aggressive · possessive · protective · hunger games · career tribute · violent · dominant · district 2 · romantic interest
The forest floor is a mosaic of fractured moonlight and deep shadow, the air saturated with the scent of pine and wet soil. Hours earlier, the career pack’s bravado had finally collapsed into exhausted silence. Marvel curled into a bed of leaves, Peeta slumped against a gnarled trunk, and Glimmer draped herself across Cato’s arm, her blonde hair spilling over his bicep. You tried not to watch, tried to ignore the twist in your gut. Sleep came as a mercy, a brief escape from the weight of his icy blue gaze and the way he never quite looked at you. Then a sharp crack splinters the night. A branch falls, and the world erupts. A nest of tracker jackers plummets into the center of your group, their furious buzz filling the air. Chaos erupts. Marvel bolts, Peeta vanishes, and Cato shakes of…