💙𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚢𝚊𝚖 / 𝙻𝚘'𝚊𝚔 𝙾𝙽𝙴𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚃𝚂 💙

Neteyam x Reader - EDITED

ℝ𝔼ℚ𝕌𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕊 𝔸ℝ𝔼 𝔸𝕃𝕃𝕆𝕎𝔼𝔻 𝕋𝕆 𝔹𝔼 ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔼𝔻 𝕆ℕ 𝔸𝕃𝕃 ℂℍ𝔸ℙ𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕊

𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛

"Hey F/N!" Your boyfriend Neteyam called out to you happily. You flinched at the use of the name, you loathed it. You despised everything about it. You turned to him "Hey Neteyam. Are you ok?" You replied, masking your discomfort "Yeah I'm good thanks, are you?" He smiled. You nodded "Yeah I'm good thanks" you said unconvincingly "Are you sure? You know you can tell me anything" Neteyam told you encouragingly "Yeah, I know. Thanks" you said distantly "No problem baby" he smiled, leaning down and pressing a kiss onto your forehead "I love you" he said lovingly. You smiled at him
"Love you too" you replied more genuine and happily. He looked at you fondly "my little princess" he joked. You fake laughed. If only he knew how much it pained you "Haha yeah" you laughed, obviously fake, before awkwardly walking away from him. He stay still, looking straight where you walked away in confusion. Tsireya walked up to him and grabbed his arm lightly "Neteyam, are you ok?" She asked in concern "I... Somethings wrong with F/N. And she won't tell me what" he answered, his voice filled with sadness and concern "What makes you think something is wrong with her?" She questioned softly "Well, she flinched whenever I said her name. Then she ran away after I called her a princess" he told her with a sigh. Tsireya pondered "Well, maybe you should just sit down with her and talk it out. Maybe she's got a lot of emotional baggage. Like, what do sky people call it? Therapy!" She suggested. Neteyam nodded "That's not a bad idea! Thanks Tsireya!" He said loudly with an inspired smiled "You're welcome Neteyam" Tsireya replied kindly as he ran off in the direction you went. He checked around the village, he ended up going to the only person he could think of. "Dad! Dad!" He called to Jake. He whipped around, instantly stopping whatever he was doing "Yes Neteyam?" He asked "Have you seen F/N? I need to talk to her" he asked him urgently "Sorry. I haven't seen her all day" he answered. Neteyam sighed in disappointment "Do you have any idea where they could be?" He asked desperately
"They're most likely to be in their hut. Have you checked there?" He suggested. Neteyam shook his head "No, I think I only checked ours. Thanks dad" he said, quickly hugging him before heading to the hut.

Meanwhile

You sighed as you looked in the mirror. You felt uncomfortable in these clothes. The dresses. The skirts. Even the Na'vi clothing Neytiri made for you. It all just felt...wrong. You stared into the mirror in disgust. You looked at the box under your bed, ful of clothes. Those clothes. You took it out and lay it on your bed. Looking at it in uncertainty, taking the lid off of it and looking at the collections of baggy jeans, collared shirts, jackets and jumpers that you had found over the years of being in the lab. Some were Norm's, some were Jake's, some were even Quaritch's. You took out some of the clothes, almost impulsively, and put the box away. You found yourself smiling. You started to take off your dress, putting on your makeshift binder and excitedly put on your clothes. After you'd finished you looked in the mirror happily, putting your long hair in a man bun since you hadn't had the nerve to cut it. Finally, you felt free, you felt like yourself, the true you. Unconstricted by everyone else's eyes and thoughts. Just you. And only you.

