*Warning* Explicit content
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"Yeah, you two are trying to kill me, I knew it," Jake said, his eyes closed tightly as he held desperately into the vines gripping the cliff face, barely a foot of ledge beneath his feet.
"Open your eyes, my Jake," Tsu'tey's voice soothed in front of him.
Jake obeyed, staring desperately ahead of him as he inched forward. He chanced a glance behind him and was comforted somewhat to see the teenage warriors behind him clinging to the wall as well, watching him with wide, frightened eyes.
"We are nearly there," Neytiri called out as she led the line of them, "it's just around this corner."
"I will not let you fall," Tsu'tey said, his voice calm, cutting through the rushing of blood in Jake's ears.
"I'm holding you to that," Jake said between clenched teeth as he continued forward until he arrived at the bend in the cliff. He reached his hand around, grasping blindly at the wall until he found purchase again, before rounding the corner.
His efforts were rewarded by the sight of the íkran rookery, hundreds of brightly colored íkran basked before them, stretching their limbs lazily in the sunlight.
"You will go first, my Jake," Tsu'tey said, his eyes glistening, calming the storm raging inside Jake's chest.
Tsu'tey took his hand, leading him further out onto ledge of the cliff, close to where the nearest íkran lounged, "You know what to do, you watched me do it many cycles ago."
"I watched you about plummet to your death before you could get him to listen to you," Jake tried for a teasing smile as Tsu'tey pressed the weighted leather strap he would use to wrangle his íkran into the palm of my hand.
"Let's see you do better," Tsu'tey's lips switched upwards with the dare.
"How will I know which one chooses me?" Jake knew the answer, but he wanted to keep talking, stalling the inevitable.
"He will try to kill you," Tsu'tey said with a sobering look, his hands still wrapped tightly around Jake's.
"Outstanding," Jake rolls his eyes before nodding, he pressed a quick, desperate kiss against Tsu'tey's lips, not caring that they had an audience, "see you on the other side."
Tsu'tey gave him a curt nod, stepping away from him, trying desperately to convey confidence in his final look, rather than worry.
Jake took a breath before walking slowly towards the throng of íkran, the majority eyeing him suspiciously, lunging at the few who flapped their wings at him, but they turned away, unbothered.
It isn't until Jake is several feet in before he spots the large male, standing in the center of the ledge. Before he even approaches the íkran, before it begins to flap its enormous wings at him in challenge, he knows that it is his.
"Alright," Jake said, unfurling the leather strap from his hand, "let's dance."
Jake dodges it as it lunges at him, its large jaw snapping at where he'd been only seconds before. He watches as it shrieks at him, anticipating its movements as he slides beneath its strong throat as it lunges again, flinging the strap up and around its snout as he did.
Its strong jaws close with a snap and Jake wastes no time in using the momentum of his slide to brace against the rock beneath him and launch himself at the beast.
He gets his legs wrapped firmly around the neck of the thrashing íkran, his ankles locking, keeping him in place as he reached for the antennae whipping wildly against him and connected their queues in one smooth motion.
At once, the thrashing stopped, and Jake eased his grip off its neck as he unwound the leather strap. He took a moment to look over at Tsu'tey and Neytiri and the other warriors, focusing on Tsu'tey, whose eyes were wide and alight with pride. He shot them a grin, blowing Tsu'tey a kiss, before sliding back between the wings of his íkran and, without a word, instructing it to fly.
It shrieked as it spread its wings wide before launching them from the ledge, they fell for a moment, feeling the wind rush against their skin before leveling out, soaring through the air.
He breathed in deep, all his fear from moments ago forgotten, feeling the strength of his íkran beneath him. Out of the corner of his eye, he sees Tsu'tey fall into formation beside him, just close enough to see him signal Jake to follow him, banking to the right in a sharp turn, Jake following a bit more clumsily after him.
They flew for a while, Jake letting out whoops of excitement, joy bursting in his chest when the sounds were echoed back to him by Tsu'tey.
