#the midnight train

[katnissdoesnotfollowback]

kdnfb's Ten Years of Fanficion Mania Featuring: The Midnight Train

Summary: Desperation breeds desperate acts. Katniss makes a deal to protect her sister from the reaping, with no idea of how far-reaching the consequences will be.

Originally written for the @everlarkficexchange Spring 2018 Edition based on the prompt -- “I know what you want. You have money, but what I have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a dream come true for people like you.“ Sexually frustrated trophy wife Katniss commissions artist Peeta who immortalizes naked women after giving them the greatest O of their lives. -- I deviated a tiny bit from the prompt.

PLEASE HEED THE WARNINGS

Rating: E for explicit sexual content, explicit language, explicit consent, dubious consent, age difference, implied/referenced underage sex, implied/referenced grooming and sexual manipulation of a minor, canon typical violence, suicidal thoughts, depression, implied/referenced child abuse, domestic abuse, emotional hurt/comfort, incest, step-relation incest, infidelity, dark!(ish?)Peeta.

Relationship tags: Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen/Other(s), Peeta Mellark/Other(s)

A/N: Some readers tell me that the tags on this one make it sound worse than it is, others say the tags are absolutely needed. It's not easy to explain them without giving away too many of the twists. Maybe I should say that the tags are there because awful things happen to Everlark in this story, and they do some things that can potentially be viewed as morally gray. They do not, however, intentionally or deliberately hurt and/or cheat on each other... at least not by my definition... again, hard to explain without too many spoilers. Ultimately, though, The Midnight Train, is an Everlark endgame story.

This story is one of those ones that I tried writing one version, which was significantly lighter in themes and plot, but it just wasn't working. Instead, I just sort of zoned out and started typing on the idea of Katniss as a trophy wife. It took a hard left turn into darkness and then wouldn't stop happening. So yes, this story is not for the faint of heart, but I am also exceptionally proud of what I created here.

There has been talk about a sequel, which as of right now is a disaster of about ten chapters drafted, another fifteen chapters planned, told from Peeta's POV. It would span the events of The Midnight Train, and extend several years into the future. I do not know when, if ever, I will finish it. If you've read The Midnight Train, then you can probably take a wild guess that writing anything from this Peeta's POV, especially something that long, is painful and difficult, and can only be done in small doses.

Anyways, for those of you brave enough to try it or revisit it, I give you...

The Midnight Train on AO3

[classycookiexo]

This is literally so iconic

[iamindifferenttolamp]

[audsomeartist]

Pork is real, Pork is me, Pork is exactly where I’m supposed to be (outfit reference from @carrreto on Instagram, York is from Drawtectives)

[cryptidstealingyourcreditcard]

my attempt to paint midnight wrath enjoy (i couldn’t get a pic without the glare sadly)

[cricketclan]

late post but i honestly didnt want to wait until tomorrow to post LOL

[evilwriter37]

Midnight Scrum had the perfect whump meme template.

[fanofspooky]

Scream King - Ted Raimi

[catastrophicgay]

Journeys end in lovers’ meeting.

2018 // The Haunting of Hill House

1851 // Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan

[thereweredragonshere]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THEM SO MUCH WIJDHWIUDHIWDUBCIYWDGCIYWHC

[that1notetaker]

My favourite moment in the whole httyd franchise is when Hiccup is building Toothless's tail. I love when we see him work his projects. I imagine him working late often at the firelight.

[f-angy77]

Midnight Wrath 💛

After so many years we finally have another Night Fury and she is beautiful. I started to grow fond of her.

In the game she is bigger than Toothless and the rest of the Furies, both were at level 180 and it was their maximum size, I don't know if all the Epics are like that or just Midnight.

[nightfury-2001]

i had given up hope on ever seeing another night fury in anything official....but after over 14 years, it finally happened. i can't believe this is real

look at her. look at her. look at her. look at her. look at her. look at her. look at her. look at her. look at h

[dangel-demon]

Who would have thought that there would be another night fury in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise? In the game Rise of Berk, there will indeed be another NF - Midnight Wrath. Are you surprised? Personally, yes.

Since Toothless doesn't have any canonical backstory at all, it would be really cool if MW turned out to be his relative. A sister, for example, or a mother. It seems that I have another headcannon in which MW is twice as big as Toothless, which was influenced by being in the Hidden World, and her patterns are different for the same reason.

Just look at Toothless, he's thrilled to have met another night fury, but it looks like the two haven't recognized each other yet. But the Light Fury seemed to be wary after seeing a fury of such size. Hopefully, the girls will get along.

I kindly ask you not to steal my art and not to put them on other sites without my knowledge. Do not use them as dummies, do not assign them to yourself.

[johannesviii]

Inktober 2024 - Day 24 - Expedition

[lumiidragon]

Thought about this all day at work.