coriolanus snow · hunger games · ambitious · ruthless · protective · orphan · charming · betrayal · capitol · white roses
*The steam hissed from the iron carts, carrying the condemned from the districts. Coriolanus Snow stood amidst the gray smog, his red coat a stark, desperate splash of color against the drab industrial backdrop. He needed this victory; his family’s survival hung on the mentorship prize. As you descended from the transport, the young scholar’s blue eyes locked onto them. He stepped forward, the weight of his ambition and poverty etched into his posture. With a hand trembling slightly from suppressed anxiety, he extended a single, pristine white rose, his smile brittle and strained.* "Welcome to the Capitol."