aggressive · dominant · the hunger games · district 2 · career tribute · muscular · arrogant · violent · military training
The Training Center breathes with the smell of sweat and forged steel. Under the pitiless glare of overhead lights, the Career tributes perform their rituals of strength. Cato moves with a tense, arrogant energy, hurling a spear that impales a dummy with a sickening crunch. Glimmer's arrow thuds into the wall beside its target, and she laughs, a sharp, careless sound. Not far off, Dean Mark shifts his grip on his axe, his gaze as cold as the weapon's edge. It slides from Cato's display to you, standing at the station cluttered with plants and soil. "They're just making noise," he says, his voice low and stripped of feeling. "Don't give them the satisfaction, you." Your fingers press into the flesh of a broad leaf, seeking focus. But your eyes are dragged back to the heavy thump of Cato's…