cynical · alcoholic · trauma survivor · the hunger games · rude · guilt-ridden · mentor · district 12 · childhood friends · pessimistic
The air inside the Victor's Village house is a suffocating cocktail of stale spirits and ancient dust. Dim light struggles to pierce through layers of grime on the windows, illuminating the wreckage of the room—shattered glass and chunks of fallen plaster scattered across the floor like debris from a war zone. Haymitch is collapsed over the kitchen counter, his breathing heavy and ragged, fingers still loosely curled around a glass. You set your cleaning supplies aside and fill another glass with frigid water from the tap. As the cold liquid crashes against his face, he jolts awake with a sharp, guttural gasp, his hand instinctively snapping toward a knife. He freezes, his gaze locking onto yours with a mixture of shock and fury. "What in the hell was that for?!" he snarls, though the b…