First Love/Late Spring
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Tsu'Teyur (noun) | pronounced Tsoo-teh-yur | to experience tsu’tey in all senses
1. To experience Tsu'Tey te Rongloa Atey'itan in all his essence, his life as a Child of Eywa, a Child of the Omaticaya, as The People.
2. The Bloodchild of Artsut te Rongloa Pìmaye'ite and Ateyo te Rongloa Yiììtx'itan, Foundchild of Mo'at te Pohatsua Oma'ite and Eytukan te Tskaha Kamun'itan, brother of Arvok te Rongloa Atey'itan and foundbrother of Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite.
3. To be Tsu'Tey in every way—physical, spiritual, mental; to live with all heart and all blood, in all thoughts, and in all actions—now, before, during, and after in Eywa.
4. The deep knowing of struggles, of love, of duty. To take his place, to understand pain, loss, sacrifice, and strength—devotion to tribe, to family, and to the land.
5. Omaticaya's protector and finest warrior.
OR, “Love’s gonna get you killed/ But pride’s gonna be the death of you and you and me.”
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- Part 2 of First Love/Late Spring
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All the while, I'll await my armored fate with a smile (still wanna try, still believe in) by smolsmokey for V4mpksj
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Avatar (Cameron Movies)
01 May 2026
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Among the Omaticaya, a mating month was for celebration and play—their honeymoon lasted exactly one night; after that, it was visits to the healers' huts, cradle measurements, and the constant, dizzying awe of knowing his mate was closely approaching nine months pregnant with their son.
tl;dr: A month within the life of a newly mated, heavily pregnant couple expecting their first baby.
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- Part 3 of First Love/Late Spring
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I don’t know freedom by smolsmokey
Fandoms: Avatar (Cameron Movies), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
28 Jun 2025
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He should sleep.
The good Lord knows it—Eywa knows it. He needs it.
But every time he closes his eyes, something tears open in his mind.
Tom—dead on concrete, still in that cardboard box, burning in the incinerator seconds later.Venezuela—Davis, Reed, the goddamn comms boy with half his face off.
Tsu’Tey—bleeding out on the grass, that soft breath that stopped, the way the light dimmed in his eyes.
He nearly didn’t come back.
And Jake... Jake nearly didn’t get to be here. To have this.This family.
This peace.
And peace is the scariest part.
Because he’s never trusted it to last.TL;DR—Tsu’Tey had fallen asleep easily, one arm still draped protectively around Neteyam, hand resting on the tiny rise of his son’s chest.
Jake, on the other hand, is wide awake. Again.Series
- Part 4 of First Love/Late Spring
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next to you by smolsmokey
Fandoms: Avatar (Cameron Movies), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
07 Sep 2025
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Jake would've never believed you if you told him ten years ago he'd be on a whole-ass planet, starting a whole-ass family, celebrating his first of many birthdays—as a blue cat alien, as a husband, as a dad.
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- Part 5 of First Love/Late Spring
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do i look? (like him) by smolsmokey for Sea_Meiser
Fandoms: Avatar (Cameron Movies), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
07 Sep 2025
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And he gets it. He truly does. He smells the enemies’ smoke in his dreams and sometimes chokes on it too. He was raised on tradition, pride, and pain. He knows what it is like to want to spit when you see their skin, to smell their smell—to intimately know death before it comes before your time.
But then his gaze shifts to Neteyam—or to his own belly, heavy with his second—then to Kirina, and he remembers.
Children deserve better than to inherit their parents’ bitterness.tl;dr—Neteyam is eighteen moons old when he makes a new friend and it becomes everyone’s problem.
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- Part 7 of First Love/Late Spring
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still, i'll always be there for you (how i do) by smolsmokey
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Avatar (Cameron Movies)
19 Aug 2025
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She did not move.
She remained there, elbows pressed to her knees, her hands folded tightly beneath her chin. The air was thick and warm, but her bones felt cold. Old. Her eyes trailed up to the trees that swayed overhead—gentle and eternal—and she hated them a little for being so unbothered.
Another child.
He did not make an announcement as he did with his first; he let the growth of his stomach speak for him, then the little five-fingered girl.
Born of the sawtute doctor, Graceaugustine, but was being raised by Neytiri and her mate and Tsu’Tey and Jake—her conception, a miracle. Mo’at had told her.
Her son had borne another child, and she had not known the first child or this one; she had not been there to rub the sweat from his brow or to place a hand on his belly and whisper to the little life growing inside him. She had not brought offerings, or sung or—perhaps in another life.