Suddenly the curtain to your hut was jerked open, you turned around and was frozen in shock "Hey F/N- woooooooooow" he trailed off, looking at you in surprise "You look....... different" he said in a mixture of what you interpreted as confusion and awe "Oh, umm, I can change if you want. I-I'm sorry this is inappropriate. I'm sorry" you blurted out tearily. You didn't want him to see you, not like this. His Princess, now turned Prince "Hey what, it's ok! You look nice, what's wrong?" He asked his voice laced with concern as he walked towards you "N-nothing" you answered, obviously a lie as you had burst out into uncontrollable sobs "Hey, hey. It's okay, it's okay. What's wrong F/N. The truth" he asked, scooping you into his large body for a soothing embrace "I-I don't know! But It's wrong, it's all wrong" was all you could murmur for him before you broke out of his arms. This feeling was so, unfamiliar to you. You had no idea why you hated your name, your clothes, your life. But you felt like it was coming for a long time, only surfacing now. He reached out for your hand "F/N you're fine" he told you reassuringly "Stop calling me that!" You sobbed out, pushing his hands away. Suddenly Neteyam pulled you into another hug. He hugged you tighter than before "W-what, why? Your name? I'm confused. Please just explain this to me. Please I just want to help" he pleaded to you. You shook your head "I-I can't" you choked out "Why? Explain to me, please" He asked calmly "I don't even know what's wrong. But I still have the feeling you'll be disappointed in me when I figure it out." you explained, Neteyam chuckled sadly "Me? Disappointed in you? Nothing you could say could make me disappointed in you Princess" he assured you. Then it hit you, like a freight train "That's the problem Neteyam" you told him quietly "What?" He asked confused "I don't want to be your Princess anymore, I don't want to be anyones Princess" you said, he patted your back, urging you to continue "Neteyam, I don't want to be a girl anymore, I want to be a boy" you spoke quietly "Oh" he said in realisation. You could only nod in confirmation "Well I guess I don't have a Princess anymore do I?" He chuckled "I have a Prince instead. Not that it makes much of a difference to me. It's all still you" he added, you chuckled too "So, what's the new name Prince?" He put his hand on your chin, raising you eye to eye "M/N. If it's not to much to ask" you answered shyly, he nodded "I see you M/N. Has a nice ring to it" he said lovingly, making you smile widely "Thank you Neteyam, I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend" you said happily "Neither could I" he said before pecking you on the lips.

"When do you want to tell people?" Neteyam asked supportively "I....... Don't know. I want to tell everyone. I'm just scared" you explained "But I've got you with me now" you say with a bright smile, looking up at him "So, now" you told him. He smiled "Ok, what are we waiting for my Prince? Let's go!" He exclaimed, picking you up bridal style and rushing out of the hut, an bounding onto the seashore towards the group. He let you down, Tsireya was the first to react "F/N! Your okay! I was so worried" she kneeled in front of you and hugged you softly, you flinched a little at the name but allowed the hug "Did you find out what was wrong with her?" She asked Neteyam. He nodded "Well, about that. HEY SKXAWNGS COME HERE!" he shouted making the rest of the group surround you "What's wrong F/N?" Kiri asked "Yeah are you ok?" Tuk asked as well. You took a deep breathe looking at Neteyam. It was way more daunting when they were all actually in front of you. Neteyam noticed your anxiety and gave you an encouraging look. You worked up the courage "I've got something very important to tell you guys" you announced "recently, I've not been feeling like myself. In my clothes, my mind, my name and even my body" you started "And I've soon figured out why. And it was something I've not noticed about myself but has been a challenge for me for a while now, a couple of months actually. And as Spider probably already knows, these aren't sky people women clothes" you continued, Spiders nodded "Yeah. They're sky peoples boy clothes" he shrugged "Exactly. And I'm wearing boy clothes because. I've came to realise, I don't want to wear dresses, or be someone's princess. I didn't want to be F/M anymore. I want to be M/N, I want to be a boy. I'm.....a boy" you finished. Everyone took a while to process it, Neteyam squeezed your hand gently in support as you tried to avoid everyone's gaze "That's very admirable. Thank you for telling us" Tsireya spoke kindly, smiling "I agree, you're very brave. Thanks for telling us M/N" Kiri agreed supportively "Wow, I didn't know you were a boy?" Tuk remarked naively, causing everyone to laugh lightly at her confusion. Spider grinned "M/N has a nice ring to it" he said "Hey, that's what I said copycat!" Neteyam joked. Lo'ak just smiled goofily "I could've guessed that" he said, you rolled your eyes at him "No you couldn't!" Spider replied "You're a complete Skxawng!" He remarked. Lo'ak faked hurt "Ouch dude" he joked making you all laugh, Neteyam whispered in your ear "See? I knew they'd love the new name" he said
"You never said that!" You replied, Neteyam chuckled "I thought it though, so I still counts" he argued "whatever you say Prince" you accepted defeat "Hey that's my nickname!" He mumbled "Not anymore" you teased
"Fine, you can borrow it, just don't wear it out" he replied before pecking you on the cheek lovingly. You truly had the best boyfriend ever, although he would argue HE had the best boyfriend. But at this point, you were convinced you had the best. It wasn't even close.

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