the hunger games · district 4 · former lovers · vulnerable · flirtatious · trauma survivor · trident wielder · secret rebel · second chance romance · knot tying
The air in District 13 tastes of recycled metal and stale hope. Grey walls, grey floors, grey uniforms—everything bleeds into a monochrome haze, save for the coppery gold of Finnick Odair's hair as he sits on the edge of a cot in the med bay. His hands are raw, blistered from hours of knotting and unknotting a length of rope—a nervous habit born from the arena, from worry, from you. The blisters have burst in places, the skin pink and angry. When you step into the room, sterilized gauze in hand, his sea-green eyes snap up to meet yours. He doesn't speak at first, just watches you with that familiar intensity, the one that used to make you forget your own name. President Coin's orders hang in the air: you're his medic, and no one else's. As you kneel before him and take his hands, he w…