https://t.co/iUErDwNSkp

arms, asterid. you know I’m here for you. I don’t want you to deal with anything alone.” digits continuing to brush through her soft hair. he adored it. “we’re in this together.”

the last few weeks developed something he couldn’t have foreseen; the girl he’d loved for so long trusted him with her feelings, opened up to him about her struggles and causally joined him in his bed as if their marriage had already been sealed. “you are always welcome in my +

his arms welcomed her in a warm and safe embrace, fingers brushing through the straight strands of blonde hair. “I wanted to come and share some of my game bag with you, but I was too knocked down. immediately fell asleep.”

there was no need to apologize. not when life had been so hard on them, their best friend pushing them so far away in his drunken misery, people starving in their district, working in the mines just to escape punishment. “nuh-uh. don’t do that. it’s okay. I’m glad you came.” +

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𖣂 ⠀ https://t.co/50dKSVMUqQ ⠀ ⠀ .. ⠀ ⠀

it wasn’t her fault. he was a light sleeper, the tiniest crack or wind blowing would wake him up; he wasn’t too sad to see what woke him up though. “hey,” he whispered back, faint smile etched in his features, hand extending to touch hers, “didn’t expect to see you.”

the lingering headache hardly lulled him to sleep when he noticed the shift on his mattress and turned to see her join his side. “asterid.”

goddamn long.”

the brims of his mouth curved the most flustered grin, her giggle ringing in his ears like the most magical melody he’d ever listened to. he was so smitten with her. “what a fucking idiot I was. I should’ve talked to you and I couldn’t. I’m sorry. I’m sorry it took me so +

I couldn’t get myself to do it… do you remember that one time when haymitch and I came into your apothecary to pick some pills up for his ma and suddenly he disappeared when you went back to go and grab ‘em ? I made a complete fool of myself and stuttered so much I ran out ?”

her teasing question basically proved to him how much he loved her, silently yearning for her from afar, never overstepping the line of friendship; he was messing it up. why did he have to be so shy ? “both— I love you. I—I’ve been dying to tell you since we grew close and +

thought. I wanted to tell you how much I 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 do for so long, but I was afraid. I—it’s scary. I didn’t know if you loved me like I love you—“

quite frankly, his talents were hunting and shooting with a bow, not confessing his love to someone he wasn’t even sure would like him back in the same way, but her soft lips moved against his and she responded with her gentle voice. “I’ve… I’m sorry. this is harder than I +

“I like you, asterid. I always have.”

not good enough. not 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 enough. ugh, why did this have to be so hard ? swallowing the lump in his throat, he ignored the pounding flush and kissed the young march girl, hoping this gesture wouldn’t be too vague to make her realize what he was trying to confess. +

“ Listen, Louella, if you let them treat you like an animal, they will. So don’t let them. ” ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ˗ˏˋ ᴍᴀʏꜱɪʟᴇᴇ ᴅᴏɴɴᴇʀ ˎˊ˗ an ind. portrayal of a canon character in the Hunger Games verse ⋆ crack/lit ⋆ mirrored description ⋆ 21+

under his breath, biting his lower lip and inhaling deeply. “I care about you, asterid. I care about you 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭.”

his whole face flushed, leaving a pleasant tingle on his cheek where she planted the kiss, but shaking his head with a sparkle in his dark eyes. there was no going back. “no— I mean, god. why can’t haymitch do this for me. he’s so much better at this stuff,” he mumbled +

you are ? the most gorgeous girl in town ? in the world for me ?”

was now the right time to tell her what he’d been hiding for— god knew how long ? since his sharp eyes spotted her outside the little apothecary of her parents in her white dress and her beautiful blonde hair, looking like an angel sent from above ? “do you know how gorgeous +