She should have. She could have.
She did not.
She licked her lips: “Oh—that is…oh…”
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- Part 8 of First Love/Late Spring
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Food for a thought? by smolsmokey
Fandoms: Avatar (Cameron Movies), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
14 Feb 2026
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Jake overpromises, Tsu’Tey is exhausted, the kids are hungry, and food is food.
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- Part 9 of First Love/Late Spring
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I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black by smolsmokey
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar - All Media Types, Avatar (Movies - Cameron), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Tsu'tey's Path - Avatar (Comics)
07 Aug 2026
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Sleep was Jake’s favorite thing—an excuse to be draped over or tucked under his husband, an excuse to listen to Tsu’Tey’s endless heartbeat and know that this pulse, this warmth, and this love was entirely his. In the quiet dark, wrapped securely in each other's arms with their little ones curled, everything felt real. Grounded. Safe.
It was stupid to think peace was ever free.
Freedom became less of an option the moment sleep finally forced his eyes heavy. The second the conscious world slipped away, the curtain fell wide open to drag them both right back into the dark.
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Two out of the millions of nightmares of Jake and Tsu'Tey.
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- Part 10 of First Love/Late Spring
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The issue is that as much as Tsu'Tey loved his husband and his big heart; he did not know if love was enough for their nearly seven-year-old, who was unresponsive with a hole in his chest.
Or, Jake grants a poisoned clan uturu, and Tsu’Tey finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew—Eywa, the People, and even the mate Eywa put in his hands.
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- Part 11 of First Love/Late Spring
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ngaytxoa | sorry (acknowledgment of guilt and regret) by smolsmokey for Sea_Meiser
Fandoms: Avatar (Cameron Movies)
24 Dec 2025
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It had been twenty-four years since he met Graceaugustine, eighteen years since the schoolhouse massacre, nearly fifteen years since Neteyam was born, fourteen and a half for Kiri and fourteen for Lo’ak—and nearly seven since his Tuktirey.
A year ago, a vehicle of metal dropped into their forest, spreading fire and smoke—killing many, killing Olo’eyktanil Eytukan.
A year and nine months later, his family became a target.
Weeks later, his family is seeking Uturu.
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- Part 13 of First Love/Late Spring
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I could change your life (you could be my wife) by smolsmokey
Fandoms: Avatar (Movies - Cameron), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
03 Aug 2026
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“Still can’t believe you’re shackin’ up with that bastard,” Quaritch muttered, voice rougher than before. “You know what he did to my men in ’52. I know you saw the video.” The sole reason Wainfleet drank himself stupid after they found out who Sully’s baby mama actually was.
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tl;dr—Wainfleet twisted the blue-and-yellow arrowhead between his fingers and figured there really was a thin line between hate and lust—what kept him up at night lately was how damn thin that line was getting.
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- Part 14 of First Love/Late Spring
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tell them what you saw in me and not how I turned out to be by smolsmokey
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Avatar (Cameron Movies)
15 Mar 2026
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"Mommy didn’t keep the curtains open anymore; he used to, but after that day Tuk came home and heard Daddy’s voice ripping through the dark—words all growly and mean: 'Tsu'Tey, what the hell, baby,' and 'that’s not fuckin’ okay, no, no—shit!' thrown at Mommy, followed by something hitting the ground. It was quiet, then she heard the humming of Neteyam's lifesong, followed by Daddy, eyes red and mad, flipping the flaps open and never closing them again.
Well, they only closed when Daddy was there with Mommy."
Or, in the span of a week after losing their son, Jake nearly loses his husband.
(Based off of Chapter 7 of "There Are No Atheists In Foxholes"; used to be titled 'Oh, I miss when we first met (he didn't know me yet)')
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- Part 15 of First Love/Late Spring
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And I hear my heart breaking tonight (do you hear it too?) by smolsmokey
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Avatar (Movies - Cameron)
01 Jun 2026
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“You know,” Neytiri said quietly, fingers slowing in the weaving. “I dreamed…before you said you were pregnant.”
Tsu’Tey looked up quickly as Jake sat up straighter. “What?”
Neytiri nodded shyly, and she worried about what she was going to say next.
