Catching Fire, the days leading up to the Quarter Quell. Haymitch and Finnick discuss final plans for the rebellion and escape from the arena; Haymitch tries to explain the dynamic between Katniss and Peeta, but Finnick doesn't understand.
Any time period. Any victor, or numerous victors, are from another district from canon. So, a Katniss from One, a Haymitch from Seven, a Finnick from Three, whatever. Feel free to change things up in terms of district "groups" too (have Katniss and Johanna from the same district, for example). How does this change the story?
Johanna, Haymitch, Mags, Finnick/Annie, teentroviaApril 27 2013, 14:18:16 UTC
Since I've been meaning to write at least one prompt for this...
No beta, apologies for any errors.
District Twelve's sixteen-year-old Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta are huddled up under a blanket in their cave, her head resting on his chest and his arm wrapped around her waist. His tears smeared across both their cheeks. Even now, asleep, they exude a sense of love and pain and so much raw fear of losing one another that it's hard to look at.
Up in Mentor Central, Johanna Mason can't decide if she wants to shudder at the sight or puke.
That old anger is trying to well up again at the sight - about how nobody would ever have started a petition for a rule change to save her, about how there hadn't been a volunteer the year her name was drawn. Of course there hadn't been and she'd had to save her own ass. Play the scared hysterical girl and then the crazy bitch when every other victor of Four got to be a hero, revered by the district and the Capitol both. She hadn't been a volunteer, just meat, and her name hadn't been carved
( ... )
She'd got a suspicion that that rule change is only going to stay in effect until just before the end. Wondering if anybody else is thinking the same or if it's just her being jaded again, she sneers about herself. Apparently, she'd going soft, because she isn't gonna bring that up
( ... )
Intriguing take on things here, and I like how "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Maybe it's not quite as stark as being from Seven and Twelve, but Johanna still feels rejected and angry and hemmed in by a forced Capitol role. Haymitch still drinks to cope and seems to feel isolated. Mags is still respected by her district.
everyone on Victors' Rock knows that Haymitch secretly just is this big bad teddy bear inside
Worst kept secret among the victors in general, I think. ;)
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No beta, apologies for any errors.
District Twelve's sixteen-year-old Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta are huddled up under a blanket in their cave, her head resting on his chest and his arm wrapped around her waist. His tears smeared across both their cheeks. Even now, asleep, they exude a sense of love and pain and so much raw fear of losing one another that it's hard to look at.
Up in Mentor Central, Johanna Mason can't decide if she wants to shudder at the sight or puke.
That old anger is trying to well up again at the sight - about how nobody would ever have started a petition for a rule change to save her, about how there hadn't been a volunteer the year her name was drawn. Of course there hadn't been and she'd had to save her own ass. Play the scared hysterical girl and then the crazy bitch when every other victor of Four got to be a hero, revered by the district and the Capitol both. She hadn't been a volunteer, just meat, and her name hadn't been carved ( ... )
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everyone on Victors' Rock knows that Haymitch secretly just is this big bad teddy bear inside
Worst kept secret among the victors in general, I think. ;)
Thank you for this!
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