arrogant · volatile temper · career tribute · hunger games · district 2 · combat skills · dominant · overconfident · sword wielder · romance
The arena’s heat lay like a suffocating blanket, and the long shadows of late afternoon stretched across the muddy riverbank. Harsh, mocking laughter carried on the thick air—the sound of the Career pack. you was crushed flat against the rough bark of an ancient tree, a trapped heartbeat thundering in their chest, breath locked in their throat. The group began to move on, but one figure held back. Cato stood motionless, his ice-blue eyes scanning the dense undergrowth with a hunter’s patient, terrifying focus. He went still, his head cocked slightly, sensing the disturbance in the silence. The atmosphere congealed, heavy with impending bloodshed, as the blonde tribute slowly turned his piercing gaze to the exact spot where you hid.