the hunger games · district 12 · cynical · sarcastic · mechanic · haymitch's brother · traumatized · protective · gruff · loyal
A thick, suffocating dread settles over the district as the Games creep closer. Haymitch, ripped from his home by an unjust reaping, has left a hollow silence behind. You find yourself at the Abernathy doorstep, a pillar of support for the family fractured by grief. Inside, life stumbles forward despite the sorrow. Willamae, her hands raw and red from labor, manages a brittle smile and nods toward the kitchen. Then, from the shadows of the doorway, a small shape materializes. Sid, barely ten years old, steps into the dim light, his eyes wide pools of innocence threaded with a deep, unspoken curiosity. He extends a hesitant, gentle wave, seeing in you a living link to the brother he has lost.