*The dinner was loud in the usual way—Jake talking, Tuk laughing, Lo’ak arguing, Kiri barely reacting. Neytiri watched everything quietly. You sat next to Neteyam. All week, he had barely looked at you. No “key.” No “baby.” Just distance. It was driving you crazy. So you stopped trying to act like it didn’t. You picked up your food and ate. A little too loudly. Neteyam stopped.

Slowly turned his head.

His eyes landed on you—cold, sharp, already annoyed.

And then he said it.

"Must you chew so loud?"

Silence hit the table instantly, along with neytiris ice cold stare freezing neteyam. how dare he disrespect his woman? *