[He saw that poor, destroyed kid on the network. Saw Katniss take command, although it felt so intimate that he almost wished he hadn't. That's what Cassie's always done for him - bring him back, anchor him in the better side again. While Katniss may be more brusque by several million times, it's still warmed him to her even more.
So he wants to know if that poor, destroyed kid is okay, and if she is. But the last question can wait, because he knows it's not her priority right now.]
[ she doesn't know how to get into the rest. finnick seems to think that it's just the games, some remnant of that atmosphere that's affecting peeta now. but katniss has her own suspicions. the torture inflicted on peeta by the capitol seems to have affected his mind. real or not real. the capitol wants me to kill you.
she herself doesn't know whether she's strong enough to handle this on her own. except that of course she has to be, because she's katniss. ]
he was tortured for a long time. when i - when we broke out of the arena, some of us got taken by the capitol. they wanted information out of him. where i'd gone, where we were located. they brainwashed him.
that's the common thread that ties them together, the blood and the screaming and every single horror that blurs the line between reality and imagination, because god knows he's experienced enough violence to make this all seem so real. but in the end, it's not his own screams that wake him, dragging him into consciousness. it's katniss'.
peeta is awake almost instantly, throwing the sheets back so he can bolt into the other room where they've set up a futon for katniss to sleep on, because he still doesn't trust himself not to hurt her in the night. peeta's by her side in an instant, shaking her gently awake. )
[ she wakes up screaming, as she so often does these nights. the dreams aren't always the same, but the themes are. death, fire, district 12 burning, pretty little madge undersee buried under falling rubble, katniss burying her arrow in rue's heart.
she's breathless and frantic, struggling against him before she finally registers where she is and who she's with. then she lets out a breath like a sob and just throws herself unselfconsciously into his arms, holding on tight like he's her lifeline in a storm.
he is. he always has been. ]
Peeta - ! [ it all comes rushing back to her, not only who she's with but what he's been suffering himself, of late. ] I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...
[ the very last thing she wants is to get in the way of his recovery. but the second-last thing is to not ever let go of him. ]
[ a few days into Jack's self-imposed exile in the mountains after coming to the alarming realisation that he's attracted to Hiccup, he picks a fight with his newly found pyrokinetic enemy to deal with how angry he is at himself. Nimue is there to heal his wounds now, but there's less to be done about the state of his hoodie; Gansey and Ronan need his stipend money for more important things like food, and he can't even steal things like he would at home.
so, new plan that still avoids having to talk to Hiccup. ]
hey katniss mind if i come by the treehouse when hiccup's not around and steal a sweater or something from you? my hoodie's toast
you can have whatever you want i don't have hoodies, but jackets and sweaters and scarves i could get you a hoodie if you don't like anything
[ there's an unspoken question in all that, but she doesn't need to know it right away. is he all right? she assumes he would be, or he'd say that first. ]
[ Jack is protective of what he chooses to watch over, what becomes his in the way he looks at the world. he's so used to that being children who will never see him. but when he feels the prickle of that something protective (and jealous and possessive, even if he'll never want to see that) and gets frustrated that he can't hover around as an unseen guardian like he would at home — he realises he doesn't have to. what's his in Eudio is a collection of adults who will hear him and listen. ]
just wanted to give you a heads up about that guy who's doing the controlled burning in the forest? he's the reason i came back with burns sometimes & had to steal your sweater he attacked me out of nowhere the first time but after that it was happening because i wanted the fights stress relief & whatever
i don't think he's going to do anything crazy, i'm just letting you know there's some uh animosity between me & him, in case you see him around out there
[ he wants to give the same cautionary warning to Hiccup, but for now, just Katniss will do. mostly because he doesn't want to explain the why to Hiccup, who already has to deal with far too much of Jack's emotional bullshit. ]
[ finnick hasn't checked in with katniss since she arrived for a multitude of reasons: she's self-sufficient, she's a bit of a liar and completely oblivious about herself, and he's been watching her network activity, nonetheless. to make sure she's okay and well-looked after is a great feat, one that comes with little perks, save for entertainment at some of her interactions, and worry about others. ]
[ he also doesn't know how to approach katniss. they'd been allies in the arena. that's all they are. but finnick knows himself well enough he wants something better than a partnership for a game. ]
[ if she sounds fond and exasperated in equal parts, it's because she is. it's been awhile since they talked. she's been missing him, but she figured with annie here he's probably all right. she doesn't go out of her way to look after him, because he has what he needs.
