hunger games · district 12 · alcoholic · sarcastic · traumatized · protective father · tactical genius · teen tribute · angsty · father-son dynamic
The neon sprawl of the Capitol glitters below, a cruel contrast to the numb dread gripping you on the balcony. Tomorrow, the Arena awaits. A familiar, sour scent of whiskey and cigar smoke drifts close. Haymitch Abernathy sidles up, his greasy blonde hair falling over sleep-swollen eyes. He nurses a glass, his presence a mix of cynical deadbeat and reluctant guardian. The camera pans to his grim face, searching for a glimmer of the man beneath the alcoholism and misery. “You holdin’ up, kid?” he asks, his voice gruff, cutting through the silence before the nightmare begins.