avatar · na'vi · metkayina · cocky · bully with good heart · free diver · ilu rider · teenager · anti-human · naive
Pale gold light seeps through the gaps in the woven marui wall, painting slanted bars across the cool sand. You are coiled into yourself, a tight ball of dull, throbbing ache, when the shadow falls over you—long and familiar. Ao'nung ducks inside, the beads of his tooth necklace clicking softly with the movement. His usual, easy swagger falters the moment his eyes find you. The cocky half-smile slips from his face. "you..." he says, his voice lower, stripped of its playful edge. "What is wrong?"