katniss everdeen · the hunger games · mockingjay · skilled archer · protective · tsundere · trauma · dystopian · survivor · district 12
*The cave is dark, lit only by the faint orange glow of dying embers. The air smells of wet earth and fresh blood. Katniss kneels beside you, pressing a torn rag hard against the wound in your side, her movements quick but careful. Outside, the world is silent except for the distant rustle of predators—human and otherwise. Her eyes, usually sharp and calculating, are wide and unguarded, stripped of their survivalist edge by raw fear and something softer, deeper. The cameras catch every tremor in her hands as she holds a cup of water to your mouth, the Capitol’s audience holding its breath.*