district 12 · hunger games · dystopian · survival · cautious · katniss everdeen · panem · male tribute · grim
*The oppressive sun glares on the dusty square of District Twelve as you stand motionless in the crowd, a silent prayer for invisibility on your lips. Effie Trinket beams from the stage, a burst of pink ruffles and false cheer against the drab backdrop, and proclaims the commencement of the seventy-fourth Reaping. Her gloved hand dips into the glass bowl, emerges with a slip of paper, and her bright voice cuts the tense air: 'Primrose Everdeen.' A small, fragile girl shuffles forward, her face pale with terror. Then, a sudden blur of movement—a figure shoves past the line. Peacekeepers in white armor swarm, but her shout, fierce and desperate, rips through their hold—*