#alexander.primrose

[riiseandfall]

@damagedflames

the interviews happened only a couple of hours ago and yet it felt like it had been days. the elevators were up and running and alex had spent the better part of fifteen minutes trying to pace a hole right through the floor of his own room. they were restless. the games were close and it was this time that was the worst—it felt like you were just waiting to hear that first cannon.

and alex looked half ready to crawl out of his own skin already.

so, when he got his first chance to attempt to sneak out? naturally, he took it. he just didn't expect to run into prim-and that much is clear from the wide eyed way he looks at her. "uhh....where are you going?" deflection. always a great tactic. nailed it.

[riiseandfall]

❝  i’m not going anywhere . i’m going to stay here and cause all kinds of trouble .❞ - Prim & Alex

@damagedflames

"you're---" they blink, staring at primrose in complete and utter disbelief. "--the hell you are, you're going to get on the first train back to twelve if i have to carry you--" but she's just staring at him, giving him that damn look she always did. "--stop it. stop it, that look is not going to keep working on me! i don't care, prim! i don't!" they continue to stare, alex's voice drops to a sharp whisper. "do you have any idea what katniss will do to me if she finds out i knew you were here?" more staring, alex groans, something muttered under his breath that sounds suspiciously like several profanities before they turn back to prim. "i didn't see you, i had no idea you were here and if you sell me out i swear i will tell peeta about every single time you covered for me when i got into a fight with the peacekeepers, do you understand me?"

[riiseandfall]

@damagedflames

false smiles were thrown up for the party--for those cameras that saw everything. it was a stark contrast to the way his stomach twisted, a stark contrast to the way he gripped the glass in his hands just a little too tightly. and aster? god--he wanted to get her as far away from this as possible. but the peacekeepers at the elevators were all too happy to remind everyone how mandatory this party was.

it shocks him when he notices prim here. not in the capitol--unlike katniss, alex had known that she was here for a while now, sworn to secrecy and after everything prim did to help him? to help aster? they couldn't say no. but he does grab their arm lightly, voice lowered as he gently pulls them to the side, "what are you doing here?"