[During the middle of the 14th, Katniss may find a small package wrapped in cloth containing a dyed leather bracelet. There's a message written, but may require some deciphering as it's written in old Norse. Upon translation, if able, it reads:]
[ late on Valentine's evening, long after she's already gotten her first gift from Jack, Katniss is handed a hand-carved lovespoon. it's thin but solid, with hearts and a snowflake pattern chiselled out of it, and decorative engravings; a dotted outline, a tree in the middle, and a bow and arrow on the back of the spoon's bowl for her.
when he gives it to her, Jack makes an awkward attempt to explain the Welsh tradition; to assure her that he's not literally just giving her a single spoon, even he's not that heartless, it's a dumb spoon that humans made into a sentimental thing. and he babbles a little uncharacteristically, with a lot less drawling wit and a lot more fast-paced nervousness, that he probably could have done a better job if he'd been smart enough to think of it earlier so it's kind of lame and he can make her a better one later, and he hasn't carved anything in a while either, they make them way better in Wales—
and there's a flush painted across his cheeks the whole while that gets darker as he goes on and on. mottled shades of blue and purple like bruises, a strange coloration that Katniss has probably gotten used to, living with him and seeing him blush if she ever tries to pull him in close. ]
[ first of all, katniss would never think someone just gave her a spoon. she hasn't really told anyone about the circumstances she was living in, but any kind of thing anyone wants to give her - it's not about what it is. it's the significance. and jack made this. her dad was good at making things, good with his hands.
she spends the bulk of jack's babbling staring at the spoon, turning it over in her hand. it makes her feel like - like she's back in the woods. or home again. with her family.
as jack goes on and on, she leans in and puts her hands on his face, delivering a quick kiss to the corner of his mouth. ]
kitkat we have a problem hiccup has a birthday what do we do are we supposed to do something? oh my god i thought i was really up to date on humans but i don't know how to throw a birthday party
never mind i used the google thing cake??? and decorations i don't know if it's different because he's a viking though remember when he was celebrating snoggletog instead of that christmas thing?
[ the announcement about the LINKS seems like it can't even be real, at first. but once it sinks in, Jack thinks Hiccup and he thinks Katniss — he gets so twisted up and miserable sometimes, knowing that one day they'll go their separate ways and Jack will go back to being completely alone, that Eudio is just a tiny moment of happiness that he can't keep because it's not really his.
and now he can. he won't have to leave this behind forever, won't go back to the way things always have been, he could talk to them once a year and it would still be better than nothing for another century. (it will hit him later that maybe they won't want to stay in touch. that maybe he's fun enough to keep here but not something to take home with them, or maybe they'll just finally be sick of him by then. but for now he's just blindingly happy with the possibility.)
so once the news goes out, and Jack actually processes all of it, he bolts off — and no matter where Katniss is, she's going to be very suddenly greeted by him swooping towards her and grabbing her around the middle in a tight hug. he doesn't even stop to put his feet on the ground, just clings to her with his head pressed to her stomach and his legs up in the air. ]
Katniss, did you hear? Did you hear? [ he's laughing, and maybe his voice cracks a bit and he's a little teary-eyed, but he's just so glad, so relieved. ]
[ katniss is in the woods, where she spends the majority of her time these days - often inconveniently without her device, so she misses the announcement about the LINKS. all that being said, she's spent enough time here in eudio that she doesn't startle when jack picks her up, instead throwing her arms around him in return and hanging on tight.
jack is one of the very few people she feels comfortable with like this. if anyone from home saw her, they'd probably be shocked, but she doesn't think of herself in terms like that, so she's not thinking about how strange it is. she's just happy. ]
Jack - [ his laughter makes her laugh too, even if she hasn't figured out what's going on yet. ] What? What is it?
[ whatever it is, it's obviously not a bad thing, so she's not nervous. not in the slightest, weirdly enough. ]
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[He saw that poor, destroyed kid on the network. Saw Katniss take command, although it felt so intimate that he almost wished he hadn't. That's what Cassie's always done for him - bring him back, anchor him in the better side again. While Katniss may be more brusque by several million times, it's still warmed him to her even more.
So he wants to know if that poor, destroyed kid is okay, and if she is. But the last question can wait, because he knows it's not her priority right now.]
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[ she doesn't know how to get into the rest. finnick seems to think that it's just the games, some remnant of that atmosphere that's affecting peeta now. but katniss has her own suspicions. the torture inflicted on peeta by the capitol seems to have affected his mind. real or not real. the capitol wants me to kill you.
she herself doesn't know whether she's strong enough to handle this on her own. except that of course she has to be, because she's katniss. ]
he was tortured for a long time. when i - when we broke out of the arena, some of us got taken by the capitol. they wanted information out of him. where i'd gone, where we were located. they brainwashed him.
