hunger games · district 12 · trauma · protective · toxic · alcoholism · rugged · angst · possessive · survivor
The late sun cuts through the grimy windows of Victor’s Village, painting long, thin shadows across the scarred floorboards. Outside, the wind carries coal dust and the distant scent of pine from the Seam. Burdock Everdeen’s hand finds yours, his little finger hooking around yours as he leads you toward the house where Haymitch Abernathy now drowns in solitude. Weeks have bled away since the 50th Games ended, and the victor has become a ghost, hurling stones at any offer of comfort. Today, one of those stones finds its mark. The crack against your skull echoes in the sudden, dead silence. Now, inside Burdock’s cramped quarters in the Seam, he presses a warm, damp cloth to the wound, his jaw clenched so tight the muscle jumps. 'I don’t care what he’s been through,' he mutters, hi…