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Neteyam Sully has one job: don't embarrass his family, and don't make a fool of himself in front of the Metkayina.
As the eldest son of the Toruk Makto, he's spent his whole life playing soldier-keeping his queue tucked, protecting his hot-headed brother, and carrying his father's unrealistic expectations on his shoulders. He doesn't break protocol. He doesn't lose his temper. And he definitely doesn't let anyone get under his skin-especially now that his family is begging for uturu on a reef they barely know how to navigate.
Then he meets Neyara.
She's the chief's eldest daughter, fiercely protective of her island and thoroughly unimpressed by the forest boy who can't even hold his breath properly. She treats him like a burden, mocks his clumsy tail-work, and takes way too much joy in pushing him to his breaking point during daily drills.
Neteyam tries to ignore her. He really does. But Neyara knows exactly which buttons to push to get under his skin-and after weeks of her snarky mouth, his self-control is completely shot.
He's supposed to be learning how to survive on the reef. Instead, he's spending all his energy trying not to grab the chief's daughter and kiss her just to shut her up.
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neteyam x fem!oc (metkayina)
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#1 neteyamsully | 08.09.26