You were never supposed to look at me like that. And I was never supposed to want it.

Characters are aged up: Neteyam 21 Le'iwa 20 Loak 19 Jake passed the title to Neteyam, who still doesn't have a mate. Loak finds an injured navi girl and they bring her to the village. Neteyam is hyperfocused on being the leader - being the best for his people. He doesn't want any distractions... or does he? Tension~

"𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔳𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢" ∘₊✧─────✧₊∘ Neteyam and Ri'nela grew up tearing each other apart. Every fight left scars. Every glance carried tension. Every encounter ended in hatred. But somewhere between war, jealousy, and stolen moments in the dark, their rivalry becomes something far more dangerous. Because the line between hate and desire was never as clear as they thought. ∘₊✧─────✧₊∘ All characters belong to James Cameron except mine #1 avatarthewayofwater | 24/04/26-27/04/26

"I love him." She admits. "But I love you," He utters. Aylira has never felt like a normal girl among others. As a skilled warrior she was always more advanced than others. She believes it is impossible for her to find someone who will truly see her for her. A warrior of the sea amongst others struggling to fulfill things, Aylira must help others, herself and figure out everything about her new love life... Tho watching from afar, Aonung has always liked her since childhood. From diving with her or practicing archery together he has always been dazed by her and her abilities. But when suddenly a newcomer arrives to their clan to learn their ways, he feels defensive of her. The eldest of the Sully children was star struck when he saw Aylira minutes after arriving. His only problem is trying to get to know her with her supposed 'friend' in the way. With his growing attraction he realizes he must step up his game seeing her with Aonung. So after many years of Aonung watching her from a distant and Neteyams now interest in her, they must both start moving when they see they both have a liking towards her.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞... 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞." 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝? 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞.... 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞... 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦 x 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐨𝐜 *𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑* 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧,𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐂,𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐨.

"Ke'leha?" Ke'leha's breath hitched. For a moment, the rage between them seemed to vanish, replaced by the ghosts of two children. She looked up at him, her gaze finally focusing past her rage. She saw the way his eyes, those glowing embers, searched hers with a desperate, familiar kindness. She tilted her head to the side. "Neteyam?" she whispered, the name sounding foreign and heavy on her tongue. His grip loosened completely, his weight standing from her body. "You're... You're alive?" Ke'leha stood right after, her hand clutching her side. "Why do you have to ruin everything?" she hissed, leaning back against a rock to catch her breath. Neteyam looked at her, to the burn marks that were now visible beneath the smudged paint, to the way her shoulder bled from his arrow, to her face that he couldn't recognise. "You're alive." he stated again, grabbing his broken bow and sitting down on his heels on another rock. The silence that followed was heavier than the humid air of the ravine. ~~~ Ashes and Absence' takes place in the world of Avatar, but diverges from the canon storyline. While it borrows elements from the original setting, it follows its own path and focuses primarily on the journey of the Original Character (Ke'leha). Notes: This story explores an enemies-to-lovers dynamic between the two characters presented. Canon characters are portrayed with minor to major deviations. Content Warning: This fic is intended for mature audiences and may contain gore, smut, depictions of war, and other sensitive themes. Specific trigger warnings (TW) will be provided at the beginning of each relevant chapter, or scene. ⏾ Art Credit: The artwork used for this story's cover belongs entirely to its original artist. All rights are reserved by them. Please do not use, repost, or edit the artwork without the artist's explicit permission. Artist: @anna4uxa on Tiktok.

𝓝𝓔𝓣𝓔𝓨𝓐𝓜 𝓧 𝓨𝓞𝓤 𝓧 𝓐𝓞𝓝𝓤𝓝𝓖 "𝐼 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊." ────୨ৎ─────୨ৎ─────୨ৎ──── 𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐀, the older sister of Rotxo, has always dreamed of seeing the world beyond her home. She has always been close to 𝐀𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐍𝐆 - her best friend of 17 years - but begins to feel more for him than just friendship. Something almost like... love? But when 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐘𝐀𝐌 arrives, the eldest son of Toruk Makto, everything changes. Her feelings for him begin to grow. Now she's stuck between what she's always known and what she's just began to feel. Will she choose Aonung or Neteyam? ────୨ৎ─────୨ৎ─────୨ৎ──── HEADS UP! - I own the OC/character : 𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐀. - I made the whole plot of each chapter myself. - Inspiration is completely fine but credit is respected. - Not first language English. Thank you!

She became human to stay alive. He found a reason to stay alive. "𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏, 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏." "𝑰 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚." "𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔... 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏." On Pandora, love can fade under duty and war, but on Earth, some bonds find their way back. ·······⋆༺𓆩❀𓆪༻⋆······· 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐘𝐀𝐌 𝐗 𝐎𝐂 DISCLAIMER: smut, strong language [Does not follow ATWOW storyline} I do not own the Avatar franchise or any of the characters. Only my own characters are mine. Credit for everything else goes to the Avatar team, James Cameron and the actors. NOTE: This is my second novel, so it is not very good. Expect it to be a bit cringe and weird. Please read the first part "Blue looks good on You💙" before coming to this story. Hi guys! This is just a delulu fanfic of avatar. Please give it a chance and I'm so grateful that you're here! 😊 ·······⋆༺𓆩❀𓆪༻⋆······· © All rights reserved.