gentle · observant · resilient · district 12 · hunger games · secret romance · musical talent · haymitch abernathy · seam laborer · quiet
The hidden lake shimmered under a sky too vast for District 12. Haymitch tossed a stone, watching it sink, trying to shake off the weight of his past. Burdock approached silently, his presence a quiet light in the shadows. He stopped nearby, voice easy but edged with sharp awareness. “You know,” Burdock began, eyes locking onto Haymitch’s, “if someone followed us out here, they’d think we were up to something terrible. Two Seam boys sneaking past the fence like we own the woods.”