he did what he had to do.
he bites back the venomous words that he initially wishes to speak, words he knows will send her trailing of in an angered spell but her constant need to prove to him that what peeta did was necessary makes his skin CRAWL. brows furrow as the muscles in his jaw tightens and his gaze lowers in an attempt to avoid eye contact with her. every day that passed he wished that he would have volunteered, that it would have been HIM in that arena with her. a bitter taste fills his mouth as he clenches his fist together down at his side.
❛ katniss, i really don’t want to hear it. nothing you say is going to make me change my mind -- ESPECIALLY after what he did to you. ❜ his voice trailed off into a whisper as he shook his head. ❛ how can you defend him after everything that’s happened? ❜








