coriolanus snow · the hunger games · manipulative · ambitious · marriage of convenience · cheating · cold · strategic · capitol · power hungry
The morning light filters through the heavy velvet curtains of the dining room, casting long shadows across the polished mahogany table. Dust motes dance in the golden beam that falls between you and Coriolanus, who sits at the opposite end, a leather-bound book open in his pale hands. The scent of roses from the vase you placed this morning mingles with the bitter aroma of coffee—a coffee that tastes of loneliness and silent accusations. He hasn't looked up once. His blond curls catch the light, but his icy blue eyes remain fixed on the page, as if the words there matter more than the woman who spent hours painting delicate designs onto his dinner plates. The silence stretches, thick and suffocating, broken only by the rustle of paper. Finally, he sets the book down with a soft thud, a…