Tsu'tey signaled that they were landing, before taking his íkran into a deep dive, and Jake could practically hear the challenge 'try and keep up.' He smiled wildly, wondering briefly if he might overwhelm his íkran with his love for the other man as he implored it to follow after him.
They came to rest on the wide edge of a cliff side, sheltered by a clear waterfall that fell into mist far below them. Jake landed with a bit less grace than Tsu'tey, his íkran scrambling for purchase on the moisture-soaked rock.
Any inadequacies were forgotten, however, the moment Jake dismounted and suddenly found himself enveloped in Tsu'tey's warm embrace.
"How'd I do?" Jake laughed, a little breathless against the other man's shoulder.
"Jake, my Jake," Tsu'tey spoke, his lips pressed against Jake's wind whipped hair, "you were amazing."
The words washed over Jake, his heart racing, "I wouldn't go that far."
"I have never seen anyone tame their íkran so quickly," Tsu'tey drew back from him to stare into his eyes, and Jake's breath nearly froze in his lungs at the wonder and pride he saw on the man's face.
"I had a good teacher," Jake breathed out.
Tsu'tey shook his head, "no, my Jake, I cannot take credit for what you have done today," his hands reached up, framing Jake's face as though it was something precious, "no one will doubt that you are an Omaticaya warrior now, that you are worthy to walk among our people as I have always known you to be."
"You flatter me," Jake felt his voice catch in his throat, feeling overwhelmed by the presence of the man in front of him.
"I love you," Tsu'tey's eyes shone, "I worship you. I see you."
"I see you," Jake whispered, leaning up so their lips brushed as he spoke, "I never thought I could love anyone the way I love you, it's like it's burning me alive."
"I was made for you," Tsu'tey's hands drifted up to tangle in Jake's hair, his eyes growing wild, "there is no one in this universe who could love you as I do."
Words were beyond him as Jake leaned forward, slotting their lips together in a heated kiss. Tsu'tey tugged at the grip he had in Jake's hair, causing the other man to cry out, taking the opportunity to lick his way into his mouth, tongue brushing over sharp teeth.
Jake didn't break the kiss as he slowly guided Tsu'tey down to sit on the ground beneath them, Jake kneeling between his long legs. He reached blindly behind the other man until he felt his queue beneath his fingers, pulling it over his shoulder and connecting it with his own with practiced movements, as though half on instinct.
The connection wasn't as overwhelming as the first time, now Tsu'tey's consciousness slid into place beside Jake's in his mind as though it had always been there.
Jake broke from the kiss to nip and suck a line that was sure to leave marks from Tsu'tey's jaw to the juncture of his neck and shoulder, drawing shaking breathes from the other man as he did.
Tsu'tey's hands continued to card through his hair as he moved to trail his lips down his chest, across his firm abdomen, until he reached the hard lines of his hips, where he gave a sharp bite against the top of a thigh, pulling a cry from the other man's throat.
"You're so beautiful," Jake said in a hushed voice as he pushed away the thin barrier of cloth between him and his goal.
Tsu'tey made a keening noise in the back of his throat as Jake took in the sight of him, already slick with arousal.
Jake pressed his thumb beneath the folds of the weeping slit, coaxing out the muscle already emerging from its depths, heat pooling low in his stomach as he watched Tsu'tey try desperately to keep from crying out.
The desire that pulsed through their connection nearly clouded his mind with the heat of it as he leveled his face with the now fully erect muscle before him.
"What are you doing?" Tsu'tey's voice cracked as he spoke, the sound of it alone almost enough to send Jake over the edge.
"You must be really out of it if you don't know," Jake nearly purred, pushing a mental image of what he was about to do through their connection.
"Oh," Tsu'tey's whole body shuttered, a fresh wave of arousal hitting Jake like a stampeding angtsìk.
"Do Na'vi not do this?" Jake asked, his breath ghosting against Tsu'tey's burning skin.
"No," Tsu'tey managed to breath out, his pupils blown wide.
