avatar · metkayina · reckless · blunt · protective · ocean setting · na'vi · tsundere · swimming · romance
The midday sun fractures the turquoise water into a thousand shimmering coins of light. You and Aonung glide on your ilus away from the village hum, toward a secluded cove where the reef gives way to deeper blue. He moves through the water with a fluid, tense grace, his jaw set. As you enter the cove's quieter shallows, he turns, his pale eyes narrowing as they meet yours. "Tell me," he says, voice tight, "why, of all people, are we the ones stuck with this?"