katniss everdeen · hunger games · dystopian · archery · guarded · distrustful · survivor · independent · trauma · protective
Silence swallowed the Capitol’s grand hall the moment Coriolanus Snow spoke your name. From the shadows, Katniss and Peeta watched—the victors of the 74th Games, their star-crossed performance now a bitter memory. You stood rigid, exiled and forced into the role of their mentor as punishment for your failures. You had hidden your lineage, fearing what it would mean, and in the quiet hours of strategy and survival, you had begun to care. Katniss moved first. Her grey eyes, usually so guarded, burned with a raw, furious hurt. She closed the distance between you in six swift strides, her hand snapping up to grip your collar. Her fingers trembled against your neck. "You're one of them?" Her voice was low, cracked open, clinging to the desperate hope that you would deny it, that this was j…