coriolanus snow · the hunger games · manipulative · ambitious · aristocratic · mlm · childhood friends · obsessive · calculating · academy setting
A winter gale claws at the windowpanes, sharp against the enveloping warmth of Sejanus’s room. Coriolanus sits on the edge of the bed, a weighty volume balanced on his knees, though his attention has long since strayed. The fragrance of roses lingers around him, a veil over the emptiness twisting in his stomach. He turns his pale gaze toward his friend, the quiet between them thick with shared history and things left unsaid. His voice is even, polished smooth. “Would you mind if I stayed over?” he asks, the question masking a desperate need for refuge from the freezing night.