"Well," Jake laughed softly, his hands petting gently along the underside of Tsu'tey's thighs, "this one does."
He didn't give the other man time to reply, though he wasn't sure he was capable of it anyway, as he closed his mouth around the head of his erection.
This time Tsu'tey could not stop the scream that ripped its way from his throat as Jake drug his tongue broadly along the glands of the muscle before bringing it back up to lave at the small opening where beads of pre-come were taking form.
"Jake," Tsu'tey said through clenched teeth as he began to bob his head, taking him further into his mouth slowly, inch by inch.
Jake hummed against the thick muscle, pulling a gasp from Tsu'tey's lips, his teeth grazing every so often against the velvet skin.
As Tsu'tey neared the edge, Jake drew back from him with a lewd pop, a hiss escaping Tsu'tey's lips as the cool air hit the spit slicked skin.
Jake took a moment to admire his work, taking in the sight of the other man's heaving chest and flushed cheeks, before sitting back on his knees.
"I know how much you like watching me ride pa'li," Jake said, enjoying watching Tsu'tey struggle to focus on his words, "did you enjoy watching me ride my íkran just as much?"
He felt a rush of lust, tinged with embarrassment, through their connection as answer. He saw, for a moment, the flash of a mental image, of himself braced against the back of his íkran, his head thrown back as he let out an excited laugh, the wind whipping his hair behind him. He had half expected to see some fantasy of him pleasuring himself midair or Tsu'tey mounting him as he rode, but no, it was just him. Just the image of him happy and free and strong, that was enough to send love and lust crashing through Tsu'tey like whitewater down a mountainside.
Jake took a moment to let this knowledge wash over him before noticing the embarrassment crashing through their connection in blinding waves.
"One day," Jake said in a soft voice, his chest feeling fit to burst as he stared at the man in front of him, whose hands were covering his blush burned face, "you're going to realize that I like it when you're sweet, just as much as I like it when you're strong, just as much as I like any part of you, because I love you, you idiot. Now stop covering your face so you can watch me do something even better than riding an íkran."
There was a second of indignation that pressed through the connection, pulling a laugh from Jake's throat, before Tsu'tey slowly lowered his hands, revealing his face once more.
"There we go," Jake said, the heat returning to his voice as he locked eyes with the other man before dragging a hand up his own thigh until it disappeared beneath his loincloth.
Tsu'tey's pupils dilated, swallowing the gold of his eyes, as Jake flicked aside the cloth, revealing his fingers delving beneath the folds of his slit, coating them in slick until it was dripping out of him onto the rock beneath them. Jake maintained their eye contact as his hand reached further beneath him until his fingers were probing at his entrance.
A low whine formed in both throats as the first finger breached through the tight ring of muscle, a second and third soon joining it.
Jake made quick work of opening himself up, scissoring his fingers, blushing at the obscene noises his body made as they made their way in and out of him.
Once he was satisfied he'd done enough, he removed the fingers, taking a moment to calm his breathing before he placed his hand not soaked in slick on Tsu'tey's shoulder, hearing the other man's breath catch as he did, and used it to balance himself as he moved to straddle his waist.
He felt Tsu'tey's hands grip at his hips as he settled, his breath hot against Jake's throat. He reached between them, grabbing the other man's erection, drawing a sharp breath from his throat, and gave it a few slow pumps, gathering the lubricant pooling at its base and coating it in it before guiding it back to his opening.
In one swift movement, Jake sunk himself down onto the thick muscle, pressing through the brief burn as it buried itself deep inside him.
"Oh, fuck," Jake gasped out as their hips met, feeling as though he was being split in two, pleasure dulling out any residual pain.
Tsu'tey opened his mouth as though to say something, his thoughts too wild and fractured for Jake to make any sense of them as lust clouded his mind, but all he could manage was a guttural noise, nearly a sob, from deep within his chest, his eyes screwed shut in concentration as he tried desperately not to move.
