#k. everdeen

[mothflamed]

KATNISS ROLLED HER EYES. max is a half step behind her but she powers on walking home. "you can try all you want but i'm not dressing up for halloween." it had never been a holiday that the everdeens had been particularly fond of. when prim was young katniss would walk her around the neighborhood, or dress up in a makeshift costume if it was to match. it was always at the behest of her sister though, and certainly not of her own volition.

except for once. she can remember one halloween the year before prim turned seven. the year before her father died. the year before her mother turned into a shell of herself. it had been at prim's insistance that they do beauty and the beast. prim had been belle, their father the beast, their mother cogsworth, and katniss had ended up as gaston. ever the hunter. it was the only time she'd ever seen the point.

"it's stupid." she continued. "i buy a costume for what fifty dollars to wear it once? if you think about it i'm just making a good investment, you know?" maybe there's a part of her, buried deep, that would love to embrace the charm of the holiday but her logic would not let her. "plus i've got a mountain of calc homework."

@asheld

[frightes-a]

THE EVERDEEN HOUSEHOLD KEPT TAKING IN STRAYS. it wasn't as if that was katniss's intention. she already felt a lot of mouths to fed. all too familiar with the pangs of hunger that the feeling seemed to be apart of her daily landscape. if she could keep prim from feeling even a fraction of it, she would. which is why it's so easy for her to grab cat food for buttercup, or feed her mother soup, or know that it's parker walking through the door. she had saved him a piece - just in case. it was all an extension of love, or care, even if she couldn't quite put the words to it.

"scored some pizza from work, it's on the counter. it's cold." the living room is dotted with candles and flashlights pointed toward the ceiling. "you could heat it up in the oven if you want." the power on the other hand would be out until her next paycheck. "there's a beer or two in the fridge."

@agentnash

[frightes-a]

KATNISS HATED IT HERE. she seemed to hate it less when kailee was around though. the bubbly sort of optimism was something katniss was in short supply of. they were supposed to be watching some movie, but it wasn't keeping her attention. she found her hand moving closer to kailee's, bold enough to lay her pinky on kailee's hand. "we should get out of here." she whispered. they wouldn't have an opportunity until after dinner but after that it was set. they were all going out to a bar where they could finally be themselves. "you down to break the rules a little?"

@amoresis