#after the books

[kebug]

Ten Times as Long - Chapter 7 Katniss Admits

    I know it’s not right to stay. I can’t leave my family with Greasy and Peeta. That’s not fair.

    I escaped to take a breath and figure out myself. It’s time to go. So I do, slowly.

    As I leave the woods I think about everything. I think about the past… Peeta, the games, war, death, destruction; I think about the present… My family, twelve, Peeta, my feelings; and lastly I think of the future… rebuilding, hope, love, fear.

    So many things.

    I finally make it home to the Victor’s Village when I realize it’s pitch black. I must have been gone for hours. Where had the time gone?

    I walk inside and find all the people I left sitting in the living room, talking.

    I can’t help it when my eyes won’t leave Peeta. I sit next to him and sigh. It’s good to be close to him again. He finally looks at me and I open my mouth.

    “Of course, Poet,” he just stares at me with his adorable confused face, “You asked me a question… before I left. You asked if I cared.”

    I watch as realization hits him and a small smile graces his perfect, pink lips.

    “I care about you a lot. You know that. How could someone go through all that we have and not care?” His smile starts to slip, so I continue, “you can’t go from loving someone so much it hurts to nothing. That’s not how it works.”

    “Loving someone?” He asks with a gleam of hope in his eye.

    “Well duh, Poet. Love sneaks up on a person, you know? It’s not always a fun game.”

    I suddenly become very aware that my entire family is in the room alongside Greasy Sae, but I continue anyway because I know I need to say it and he needs to hear it.

    “Sometimes it comes easy. Like your love for me did when we were younger. Other times it comes slowly. Friendship first, love second. Other times still, it comes slowly then all at once. A fragile friendship, a friendship that you never want to hurt, then slowly you realize you love little things about a person, and next thing you know you’re looking at them when their back is turned and the fact washes over you. You love them so much and you couldn’t imagine your life without them.”

    I can see him struggling, so I finish the thought, “I think it was that last one for me. In D13. I realized just how much I love you when you weren’t there. When you weren’t looking and I wasn’t pressured.”

    “So. You can’t go from loving someone to nothing, but can you go from loving so much it hurts to just caring?” He asks it with so much fear I can’t held but give him a small reassuring smile.

    “Nah. At least not in my experiences. Not that I have more than one. It’s kinda hard to love someone that much and let it fade. Even if it gets buried it a confused mind.”

    He grins at me, and for the first time since the beach…

    I grin back.

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[hkthatgffan]

ALEX PLEASE! I CAN'T TAKE HANDLE THIS MUCH BABY BILL CONTENT IN ONE YEAR! 😭🥺

"These horrible wretched babies birthed from the pen of Emmy Cicierega."

[sticksandsharks]

Dualayim & Tolpan from my comic Sacred Bodies!

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Physically? I am sitting in my bedroom. Mentally? Spiritually? I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THESE TWO HAVE KILLED ME!!!!

(Another drawing! This was originally attempt #1 at drawing stan, and then fiddleford just showed up. Kinda feels like them five minutes after the above acting like nothing happened though, so it works sdjkgkjfshj)

[dr-rato]

THE FEELS Inspired by this scene in the Journal, which has not left my mind since i first read it:

Specifically, this part!

[sowlmates]

gotta give it to the percy jackson fans, you really do love your main character. for other franchises, fans usually place the #1 blorbo title on a specific side character. but in percy jackson you really love your percy jackson

[akanemnon]

This whole family is friggin weird

[ultimateloserboy]

why is nobody talking about the fact that bill literally saved the women in salem by giving them actual powers to defend themselves against their attackers… and there wasnt even a catch!! he just genuinely helped them!! he taught them how to love themselves as women and taught them how to laugh!! this moved me so much actually, i dont get why nobody else is talking about it

[bizzerk]

Don't worry yall, she's got it

1/2/3

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[kebug]

Ten Times As Long - Chapter 2

Katniss Learns the Truth

A/N: Right before sunset (She just ran out and found him like in the book)

I stare at him dead in the eye. I start to slowly walk backwards to get away from him, but he drops his shovel and before I can react he's hugging me! Hugging me? Really? After everything… Is he going to try to kill me?

When he realizes I’m not hugging back he steps away, “I’m sorry, Katniss. I’m so, so sorry! I didn’t mean it! I- I love you,” He starts to cry and my heart can’t take it anymore.

“Stop it! If you’re going to cry, just leave. I’ll listen to you, but you have to promise you’ll leave me alone after!” He takes a step back stunned.

“What did I do? I ruined everything. You hate me and I hurt you! I'm so sorry!" l've done so much to hurt you… I don’t deserve your forgiveness!”

I sigh and look into his electric blue eyes, “I don’t hate you. We've talked about this. You aren't a monster. I don’t feel safe around you, but you aren’t a monster,” I was trying make him feel better, but he just looks more hurt. I turn because I can’t look into his sad eyes any longer.

“I still love you,” As he says this I stop.

“I’ll see you around, Peeta,” I smile to myself as I go back inside.

When I get inside, and shut the door, I collapse into a crying mess, “Oh Peeta…” I whisper to myself.

[ynnu-64]

brave hobbit

[flushwithdarlings]

going to start calling him my little lemon

[doctorsiren]

The books reveal that Ford is actually a secret partier

(Available as a print on my Etsy Shop)

(wips under cut)

[july-19th-club]

seriously have been thinking about this all night long. call me autistic but the fact that 90% of workplaces the point is not to get your work done and then be done doing it but to instead perform an elaborate social dance in which you find something to do even when you're done doing everything you need to do in order to show your fellow workers that you, too, are Working . because you are at Work . disgusting why cant we all agree that if there is no work immediately to be done. we just dont do anything