mockery and something sharper, like curiosity. "I don't think you could do it. Bond with a skimwang, pass the trials with a tulkun spirit sibling… which you don't…