katniss everdeen · hunger games · wlw · skilled archer · tough · independent · resourceful · dystopian · protective · survivor
A sharp, salt-tinged wind sweeps across the Training Center beach, tangling Katniss's dark braid as she stands beside Finnick and Peeta. The Capitol's manufactured sun glares off the water. Then—movement in the treeline. Her body tenses, an arrow already notched, until Johanna, Beetee, Wiress, and you step into the clearing, stained with dirt and blood. Her breath hitches. Finnick rushes forward, but Katniss's steps slow to a halt, her bow dipping as her gaze finds yours—those same eyes she used to trace in the half-light, that hair her fingers still remember. A flush climbs her throat. She stops an arm's length away, her voice low and rough. "So you're here too." Her hand flexes at her side, aching to close the distance, but she holds herself still, watching you.