“Remember when I jokingly said Arvok would dream of fish? He did, but I did the very next night.” She paused her beading and closed her eyes. “I was shooting arrows in the lake, and then this child came—blue and bright. He looked at me with your eyes and was so cute…looked just like Artsut when the light hit him.” She paused, tying off a knot, then looked at the newly mated couple. “I asked him his name and he said, 'Neteyam.'"
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tl;dr—Neytiri’s grief within the wake of Neteyam’s death from “tell them what you saw in me and not how I turned out to be," formerly known as "Oh, I miss when we first met (he didn't know me yet)."
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- Part 16 of First Love/Late Spring
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And autumn comes when you're not yet done by smolsmokey
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar - All Media Types, James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Avatar (Movies - Cameron)
17 Jun 2026
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There were whole days at the reef where he’d gone without seeing those eyes look at him with anything but trepidation. Now, on his mother-in-law’s face, they were older, tired, carved out, yet housed the same flint and fire he’d fallen into sixteen years ago. It was unfair, he thought, that the Great Mother had taken Tsu’Tey’s body and left his mother’s face behind for Jake to trip over in the dark.
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tl;dr—“When you came back yesterday, do you know what your husband did?” Tsu’Tey shook his head—when they landed in Ayaram Alusìng, the first thing Tsu’Tey did was go into the medical bay—Ninat with Tarsem, forcing him and Neytiri because she bled through her wraps. “He hugged me.” Based off Chapter 6 of There Are No Atheists in Foxholes
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- Part 17 of First Love/Late Spring
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there are no atheists in foxholes by smolsmokey
Fandoms: Avatar (Cameron Movies), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
09 Feb 2026
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‘Tsu’Tey.’ Jake stood there, frozen between wanting to argue and wanting to kneel beside him and hold him so hard he couldn’t drift away. The tools in Jake’s hands felt suddenly obscene. He set them down slowly—placing a weapon on sacred grounds.
‘Tsu'Tey—baby,’ Jake said again, softer this time, voice cracking around the edges. ‘Talk to me.’
Tsu'Tey's ear flicked.
OR, Correction without love is cruel. Tsu’Tey understood that not all uniltìrantokx and sawtute were bad; he learned this fact after war, after dying, and after having children. But after losing his eldest son, that same cruel pain took him again to those unimaginable places that he never thought he would have to return to.
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- Part 18 of First Love/Late Spring
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When's the right time? (Is it my time?) by smolsmokey for zion_xll
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Avatar (Cameron Movies)
25 Mar 2026
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For the Sully boys, it was simpler than that.
One day, somehow, they were going to get to Pandora, and they were going to go together.Or, This was a twenty-two-year-old’s room, frozen in time. Tommy still fit it. Jake didn’t. Somewhere along the way he’d crossed a line his brother never got to, and now he was the one looking down instead of up.
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- Part 19 of First Love/Late Spring
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Take my hand, come with me by smolsmokey
Fandoms: Avatar (Movies - Cameron), James Cameron's Avatar - All Media Types, James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
12 Jun 2026
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"The way of water has no beginning and no end; the sea is around you and in you; the sea is your home before your birth and after your death. Our hearts beat in the womb of the world, while our breath burns in the shadows of the deep. The sea gives and the sea takes—water connects all things: life to death, darkness to light."
Ao'nung had heard that saying more than anything within his natural life; he wondered now...who was he when the sea only knew how to take and take and take from him...
tl;dr—in the wake of death, Ao'nung is finally given a gift from the ocean; his only threat is himself.
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- Part 20 of First Love/Late Spring
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I'll make no more use of it when there's no more you by smolsmokey
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar - All Media Types, Avatar (Movies - Cameron), James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics)
12 Jun 2026
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“You pick one day,” he had said to Jake, adjusting Neteyam, who screeched and babbled and slapped his shoulder as he watched his alpha adjust his rifle strap, “and suddenly parents are important?”
Jake had laughed in that effortless way of his, hands lifted. “They’re important the rest of the year too, angel. This one’s just…extra.”
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Seven out of the sixteen "Mother's Days" of Tsu'Tey te Rongloa Atey'itan.
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- Part 21 of First Love/Late Spring
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And after all, you're my wonderwall. by smolsmokey
Fandoms: James Cameron's Avatar - All Media Types, James Cameron's Avatar (Dark Horse Comics), Avatar (Movies - Cameron)
28 Jul 2026
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Jake never thought this would be his reality; then again, Jake never thought he'd survive to see twenty-two.
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tl;dr—For Jake Sully, the month of June held much significance.
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- Part 22 of First Love/Late Spring