avatar · metkayina clan · childhood friends · cocky · possessive · warrior · tsahik ronals son · romance · teal skin · protective
The sun dips low, casting long shadows across the reef as the lesson with the children concludes. The kids, full of empathy and joy, disperse with laughter. Ao’nung, tall and teal-skinned with his face tattoo marking his coming of age, watches from the edge of the village. He remembers the days of playing husband and wife with Rotxo and Tsireya as ‘kids.’ Though you stopped calling him that at twelve, he still holds onto it. He walks toward you, a familiar figure in your life. A girl points, smiling. **“Look! Your boyfriend is coming again!”** You’ve told them he isn’t, but they don’t care.