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WE GOT HUNGER GAMES BOOK AND FILM IN ONE DAY??? HELLOOO OHHHH WE ARE SO BACK

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GUYS DID YOU HEAR ABOUT A NEW HUNGER GAMES BOOK COMING OUT IN 2025

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Katniss’s body crashed against the door, which slammed open with a loud bang, startling Peeta, who was making himself a sandwich on the coffee table.

“Damn, Katniss,” he said with a chunk of bread in his mouth without turning to look at her, “You don’t have to make such a dramatic entrance every time, you know.”

“You don’t even know if it’s me,” she managed to shoot back. 

Her knees fell to the floor. The pain was coming in now, in all parts of her body - she hadn’t really noticed it when she was running.

Peeta dusted off his hands, letting the bread crumbs fall onto the plate. “You’re always slamming the door open when you walk in. Madge walks in like she doesn’t want people to know she exists.”

The sight of her injured and weak changed everything immediately. “Oh my God, Katniss, what happened? Who the hell did this to you?”

“I would’ve gone to Prim’s, but -”

Peeta gently placed her left arm over his shoulder, cupped her waist with his hand and hoisted her up.

“Silly girl. You yelling at me earlier doesn’t mean you can’t come back to the dorm.”

“I was planning to stay at Prim’s anyway,” Katniss coughed.

“Oh, so an apology was never in your options then,” Peeta sat her down on the couch, arranging cushions to support her back so she could lie comfortably.

Peeta busied himself getting a bucket of water and towels, then hurried back to the couch.

“Do you even know what you’re doing?” Katniss mustered whatever strength she had left to laugh at him.

“Why don’t you tell me who got you into this state?”

“Why should I? It’s none of your business.”

Peeta reached for her hands. Her knuckles were covered with wounds. He gently pressed the wet towel onto the skin, causing her to wince. The look in his eyes made her nervous. It was almost like he could read her mind. 

“Fine,” Katniss cleared her throat. “Um, I made a bet with Gale and his little band of imbeciles, and…yeah, things got a little heated.”

Peeta’s eyes almost glazed over. It was hard to tell what emotions he had there, which was unusual for him. He usually only had one expression, which was just joy and more joy behind those eyes. Katniss had found it quite annoying sometimes.

“Hawthorne?” 

“No, I was talking about the wind. Like, there was such a strong current of wind that I walked right into a lamppost. Yeah, Hawthorne. Who else? He’s hated me since day one.”

Peeta said nothing, and continued cleaning her wounds as gently as he could, with the same still-faced expression. It was starting to freak her out.

“Dude, what's wrong with you? You're not planning to like, I don't know, set fire to his car or something? You look like you're thinking about something like that."

Almost immediately, the light in his eyes changed. Katniss felt almost comforted seeing the warmth in his eyes take its rightful place.

"Don't you worry about that. Just let me take care of you."

Katniss felt her stomach dance when the thought of her and Peeta being in the dorm alone crossed her mind.

"Um, where's Madge, by the way? She's coming back soon, right?"

Peeta shrugged. "Pretty sure she told me she was staying at her cousin's. Why?"

His eyes had a mischievous glint to them. "Are you nervous about being alone with an attractive man?"

"You think too highly of yourself. I wouldn't put the word 'attractive' in that sentence. It's just 'man'," Katniss snarked. "I was just asking anyway. What if I need help in the shower? I don't even know if I can lift my arms."

Peeta looked at her thoughtfully. "I could help you wash your hair at least, and if you aren't comfortable with me doing it, you could wipe the rest of yourself down with a towel."

No way.

"Oh, it's fine. Just help me with my wounds and I'll be able to settle the rest," she nodded.

It looked like she was not going to be able to do it by herself after all. Katniss had been sitting in front of the bathroom sink, trying to somehow contort her arms in a way that she would not have to lift them up too high to wash her hair.

It was like every muscle in her body was screaming at her with every movement she made. She did not peg herself as one with such low pain tolerance.

