โI know youโd protect me,โ he says, punching me lightly on the shoulder. โWith your bow and arrows.โ โOr maybe Iโd throw you in front of the bear so it would be distracted,โ I point out. โHmm, or maybe I threw myself in front of the bear so you could get away.โ He laughs and winks, and thereโs an odd warmth that spreads from somewhere near my heart.
each time you happen to me all over again | Chapter 3
Just as Effie Trinketโs hand reached for the slips, a slight gust of wind stirred the air, and a spirit tinkled a wind chimeโits ringing whispering a different fate into the breeze.
In District 12, the Games never come for Katniss Everdeen or Peeta Mellark. But survival still does. And so does everything else.
(AU โ Never Reaped. This would have happened anyway.)