A little rec list, for
rumpelsnorcack, who asked for canon-based Peeta fic. I have more recs over on
derivational, and you may also enjoy my story
Prep.
The Water is Rising Quick by monroeslittle
Peeta learns about sex.
Each Blessed Hour Brings Sixty of Em by mithrigil (THG)
The night before the interview, Peeta asks to be coached separately. Good thing Haymitch has a lot of knowledge to impart.
Pure (or Five Times Peeta Wasn't) by aimmyarrowshigh (between THG and CF)
This was inspired by a conversation I had with a friend about Peeta's tone when he tells Katniss, "You're so pure" in Catching Fire. Why isn't Peeta? What changed for him between THG and CF?
Ghosts with Just Voices, by acciograce (Post-MJ)
"It hurts, to have to tell him the truth. To have to confirm how little I was there for him when he would have readily given us his life for me. But I tell him because he deserves to know."
There are some questions about Peeta's life before the hijacking that hurt to answer. And there are some that she can't answer at all.
We Have Not Touched the Stars by zombieboyband (Post-MJ, warnings)
"Sometimes I miss the shackles," Peeta says. Peeta trusts Katniss enough to break him and put him back together, so that's what he asks for. Rough and tender, hard and sweet: love is complicated.
The Unrecorded Hours by hollycomb (Post-MJ)
Katniss and Peeta in the weeks and months after the war.