"Katniss," came a knock at the door. "Are you doing okay?"

"Uh, yeah, uh-huh," Katniss mumbled. "I'm good."

"You've been in there for thirty minutes trying to wash your hair. I think it's safe to say you need my help now."

"Already?" Katniss blurted out. She definitely couldn't have taken that long...

"Can I come in?"

Katniss rested her chin on the sink in defeat. "Fine. Yes."

"You're the most stubborn person I've ever met," Peeta sighed.

Katniss went into a daze as Peeta rinsed and soaped her hair. She tried not to think about the awkwardness she felt, but rather the comfort it brought her. When Katniss's mother used to wash her hair when she was little, she always did it hurriedly, roughly. Like she had a million other things in the world to do, and this was just another task off the list. Another troublesome child to quickly settle.

With Peeta, it felt like he was doing it such that if he used as much as a little bit of force, her hair would fall out and break into pieces. She felt his tenderness and care in the way he massaged the soap into her hair and the gentle way he ran his fingers through it.

"Katniss." His voice broke her train of thought.

"Mm? Yeah?"

"Can you promise me you'll stay away from situations you know you'll get hurt in?"

A drop of water landed on her eyelashes, and she blinked it away.

"I'm not that stupid. I don't go running into like, tigers' mouths or something. I just...I wanted to show him that he didn't scare me. I was just trying to hide the fact that he did, I guess."

Peeta paused for a moment. He placed his hand under her chin and tilted her head up to look at the sink mirror.

"You don't always have to take on everything on your own, you know. I'm here. I'll always be here."

They made eye contact in their reflections, and Katniss waited for him to break it, but he never did, so she decided to look away first.

"Okay. Point noted. Um, you're done, right?"

Peeta nodded, wiping his hands on a towel to dry them. "Sit outside. I'll get the hairdryer."

"What? That's not necessary - " Katniss stopped herself. This man was not going to let anything or anyone stop him once he had decided on something, and she was far too tired to argue with him.

"Okay, thanks," Katniss made herself comfortable on her bed after Peeta had helped her into her room. He pulled the comforter up to her chest and adjusted the pillows to give her better support.

"Comfortable?"

Katniss nodded. "Thanks, Peeta. You can go now. It's been a long day for you too."

Peeta smiled. He went out and came back in dragging a mattress behind him.

Katniss almost sat up in her shock, but the pain made her lie back down.

"What are you doing?"

"It's been a long day," Peeta yawned, getting onto the mattress.

"Your room is at the other end of the corridor."

"Precisely," Peeta supported the back of his head with his arms, his eyes closed. "If you fall off the bed in the middle of the night, or you need a glass of water, or something, I won't be able to hear you."

Katniss rolled her eyes. "I'm not a kid. I can barely move now, how can I roll off the bed?"

"You can sleep knowing that if you do, I'll be here to catch you. Or you can sleep in my arms, if you'd like. I always give plenty of options."

"You're so annoying," Katniss closed her eyes to distract herself from her stomach going into a wild frenzy again.

Peeta sat up to look at her, and pushed a lock of her hair behind her ear.

"Good night, Katniss," he whispered, and for a moment she noticed his eyes dart down to her lips, but before she could react, he had turned away and laid back down on the mattress.

The next morning, Katniss woke up to Madge gently shaking her awake. She blinked sleepily, recalling the events of last night. A hint of disappointment creeped into her chest when she realised Peeta was nowhere to be seen. She tried to ignore it.

"Where's Peeta?"

"He's out to get us lunch. Come wash up, I expect he'll be back soon."

The front door unlocked while Madge was helping Katniss towards the dining room, and Peeta strolled in with bags of food in both hands.

"Good morning," he grinned, setting the food down on the table.

"What a spread," Madge playfully nudged his shoulder with her elbow, and looked concerned when he winced in response.

