"It was just so awful," Katniss tells her cousin Gale. "Seeing him die in front of me. Seeing that deranged clown rip him apart. I love him so much, Gale."
She is back home in District Twelve. The Gamemakers let her go home with Prim to visit her custodian and her cousin. And now she is with Gale. Gale, because he is a good cousin, has built her a pile of coal and the two of them are sitting on top of it, holding each other.
"I love him so much," Katniss repeats because her heart-related feelings for Peeta Mellark are so strong that she has to repeat it. "I platonically hate the stupid shitty clown who murdered him, I wish I could kill him a thousand times, he's nothing but a MONSTER!"
"Shoooooosh," says Gale and he firmly paps her cheek.
Katniss stills her body. She closes her eyes.
"Thank you, Gale," she says. "I needed that."
"I know," he says. "What else are cousins for?"
She opens her eyes again. "I pity you," she says. "So much."
He knows. It's obvious how sincere she is, because Katniss is a very truthful person who could never lie, especially not to her cousin. His diamond warms to know how deeply she feels for him.
"I know," Gale says. "I pity you too."
(AN: Gale is not an OC! He's a real person and he really is Katniss's cousin! You can find his interview in the extras for the 74th Hunger Games compilation!)
"In the Wake of the Clown" by carcinoGeneticist [KE<3PM, KE<>GH, PG]
She is back home in District Twelve. The Gamemakers let her go home with Prim to visit her custodian and her cousin. And now she is with Gale. Gale, because he is a good cousin, has built her a pile of coal and the two of them are sitting on top of it, holding each other.
"I love him so much," Katniss repeats because her heart-related feelings for Peeta Mellark are so strong that she has to repeat it. "I platonically hate the stupid shitty clown who murdered him, I wish I could kill him a thousand times, he's nothing but a MONSTER!"
"Shoooooosh," says Gale and he firmly paps her cheek.
Katniss stills her body. She closes her eyes.
"Thank you, Gale," she says. "I needed that."
"I know," he says. "What else are cousins for?"
She opens her eyes again. "I pity you," she says. "So much."
He knows. It's obvious how sincere she is, because Katniss is a very truthful person who could never lie, especially not to her cousin. His diamond warms to know how deeply she feels for him.
"I know," Gale says. "I pity you too."
(AN: Gale is not an OC! He's a real person and he really is Katniss's cousin! You can find his interview in the extras for the 74th Hunger Games compilation!)