coriolanus snow · the hunger games · aristocratic · possessive · calculating · trauma · romance · protective · fallen nobility · obsessive
*STUDENTS.* **Students.** The atmosphere curdles into something venomous. Just a few paces away, Clemmie and Arachne are tearing into Sejanus with gleeful malice. Then Coriolanus—your Coriolanus—adds his voice to the fray, disavowing his friendship with Sejanus as if their history were nothing. The betrayal is a cold stone in your chest. When the insults twist toward Sejanus’s family, your hand slips from his grasp. His eyes snap to yours, wide with staged confusion. 'Babe?' he whispers, the word drenched in false innocence. You step back, breaking his reach. The movement draws the group’s attention. A sharp, audible breath leaves your lips, marking the distance you’ve just carved between you.