"Woah, I didn't use that much force, did I?" Madge looked at him, then gasped when she saw how badly bruised his knuckles were.

"Peeta, what happened?"

Peeta tried to hide his hands but it was too late. In an instant Katniss was beside him, examining his hands.

"What is your problem?" Katniss snapped.

"Am I not allowed to slip and fall on the pavement and get a few bruises?"

Madge sighed in exasperation. "You must have closed your fists when you fell then. Your palms are fine but your knuckles look like you've been boxing for three hours straight."

"I don't want you getting hurt for this," Katniss said softly.

"It's fine, I didn't let him sneak any punches on my face. I wouldn't look as good as I do if I let him he give me a bruised nose, would I?"

"You're so stupid," Katniss frowned. She leaned towards him and wrapped her arms around his waist - that was the highest her arms could go.

Peeta pulled her in closer. "If it hurts to lift your arms, you can just rest your head on my shoulder."

"No," Katniss's voice was muffled with her face on his chest. "I think this is good."

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HI IT’S BEEN A HOT MINUTE. i’ve been so busy with life i haven’t had time to write, but in the meantime i’ve really gotten into the divergent series and i’ve read the first book and allegiant already and i love it so much!! i’ve discovered that after discovering hunger games i’m really into the dystopian genre, and i’d like to check out maze runner next too. i don’t think percy jackson is dystopian but i’d like to check that out too lol. hope you guys have been doing good <3

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HI GUYS IT’S BEEN A SECOND! i’ve been on holidays for a few weeks now and so much has happened - i went to the eras tour!! finally!! it was the best time of my life and my voice has not recovered lol and i went on the 5th night too BYE

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just watched tbosas today 🐍 was trying so hard to finish the book before watching the movie so i could make sense of things throughout the movie but i couldnt finish it 😭 eventually i went in having read majority of the book with only 80-90? pages left to read lol

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put up the christmas tree today and i felt all my troubles dissipate for a moment. i love this time of the year 🤍

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a cute lil everlark drabble in the works — in which katniss’ secret crush isn’t…that secret anymore

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girly changed her username and revamped her whole layout

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lemme explain my usernames even though no one asked but i like rambling so

winterbearhug - i’m an army, and taehyung has a song called winter bear which i really like! there’s this phrase called ‘bear hug’ so i just combined that and the name of the song to make this username which i thought was really cute lol. it is.

toastyeverlark - because peeta, bread. katniss, fire. hence, toast. toasty. also because the definition of toasty in informal terms can also mean ‘comfortably warm’ which i thought described everlark’s relationship very nicely

GUYS I CHANGED MY USERNAME! bye winterbearhug it was nice having you i still really like it tbh but i wanted an everlark related username 😌

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GUYS I CHANGED MY USERNAME! bye winterbearhug it was nice having you i still really like it tbh but i wanted an everlark related username 😌

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hi guys i’m back :D SO. EXCITED. for tbosas in cinemas i’m going to go watch it soon! i’m currently working on reading the book first which is going GREAT by the way i literally couldn’t put it down after i picked it up

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i feel like i’ve been writing in the same style for the longest time......i don’t feel like i’m challenging myself or that my writing has undergone any changes and yet i feel so comfortable in this. my current style comforts me and it flows out of me fairly easily, but i want to write like it challenges me and make people feel something different, you know? 

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Katniss rolled her eyes as he approached her with a playful grin on his face. She couldn’t wait for filming to finally wrap up, Peeta Mellark was the worst co-star she had worked with thus far. Fans had been excited to see them together when it was announced that Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen would be starring in the new romcom Dates Before Dates together, which would be based off a hugely popular bestselling book with the same name. 

Katniss couldn’t understand why. She thought they weren’t good together, at all. He was too charismatic - too charming for her.

“Hi,” she managed, looking up at him before looking down at her script. 

“Hey Katherine,” Peeta plopped down on the seat next to her and pulled the script out of her hands. He probably would have called her Kat Piss if she didn’t glare at him every time he approached her. 

