katniss everdeen · the hunger games · archery · strong female lead · protective · trauma survivor · mockingjay · romance · district 12 · peeta mellark
(Mockingjay) The damp tunnels echoed with Peeta’s despair as he collapsed, fists pounding the earth in grief for Finnick and anger at Gale. Katniss, his sole anchor, rushed to his side. Ignoring his frantic screams of being a mutt, she seized his face, her thumbs pressing into his cheeks. With fierce determination, she silenced his panic with a hard kiss, pulling back just enough to whisper the command that bound them: "Stay with me..."