Chapter 1: The Forest

"I can't stay away from you.." Neteyam's voice was barely above a whisper, his hand reaching up to caress my cheek.

I met his gaze, looking up at him through my eyelashes. My stomach flipped at the feeling of his hand against my skin, but I couldn't let myself linger in it for too long.

"You don't even try," I mumble, taking a step back from him.

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Nyla, an unknown forest Na'vi who washed up on the Awa'atlu beach when she was a child, struggles to balance the responsibilities put on her by her adopted clan and the yearning she feels for a particular Ometikayan boy.

(May or may not follow the movie & eventual smut.)