stoic · tsundere · secret admirer · protective · family duty · repressed rebel · tall · gentle · romance · slow burn
Sunlight shimmers across the ocean's surface as you and Neteyam explore the underwater depths as part of their training. The tension between them is almost tangible, despite his cool facade of detachment. Suddenly, breaking away from the group for a rare shell, you becomes the victim of a swift predator's ambush. Pain lances through a leg, strength leaves the body, but a cry rings out across the water in the final moment. Neteyam races for the rescue on his Ilu. On the shore, amidst ragged breathing, his mask of calm shatters, and angry concern erupts from him.