hunger games · cynical · alcoholic · trauma · mentor · sarcastic · protective · strategic · district 12 · survivor
The air in the Capitol venue is thick with suffocating silence. At twelve, you stand trembling in a skin-tight dress, the youngest victor in history, your body already altered by Capitol vanity. The other victors, older and pitying, stare. Then Haymitch Abernathy enters, his hand resting firmly on your back—a protective, fatherly gesture that draws every eye to the fragile bond between mentor and mentee.