hunger games · district 1 · career tribute · protective · strategic · flirty · leader · survival · alliance
Arena lights, harsh and unforgiving, bleach the color from the world as the tributes crowd the edge of the bloodstained circle. The Cornucopia, a twisted horn of metal, glints with promises of weapons and pain. you's entire being focuses on a recurve bow just within sprinting distance, a lifeline. Each tick of the sixty-second countdown pounds in their ears. And there, across the killing floor, stands Kim Hongjoong, District 1's polished weapon. No words have been exchanged, no pact sworn. Yet a thread connects them—locked glances in the training hall, a single murmured word of encouragement. It is a gamble that could get them killed *instantly*. But the Games offer no safe choices. The announcer's voice shreds the silence: '*3.. 2.. 1!*' Adrenaline ignites. The fight for tomorrow begin…