After several overwhelming seconds, Jake was able to gather his thoughts well enough to will his body to relax around the intruding organ, which seemed to sink deeper into him as he did. He braced his folded legs against the ground and lifted himself a fraction, before sinking back down, Tsu'tey's grip tightening hard enough on his hips to leave bruises.
Jake tilted his head up, capturing Tsu'tey's lips in his own and swallowing the groan that tore its way from the other man's throat as Jake began to rock against him. He felt Tsu'tey's self-control holding on by a thread, desperately not wanting to give more than he could take. Jake smiled against Tsu'tey's lips as he raised himself until only the head remained before spearing himself back down, crying out as it pressed just right against his inner walls.
That appeared to be all the permission Tsu'tey needed as he used his grip on Jake's hips to lift him as though he weighed nothing, setting a punishing pace that left Jake scrambling for purchase against his shoulders. It was all Jake could do to breathe out desperate cries against Tsu'tey's skin, stars bursting behind his eyes each time Tsu'tey used his own weight to pull him down until their hips were flush and he was buried once more inside the blinding heat of Jake's body.
Heat began to pool low in Jake's belly and he felt half mad with it, his legs jerking where they were folded at Tsu'tey's sides, his hips shuttering violently, driving Tsu'tey deeper inside him. He pressed his face into the juncture of Tsu'tey's neck and shoulder, sinking his teeth into the soft skin, muffling his cry as he came.
Tsu'tey followed soon after, thrusting up into the muscles still clenched tightly around him, his breath hot against Jake's ear.
Once his heartrate slowed to a reasonable level, Jake eased off of Tsu'tey, wincing as his legs and lower back twinged at the effort, their queues separating as they parted. He sat back, their legs tangled together, chests heaving slightly, faces still flushed with effort.
"Did you mean what you told the rude human last night, do you intend to stay here?" the 'with me' was implied, contained within the strain of Tsu'tey's voice as he stared at a fixed point just beyond Jake's shoulder.
It took Jake a moment to gather his thoughts well enough to reply, a part of him wishing they weren't mentioning Norm while he was trying to revel in the feeling of the afterglow of what they'd just done, "yeah," he breathed out, trying to catch the other man's eyes, "I'm not leaving you to deal with Neytiri on your own."
"Your human body cannot survive here," Tsu'tey's mouth was set in a line.
Jake clicked his tongue, "I don't want to talk about my human body, I'll figure it out."
"I want to see you," Tsu'tey said suddenly, like the words had been biding their time, just waiting to escape his lips and hang between them. Tsu'tey's eyes widened a fraction, as though he hadn't meant to say it out loud, but he couldn't take it back now.
Jake couldn't help the hurt and anger that flared in his gut for a sickening moment, "you see me," he frowned, putting his hand on his own chest, "this is me."
Panic flared behind Tsu'tey's eyes as he scrambled to his knees, framing Jake's face in his hands, "I see you, my Jake, of course I see you. I am sorry," his voice broke, the always strong figure seeming very small in that moment, "I only meant… I desire to visit you, to see you in your human form."
"Why?" it was Jake's turn not to be able to meet the other man's eyes, embarrassment flaring hot in his chest as he pictured his human body, weak and useless.
"Because it is you, just as this is you," Tsu'tey said in a soft voice that forced Jake to meet his gaze, "and it is as you said, my Jake," he leaned down and brushed their lips gently, "I love every part of you. I have loved you every moment since the day I first saw you, my strange boy on a dying world."
Jake huffed out a laugh against Tsu'tey lips, "well how am I supposed to say no to you when you say things like that?"
Tsu'tey hummed at that, dipping down to capture his lips properly, as much as thanks as it was an apology for ruining the moment they had been having before.
"How about tomorrow? Grace said my pod needed some routine maintenance anyway." Jake offered once they broke for air, quieting the pang of anxiety in his chest.
"Thank you," Tsu'tey smiled down at him.
They stayed like that for a while longer, knowing they would soon need to return to Hometree to surely face the wrath of Neytiri for abandoning her.