Katniss “pretending” to love Peeta back in the first games will NEVER be a selfish action to me. She did it entirely with the goal to save him. At that point she had enough sponsors, no life threatening injuries, she could hunt/gather, and had her bow and arrows. Their romance was for sponsors and Katniss was not the one in need of help when she chose to reciprocate. Peeta was on the brink of death through out almost the entirety of their alliance, for most of it he was a bigger hinderance than help in winning. But Katniss never even considers any option other than staying with him. Maybe she wasn’t “in love” with him yet, but everything she did was still done as an act of deep care for Peeta. Every romantic moment, every kiss they had, Katniss didn’t do it to get herself home. She did it to get Peeta home.