“Give it back. I have a difficult scene I need to practise.”

“What scene would be difficult for you?” Peeta laughed, scanning the page quickly. Then he smiled one of those playful, deadly attractive smiles that Katniss hated seeing. 

“What?”

“This shouldn’t be too difficult.”

“What?” Katniss reached for the script, but he pulled it out of her reach.

“We could practise together, if you’d like.”

Katniss turned pink as she realised what scene he was talking about. She had forgotten about it, being preoccupied with rehearsing her current scene. The butterflies in her stomach seemed to be having a party. 

“I was going to ask Bella if we could change it,” Katniss tried to seem as nonchalant as possible. She couldn’t allow him to tease her about it.

“Change what?” Peeta brushed a lock of her hair behind her ear. “I think it’s perfect.”

“I am not kissing you,” she swatted his hand away like a fly.

“What could be so bad about that?”

“Everything. I hate you, you hate me, we should not be kissing.”

“I don’t hate you. We’ve said ‘I love you’ to each other in like five different ways over the course of sixteen episodes.”

“We don’t mean that. It’s Olivia and Jack who mean it.”

“What makes you think I don’t mean it?”

Katniss stared at him, wondering if he was joking or not, but he looked so serious it made her feel nervous.

“Katniss! I need you here for a minute.”

Katniss was beyond grateful for the interruption. She practically ran over to the director, almost tripping over a cord on the way.

“Woah, relax. Can’t have Olivia having a sprained ankle out of nowhere, can we?” 

Katniss laughed awkwardly. “Um, what was it you needed me for?”

“I guess you were discussing the kiss scene with Peeta?”

“Oh, actually, Bella, I wanted to talk to you about that too.”

“Good. Now, we are going to have this scene at the old coffee shop where Olivia and Jack first met, instead of at Olivia’s house. Just a change in the script that I thought you should know. I’ve informed Peeta already.”

“Oh, okay, but - ” Katniss tried to continue, but Bella quickly shooed her away.

“Okay, I have to discuss Avery’s scene with her now.”

Katniss didn’t want to chase after her - Bella was lovely, but she was a little scary when she was busy, and Katniss didn’t feel like bothering her with what seemed like a childish gesture now if she were to bring it up.

Peeta smiled amusingly at her as she returned to her seat sulkily. She took her script back from him.

“So, are we practising?”

“No,” Katniss said curtly, starting to walk away. “I’ll deal with it later.”

“Is it because you don’t know how to kiss?” he asked teasingly.

Katniss immediately whipped her head around and clapped her hand over his mouth.

“What are you saying? Of course I know how to kiss.”

Katniss felt herself turning red. She hadn’t had any kiss scenes throughout her whole acting career until now, and none in her real life either, but she wasn’t about to let anybody know that.

Peeta gently pulled her hand away from his mouth, “None of the films you’ve been in had you kissing anybody at all.”

“You don’t know that.”

“I’ve watched everything you’ve ever been in. Even A Window in Paradise, even though everybody said that movie sucked.”

It was true.

“Not you, though. You were the only one I liked in that movie.”

“Don’t think that you complimenting me every five seconds will make me change my mind about kissing you.”

He got up from his seat and slowly leaned in towards her. “So I have a chance?”

Katniss hoped he couldn’t hear how loud her heart was beating. It was like her heart was threatening to push out of her ribcage. 

Peeta’s face got dangerously close to hers, until they could feel the heat of each other’s breath on their faces.

“I need to pee,” Peeta pulled away just as Katniss closed her eyes and ran towards the restrooms.

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guys remember when i didn’t know how to use tumblr

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HI IM GOING TO THE ERAS TOUR 😭😭😭 yeah this week has been. wow. and speak now taylor’s version came out today and JUST WOW. guys i have no words. and i wrote an everlark drabble on the plane like last week but i don’t know if it’s good enough to post yet. but yeah 😭

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