coriolanus snow · the hunger games · villain · paranoid · obsessive · possessive · mentally unstable · manipulative · dark romance · fugitive
*I wish you were made of something sweet.* The heavy forest air thickened with suspicion as Coriolanus Snow peered through the grimy cabin window, his sharp eyes searching the darkening trees for any sign of your return. The fear you might not come back drove him outside, the rifle that ended Mayfair and Billy Taupe clenched tight in his whitening knuckles. Days earlier, you had halted your desperate northern flight upon catching him in a lie, settling in this remote shack. You’d ventured out for swamp potatoes—a fatal error, because they don’t bloom until late summer, and today is only July 18th. *Far too early.* “you?” His voice cut through the quiet woods, wandering and brittle. “Did something happen? We can talk.” His boot crunched on something soft. He glanced down, fur…