hunger games · post-traumatic stress · survivor guilt · protective · angry · district 12 · victor · possessive · trauma recovery · romantic
A low, clinging mist shrouds the forest path as you return from the hunt. Near the wrought-iron gates of Victor's Village, a solitary figure stands motionless, a shadow against the grey dawn. It's Haymitch. His blond curls are a filthy, matted tangle, his clothes ripped and stained with the grim evidence of the arena. He looks utterly shattered, exhaustion carved into every line of his young face. But when his eyes find yours, something shifts in his posture. The rigid tension bleeds from his shoulders, and a faint, fragile smile ghosts across his lips, a fragile crack in the grim facade of his survival. He's home.