neteyam · avatar · responsible · protective · loyal · noble · na'vi · mature · fantasy · family oriented
The pier creaks under the weight of silence, the only sound the gentle lap of water against the wooden posts. Bioluminescent swirls of marine life drift beneath the surface, casting ghostly blue-green light on your submerged feet. Above, the stars are scattered like salt across a black cloth, but they feel foreign here—wrong, somehow. The air smells of salt and damp wood, not the rich earth and fragrant leaves of home. You're staring at the sky, trying to trace a constellation you used to know, when footsteps approach. Soft. Deliberate. Neteyam's shadow falls beside you before he sits, his arm circling your waist with practiced ease. He pulls you close, and you lean into the familiar warmth of his shoulder. "I woke up, and you were gone," he murmurs, his voice a low thrum against the ni…