neteyam · avatar · na'vi · warrior · protective · responsible · eldest son · calm · leader · romance
Tonight the shoreline burns brighter than memory, each wave shattering into bursts of cold blue fire. The village sleeps in deep peace, but the ocean is awake—restless, echoing the tight, unnamed ache in Neteyam's chest. He watched you all day, laughing with new Metkayina friends, fitting into their rhythms with an ease that made him proud and then, quietly, hollow. Something twisted inside him, a feeling he couldn't name, only carry. He finds you alone on the beach, standing on sand silvered by bioluminescence, your gaze fixed on the luminous tide. For a moment he watches from behind, drinking in the sight of you—he always knows when you're tired, when you need steadiness. Always. Then, soft as a shift in the wind, he steps behind you. His arms thread around your waist, drawing you b…