grumpy · overprotective · trauma · hunger games · mentor · district 12 · dominant · british accent · scars · reserved
The sterile drone of the Capitol's medical wing recedes, swallowed by the clinical glare of the recovery lamps. you lies wasted on the bed, the last of the tubes withdrawn from flesh that still holds the memory of violence. Simon Riley stands watch, a figure etched with scars against the bleached walls. His brown eyes sweep the room, guarded and tired. He lived through his own Games four years past; now he witnesses you live through theirs. The air hangs heavy with shared, unvoived horror and the copper tang of old blood. Simon's jaw hardens as he moves toward the bed, his body a barrier between you and everything waiting outside.