"All energy is only borrowed, and one day you have to give it back." - Jake Sully
The first Avatar (2009) was the first movie I ever saw in the theatre. And watching all these movies got me obsessed all over again, so here are some fics I recommend. Warnings will be posted with every story. Enjoy! :)
A/N | fics that are nsfw will be presented with a 🥀 next to them; minors, dni! | ongoing fics will be presented with a 🤍 next to them.
Written in the Stars by @eywaseclipse 🥀
Warnings: Angst, violence against children, women, major character death, and eventual smut
Synopsis: The series takes place over the course of the events in Way of Water with the author's own interpretation and artistic license.
"Promises" by @scorpiomoon-444
Warnings: use of y/n, human-to-navi reader, best friends-to-lovers trope, very slow-burn trope, angst, yearning, jealousy, emotional intensity, mentions of blood/injury and trauma, childhood loss and grief, parental death references, danger/near-death scenes, mentions of cultural/physical differences, cultural coming-of-age elements & mild use of explicit language
Synopsis: A human girl grows up alongside the Sully children, forging a slow-burn bond with her best friend, neteyam. this story explores belonging, yearning, and loyalty as they navigate identity, danger, and a bond neither can deny.
Infuriatingly Infuriating by @lacethighs
Warnings: no use of y/n
Synopsis: The olo’eyktan’s oldest daughter finds herself falling for Toruk Makto’s infuriatingly charming eldest son.
I See You by @hwnig
Warnings: jealous!Neteyam, a little bit angry!Neteyam, confession, possessive!Neteyam, yandere!Neteyam, fluff
Synopsis: In which Neteyam gets jealous about the reader having a lot of suitors, as he wants her for himself.
Like Real People Do by @dasvidny4
Warnings: atwow spoilers, friends to lovers, plot, slow burn, mutual pining, avoidant!reader, usual older sibling activity, touchy-feely!neteyam, miscommunication, hurt & comfort, light angst
Synopsis: Amid the demands of being the olo’eyktan’s eldest daughter and a tsahìk-in-training, you find unexpected rest in the company of Toruk Makto’s eldest son.
Echoes of the Sky by @sennaas
Warnings: angst, suicidal tendencies, slow burn, emotional distress
Synopsis: Reborn by Eywa and stranded between worlds, she doesn’t belong anywhere. Lo’ak doesn’t like her—he just recognizes the look in her eyes. Some stories don’t repeat. They echo.
But We're Different by @nyctophicbtch
Warnings: hurt/comfort, mutual pining, kissing, slightly suggestive
Synopsis: Some boys in the clan weren’t too friendly. They’d somehow convinced Lo’ak that you, a human, would never choose an outcast, let alone a Na’vi, as your mate. You were left to figure out why he was unusually pulling away from you so much.
Where the Tide Keeps Us by @itzj4ylene
Warnings: loss of homeland, references to RDA violence, emotional distress, cultural displacement
Synopsis: When the RDA destroys your home, you are sent to the Metkayina for protection. As the Tsakarem of the Ta’unui, you are placed under Tonowari and Ronal’s care to continue your training. Ao’nung is assigned to help you adapt. He tells himself it’s just duty. Just proximity. But grief has a way of binding people together, and the ocean keeps you closer than either of you expected.
Like He Doesn't Care At All by @itzj4ylene
Warnings: mild emotional tension, jealousy, pouting Ao’nung, teasing
Synopsis: Ao’nung swears he doesn’t care who trains with you. He really does. Or at least that’s what he tells himself while he avoids you, answers in short words, and sulks like it isn’t painfully obvious. Watching someone else stand where he’s always stood messes with him more than he wants to admit.
Mixed Feelings by @neteyamslovrr
Warnings: angst, enemies to lovers (sorta), kissing, cultural displacement
Synopsis: Ao’nung is having mixed feelings about the second eldest sully, toruk makto’s first daughter, you, he should hate you just like he does the rest so why does he need to be close to you.
Falling Asleep by @willoweclipsepirate
Warnings: kissing, suggestive, small argument
Synopsis: After an exhausting hunt, Aonung accidentally falls asleep on his rival's shoulder.
