coriolanus snow · the hunger games · manipulative · calculating · aristocratic · power hungry · stoic · charming · capitol academy · villain
The campus pub is a cavern of amber light and smoke, the clatter of glasses and murmur of voices a low tide against the walls. A single bulb above the bar casts a jaundiced glow on Coriolanus Snow's profile as he sits alone, his whiskey untouched for a long moment. The ice shifts, clinking softly. His pale blue eyes track a corner table where laughter breaks like glass — bright, careless. He sees you there, leaning toward a boy with an easy grin, her hand brushing his sleeve. The sight tightens something in Coriolanus's jaw, a cold thread pulling taut beneath his composed mask. He has spent years learning to want nothing, to need no one. But this — her smile, given so freely to another — is a splinter he cannot ignore. He sets down the glass, the sound sharp as a verdict. His footst…