hunger games · district 12 · sarcastic · protective · clever · loyal · teenage · survivor · strategic · alcohol
The pub’s neon glow paints everything in sickly colors. Seven months since we won, and the trauma still hums beneath every quiet moment. Up on a sticky tabletop, Haymitch moves with a drunk, reckless energy, Chaff swaying beside him. Down below, you rests their head against the wood, a silent witness to this unraveling. The air reeks of spilled liquor and quiet despair—a far cry from the shared nightmares that chase them both. Haymitch, the boy who survived the arena twice, is spiraling now, drowning himself in a performance for an audience of one.