Blurred Fate by @fungateshortcakes 🥀 🤍
Warnings: description of blood, description of injuries, na'vi language, reader is a healer, mention of death, future smut, possible afaa spoilers
Synopsis: You save a stranger who fell from the sky, but at what cost?
A Mother's Love by @trashshifter 🥀 🤍
Warnings: war, violence, smut, slow burn, spoilers for all Avatar movies, PTSD mentions, military inaccuracies, depression, RDA is a warning in itself lol, loss of virginity (twice technically??)
Synopsis: You were already seen as odd; someone your age should have a mate and even children by now, but you didn't. You told others that you liked coming home to no mess or arguing with someone. What you didn't tell them was how lonely you got on certain nights. All that seemed to change as your olo’eyktan, Jake Sully, gave you the task of raising a child. A human child named Spider. What could go wrong?
Tending to Your Wounds by @nakedinthetrees 🥀
Warnings: FEM!SarentuPOV, Tamtey name drop for reader, somewhat of an age gap, mentions of rut and heat cycles, alien genitalia descriptions, brief mentions of anxiety + past trauma, use of Na'vi dialog, vulgar language, use of pet names
Synopsis: A month after So'lek's disappearance, you go out to find him, only to discover something lurking in that cave.
Ashamed by @neteyamslovrr
Warnings: making out, slightly steamy, grief, guilt, angst, lots of shame (duh), fluff eventually
Synopsis: So'lek has had everything ripped from him, his clan, his family, the life he knew. he has sworn himself a life of vengeance until a certain avatar destroys everything he knew about himself.
Age Gap by @sarasarami10
Warnings: Age Gap, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Emotional Restraint, Unspoken Feelings, Miscommunication, Quiet Angst, SFW
Synopsis: So’lek is more than a decade older, a mentor and protector who has taken the Sarentu’s survival upon himself. Wanting Tamtey feels like a failure of restraint, something he tells himself he cannot allow—no matter how often their closeness slips through the cracks. As she grows more certain of what she feels, he convinces himself that distance is the only way to keep her safe, even if it means walking away from something neither of them has named yet.
Blades and Bonds by @neteyamslovrr
Warnings: fem!sarentu reader x so'lek, from the ashes spoilers, wukula, forced tsaheylu, knifes, blood, violence, weird power dynamics from wukula coz duh, angst, fluff, trauma, nightmares,
Synopsis: Wukula is as sadistic as any mangkwan. But he has no limits when it comes to revenge. With So'lek's precious Sarentu in his grasp, he has no restraint to what he will do to achieve what he is owed, and So'lek will stop at nothing to make sure you are safe.
Warrior of the Stars by @omgkatherine01 🤍
Warnings: major angst, trauma, major character death, canon rewrite
Synopsis: Born and raised for eight years in the Sarentu Clan, Neyara, her older sister, Aha'ri, and other Na'vi children were kidnapped by RDA forces, led by John Mercer and Angela Harding, after their clan was attacked. They were forced to participate in the Ambassador Program, raised as if they were human, and groomed to turn against their own species. But after John Mercer shot and killed her sister in front of her and their friends, Neyara was no longer the gentle and quiet Na'vi; she grew to hate and swore deep down that she would get revenge for her family and Clan, even if it killed her.
Look At Me When You Lie by @switchbalderats 🥀
Warnings: contains smut, graphic depictions of violence, hurt/comfort
Synopsis: Tamtey makes a reckless decision in order to prove herself to the clans elders, but So’lek has to save her. The tension could’ve been cut with a knife but it was cut by confessions instead.
I See You by @omgkatherine01 🥀
Warnings: the timeline of the first Avatar (2009)
Synopsis: Pandora was supposed to be a mission. A job. A way to survive. For Elena Carter, it becomes something far more dangerous. Sent to Pandora as part of the Avatar Program to take over her twin sister's avatar, Elena finds herself caught between two worlds: the Sky People who raised her, and the Na'vi who slowly teach her what it means to belong.
⁓ last updated: 07.21.26 ⁓
