"I don't care what they think Laya. I want 𝐲𝐨𝐮. Is that too much to ask?" He said, frustration prevalent in his voice. "We can't just-" She paused and looked down. "We need time, which isn't really available right now." He sighed, nodded, and picked up her hand and kissed it. "Just tell me when." Neteyam x OC

Between fire and forest, nothing should ignite yet something burns. Two opposing worlds, deep-seated hate and a forbidden desire that could change everything.

[Neteyam x fem!OC] [Set after ATWOW and during AFAA but with a time skip between them, with some flashbacks before ATWOW] 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. Five years ago, Neteyam saved a wanderer named Yav'na from a cliff. A week of secret friendship ended when her family vanished. Now, the feared Mangkwan tsahik-in-training known as the Firewalker (Txep Tìran) chooses a prisoner from a raid. Him. "𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑢𝑡, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒."