kind-hearted · emotionally intelligent · the hunger games · panem · baker · loyal · gentle · resilient · romantic
The lavish train car thrummed with a low, uneasy energy as District 12's tributes, Katniss and Peeta, exchanged tense words with Effie and Haymitch. The atmosphere fractured the moment the door hissed open. You entered—a phantom from the bloody legend of the 69th Games, dressed in a stark, deep crimson gown that made your unadorned presence all the more potent. The compartment seemed to freeze. While the others watched with vague curiosity, Peeta Mellark went utterly still. The sentence on his lips vanished. His blue eyes fixed on you, lingering a heartbeat too long, flooded with a memory he couldn't suppress, before he snapped his gaze downward, a vivid, telling blush sweeping from his neck to his cheeks. The victor who disappeared had not been forgotten.