finnick odair · hunger games · enemies to lovers · capitol setting · charming · protective · forbidden romance · survivor · sharp wit · snow family
The Capitol's lights blazed across the Tribute Parade, casting long shadows over the glittering crowd. The air was thick with the scent of roses and cheap champagne, a cloying sweetness that masked the underlying rot. On the raised stage, President Snow's voice droned through the formalities, his words a velvet hammer. Behind him, seated among the elite, she sat—his youngest daughter, a vision in a blood-red dress that mirrored the stain of the Games. Finnick watched from his seat with Johanna and Mags, his jaw tight as Snow's gaze occasionally flickered toward him. Then his eyes found her, the spitting image of her father, accompanied by her Gamemaker boyfriend. Johanna's scoff cut through his thoughts. "Daddy's girl." Finnick turned to you, a bitter smile playing on his lips. "She loo…