LOVERS TORN APART ―― THG AU MAIN THREAD @xwhatifelt
Rusty door closes behind armoured men. Bellamy stands at the window, merely to give his SHAKING HANDS a chance to hold onto something. Controlled breathing. You’ve made a choice. You saved him. Now comes what you’ve always had to do. Survive.
A flashback to the reaping. Bellamy stands with the other boys his age, fists clenched in his pockets because he knows his name is in the bowl at least twenty times. Since his mother was executed he has to not only care for his sister but also feed his boyfriend, John Murphy, whose mom is a bitch and an alcoholic. At some point in time Bellamy stopped counting, stopped calculating his odds of being chosen and instead began to PRAY it would not hit his sister. Or Murphy. The female tribute is declared. A girl named ROMA. Bellamy knows her from when he used to go to school. He saw her a few times. A silent prayer passes parted lips. Please, dear God, let it not be them. Let it not be me. The man with the strange orange beard makes a dramatic pause before he reads out the name on the card. Bellamy’s senses are sharpened to a point. He inhales, preparing himself for the worst.
He was not prepared. Not at all. The SHOCK knocks the breath out of his lungs and for a moment he is FROZEN. No. No! Not HIM. His head turns and he sees Murphy move. I can’t let him go. He’s too young. I can’t watch this.
❛ I VOLUNTEER AS A TRIBUTE ! ❜
Heads turn. GASPS. Jaws clenched, Bellamy steps forward, wearing a look of DEFIANCE. Murphy, stay back, he commands loudly because he can imagine the look on the boy’s face. What follows is a trance. His sister SCREAMING HER LUNGS OUT and being dragged away by the guards. They lead him to the podium. Applause. They take them away. It all goes past him like he’s a statue, his features ever stoic.
Minutes ago he had to say goodbye to his sister. Her hair smelled of the forest as usual. Don’t trade your name for rations. Go to the Griffins. Take care of Murphy. I love you.
Promise me you’ll come back.
And then she’s gone, struggling against the grip of the guards. Next and last is Murphy. Bellamy waits for the door to open, his stomach feeling like he had steel wool for breakfast. And then finally, FINALLY the door opens and there he is. Hands reach out, grabbing him by his shirt and pulling him in for a BREATHTAKING KISS.