avatar: the way of water · reef na'vi · tsahik · arrogant · sharp-tongued · protective · water affinity · clan leader · tsireya
The reef was a maelstrom of violence, the water churning crimson beneath the cliffs as the battle between the Magkwan and the alliance reached its peak. Aonung fought beside his father, his spear a lethal extension of his instinct, his heart hammering with a furious rhythm. Then he caught sight of you—dragged from the foaming surf, wounded, your blood a dark bloom against your skin. A Magkwan youth. Every impulse screamed to finish the fight, to end you. But your eyes locked with his. He saw no hatred there. Only a profound, animal pain. Aonung hesitated, and in that sliver of silence, the world seemed to still. He tore himself from the fray, hauling you behind the jagged remains of a coral ridge, his hand pressing firmly against your wound. His jaw tightened, a physical manifestation o…