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that's the common thread that ties them together, the blood and the screaming and every single horror that blurs the line between reality and imagination, because god knows he's experienced enough violence to make this all seem so real. but in the end, it's not his own screams that wake him, dragging him into consciousness. it's katniss'.
peeta is awake almost instantly, throwing the sheets back so he can bolt into the other room where they've set up a futon for katniss to sleep on, because he still doesn't trust himself not to hurt her in the night. peeta's by her side in an instant, shaking her gently awake. )
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she's breathless and frantic, struggling against him before she finally registers where she is and who she's with. then she lets out a breath like a sob and just throws herself unselfconsciously into his arms, holding on tight like he's her lifeline in a storm.
he is. he always has been. ]
Peeta - ! [ it all comes rushing back to her, not only who she's with but what he's been suffering himself, of late. ] I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...
[ the very last thing she wants is to get in the way of his recovery. but the second-last thing is to not ever let go of him. ]
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[ there's an unspoken question in all that, but she doesn't need to know it right away. is he all right? she assumes he would be, or he'd say that first. ]
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fjsdhfjH THAT'S RUDE
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[ he wants to give the same cautionary warning to Hiccup, but for now, just Katniss will do. mostly because he doesn't want to explain the why to Hiccup, who already has to deal with far too much of Jack's emotional bullshit. ]
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[ he also doesn't know how to approach katniss. they'd been allies in the arena. that's all they are. but finnick knows himself well enough he wants something better than a partnership for a game. ]
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Katniss, Katniss, Katniss, Katniss, Katniss, Katniss, Katniss, Katnisssssss.
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[ if she sounds fond and exasperated in equal parts, it's because she is. it's been awhile since they talked. she's been missing him, but she figured with annie here he's probably all right. she doesn't go out of her way to look after him, because he has what he needs.
but it's nice to hear from him all the same. ]
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To my favorite girl.
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A DELIVERY !!!
when he gives it to her, Jack makes an awkward attempt to explain the Welsh tradition; to assure her that he's not literally just giving her a single spoon, even he's not that heartless, it's a dumb spoon that humans made into a sentimental thing. and he babbles a little uncharacteristically, with a lot less drawling wit and a lot more fast-paced nervousness, that he probably could have done a better job if he'd been smart enough to think of it earlier so it's kind of lame and he can make her a better one later, and he hasn't carved anything in a while either, they make them way better in Wales—
and there's a flush painted across his cheeks the whole while that gets darker as he goes on and on. mottled shades of blue and purple like bruises, a strange coloration that Katniss has probably gotten used to, living with him and seeing him blush if she ever tries to pull him in close. ]
lmk if this is too much ahahaha
she spends the bulk of jack's babbling staring at the spoon, turning it over in her hand. it makes her feel like - like she's back in the woods. or home again. with her family.
as jack goes on and on, she leans in and puts her hands on his face, delivering a quick kiss to the corner of his mouth. ]
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its midnight & i have no inhibitions, im spamming you
hiccup has a birthday
what do we do
are we supposed to do something?
oh my god i thought i was really up to date on humans but i don't know how to throw a birthday party
I LOVE YOU!! 1/2
you mean like something besides gifts?
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cake??? and decorations
i don't know if it's different because he's a viking though remember when he was celebrating snoggletog instead of that christmas thing?
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She can blame Finnick for this
How are you?
AWWWW i'm sorry about her i really am
Cash brought it on herself tbh
i still feel guilty by association
theres just a lot of feelings
as to be expected with them really
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ACTION. god i am too much of katniss' inbox
and now he can. he won't have to leave this behind forever, won't go back to the way things always have been, he could talk to them once a year and it would still be better than nothing for another century. (it will hit him later that maybe they won't want to stay in touch. that maybe he's fun enough to keep here but not something to take home with them, or maybe they'll just finally be sick of him by then. but for now he's just blindingly happy with the possibility.)
so once the news goes out, and Jack actually processes all of it, he bolts off — and no matter where Katniss is, she's going to be very suddenly greeted by him swooping towards her and grabbing her around the middle in a tight hug. he doesn't even stop to put his feet on the ground, just clings to her with his head pressed to her stomach and his legs up in the air. ]
Katniss, did you hear? Did you hear? [ he's laughing, and maybe his voice cracks a bit and he's a little teary-eyed, but he's just so glad, so relieved. ]
SHRIEKS NO THIS IS SO CUTE
jack is one of the very few people she feels comfortable with like this. if anyone from home saw her, they'd probably be shocked, but she doesn't think of herself in terms like that, so she's not thinking about how strange it is. she's just happy. ]
Jack - [ his laughter makes her laugh too, even if she hasn't figured out what's going on yet. ] What? What is it?
[ whatever it is, it's obviously not a bad thing, so she's not nervous. not in the slightest, weirdly enough. ]