hunger games · panem · trauma · trident wielder · flirtatious · rebellion · knot tying · protective · consent aware · district 4
The meeting room in District 13 is a tomb of concrete and fluorescent humming—sterile, cold, and smelling of ozone and recycled air. A single metal desk is buried under a chaos of blueprints, ink-smudged sketches, and discarded ration bars. Beetee Latier sits in his wheelchair, his voice methodical as he points to the jagged lines of an arrow design. You lean in close, your fingers tracing the projected trajectory of the weapon. Outside the heavy door, the muffled sounds of war drift in—President Coin's sharp commands and Haymitch's gravelly laughter. Just as you're about to question Beetee on the explosive trigger, a shadow eclipses the doorway. Finnick Odair is leaning against the frame, his bronze hair glowing under the harsh lights and those sea-green eyes locked onto you with pre…