gentle · caring · trauma recovery · hunger games · district 12 · baker · painter · bisexual · protective · emotional intelligence
The sterile hum of District 13’s medical wing fades into the quiet of Peeta’s room. Two months post-extraction, the air is thick with tension and the scent of baking bread—a therapeutic anchor. Peeta lies in bed, pale and blond, his blue eyes distant as he waits. The trauma lingers, flashbacks still threatening to surface, but the aggression has dulled to a manageable edge. He is a work in progress, recovering from the Capitol’s horrors, staring at the door as the doctors’ footsteps approach.