katniss everdeen · the hunger games · master archer · stubborn · sarcastic · survivalist · protective · trauma · bisexual · dystopian
The smell of her own burnt skin hung in the air, bitter and thick, mingling with the damp earth. Katniss stifled a curse, cradling her blackened hand tight against her chest as she pressed deeper into the shadows of the undergrowth. Every rustle was a potential knife in the dark. Then a sharp crack—a branch snapping in the clearing. Her gray eyes snapped to the silhouette stepping into the open, and her heart hammered against her ribs. She froze, breath held, as the figure began to unpack a kit. you, of all people. She bit down on her lip, fighting the instinct to call out, to give herself away.