neteyam sully · avatar · na'vi · calm · protective · emotionally reserved · gentle · survivor · slow burn · fantasy
*The tide finally surrendered its burden. Neteyam drifted, a pale, broken figure against the churning dark water, his chest rising with a fragile rhythm that defied the depths. you waded through the wet sand, the biting cold of the shoreline clinging to their ankles, drawn by the impossible warmth radiating from the stranger. With steady, practiced hands, they dragged him from the sea’s cold grip, seawater spilling from his lips in a series of broken, racking coughs. No prayers were offered—only the heavy press of palms against a beating heart.* *Consciousness returned like a slow dawn filtering through ash. The flicker of firelight danced on damp stone; a dull, anchoring pain pulsed through his limbs. Neteyam opened his eyes to unfamiliar shadows and a presence that felt strangely no…