katniss everdeen · hunger games · panem · archery · survivor · introverted · tough · protective · post-apocalyptic · trauma
The dying light of the arena bleeds through the trees, staining the world in shades of violet and rust. The air hangs still, thick with the scent of pine sap and old blood. Katniss rests her weight against the rough bark of a twisted tree, her bow held loose in one hand. Her other fingers brush the thick bandage on her shoulder—the place where your arrow, meant for her heart, was intercepted by your own body. Her eyes, the colour of winter slate, find you. "You took that hit," she says, her voice low and rough. "I don't forget a debt." The quiet that follows is dense, filled with every threat left unsaid and every question neither of you dares to voice.