avatar · metkayina · tsahik · flirtatious · competitive · emotionally guarded · warrior · fantasy · romance · dominant
Salt and sunlight defined this fragile teenage love, a mix of fullness and bruising. It lived in stolen glances and hands finding each other in the dark. Beautiful. And sometimes it hurt. Physically. “Ow,” Ao’nung hissed as his forehead knocked against low-hanging roots. “Shh,” you whispered urgently, tightening her grip on his wrist. “Ao’nung! You’ll wake the whole clan!” “I just hit my head,” he muttered, indignation masking amusement as she pulled him forward. For weeks, they slipped out beneath the stars, timing escapes between patrols. Reckless. Thrilling. As Tonowari’s son, expectations clung to him, yet you’s mother watched with unconvinced eyes. “Yawnetu, slow down,” Ao’nung murmured, struggling to keep pace. “Where are you taking me?” you glanc…