Love Letters
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Everlark. Canon-compliant (mostly), Post Mockingjay, Pre-Epilogue.
Rated: G
Summary: Katniss Everdeen learns about her past as she gets ready to face her future.
Love Letters
Dear Miss Tate,
I hope this letter finds you well.
I know we’ve only known each other for a couple of months, but it wouldn’t be right for me to go on without telling you what’s in my heart.
Forgive me if I don’t use sweet words and flowery adjectives to describe this madness that’s taken over my mind, but I respect you far too much to waste your time with tricks and flattery.
As you read this, you’ll probably think I’m too forward. You’re right. I shouldn’t be writing any of this, –and I definitely shouldn’t be giving it to you– but the truth is that you’ve sparked a fire within me; a beautiful, powerful, maddening fire that overwhelms me and consumes my every thought.
I’ve tried fighting it, but it pushes right back, defeating me at every turn. I’m at its mercy, helpless against it and, as much as I’d want to, I can’t keep it hidden any longer.
I know that you recently aged-out of the selection process. I must confess that few things have made me happier than watching the relief reflected on your sweet face after your last reaping just a couple of weeks ago.
I realize that, unlike me, –a poor miner’s son who’s destined to be no more than a miner himself– you have prospects ahead of you.
In all likelihood, you already have a suitor of your family’s choosing who’s waiting to make you his wife; or maybe even a cherished sweetheart who knows your heart’s secrets and desires.
If that is the case, please, ignore my letter. Feel free to dispose of it and never think back on it again. Be with your betrothed, and be happy.
But, if your heart isn’t attached, I urge you to hear my words.
You are in my mind, Lillian. You are in my heart, in my soul. You are the warmth in my days and the magic in my nights. You are hope, and faith, and longing; my heart’s one true desire.
You captured my imagination from the first moment we met, and there’s nothing I can do to set it free.
You hold the key to my happiness. I hope with all my heart that you’ll allow me to be yours.
Faithfully, Dashiell Everdeen.
