redbrunja | THE HUNGER GAMES DRABBLE MEME

With the release of the finale book of The Hunger Games Trilogy imminent, it seems like an excellent time for a comment meme to whet fandom's appetite. (Plus I just finished my third reread of the first two books and yet still want more!)

So I present.....

THE HUNGER GAMES DRABBLE MEME

How To Play
1. Place a prompt as a comment.
2. Comment with as many prompts as you want. Seriously. Don’t be shy.
3. Reply to a prompt comment with corresponding story! This is a “drabble meme,” so no pressure to write anything more than 500 words. But I doubt any lucky OP would receive an unexpected epic with anger, right? So write whatsha want.
4. Feel free to pimp out this meme to all the communities you can think of + your flist! The more the merrier!

Prompt Examples
A lyric or quote! Katniss/Peeta, "Lend me a helping hand ‘cause I’ve been treating your heaven like a one night stand."
A word! Gale, patient.
A kink! Madge/Katniss, blindfold.
A bit of dialogue! Finnick/Annie, "I just miss you when you're gone."
An action! Prim, mending clothes.
A situation! Johanna/Haymitch, killing time at the Capital.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

(meme format totally cribbed from

stainofmylove .)

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Thank you, m'dear. ♥

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you!

He has incomparably blue eyes. I've never seen anything as blue as his determined, troubled eyes. They swallow me up; I want to swim past his irises and into his soul.

I watch him as he moves, shoulders slumped, mouth held firm despite it all. He wants to be a tower, but he is a tower. A blue-eyed tower with tousled blonde hair that begs for me to run my fingers through it. His strength holds us afloat. Even though he's suffering, he fights on to keep the one he loves above the water. His bravery makes me want to cry from gratitude.

I have blue eyes. Unlike Katniss's, like Peeta's. They stare, and his stare right back at me. The troubled clouds have cleared, and his face melts into a longing smile. He wants what he can't have. You can have me. You can have me, Peeta, I whisper.

I blink, and he blinks, and I step back from the window and away from my reflection; the blue eyes recede, no longer staring into mine. And Peeta is really inside, not out in the cold, snowy wind with me, but his face is just like that.

He's watching my sister, who deserves him so much more than I, but may yet throw him away.

The bitter day suddenly feels so much colder, and so much more desolate.

AN: Prim kinda ended up sounding older than I intended..

Edited 2010-08-17 23:03 (UTC)

I couldn't tell at all.

Gale/Peeta, some dark night after the games, they get to talk ..

I love this. So dark and real and evocative.

As soon as the room’s doors close behind them, Katniss pulls off her shoes and unceremoniously tosses them in a corner. The fabric of her dress bunches over the arms of the chair as Katniss stretches her legs out. Only then does Peeta notice the angry red scratches that line the sides of her feet.

“Um, Katniss?”

She raises an eyebrow as she takes a sip of tea. “What? Oh.” She grins a little; and there’s something reckless about it. It brings to mind the sharp glint in her eyes throughout the evening, or the tense grip of her arms when they had moved in slow circles in the president’s mansion. “High heels. The worst instrument of torture yet.”

“Ah yes, how could I forget.” Peeta hands her some bandages and finishes off his own tea.

Otherwise they remain silent. Peeta seems to have used up all his words on a false proposal. Acquiescing has driven Katniss to laughter, but driven her further from conversation.

Still, they can go through their nighttime routine as steady as the steps of a waltz. They know when to turn to let the other change, when to turn off the lights, and when to crawl beneath the blankets.

Katniss falls asleep almost instantly, her arm draped over Peeta’s body, her forehead resting agains his shoulder. He stays awake, listening to the steady rhythm of the train below him, like a distant drum, an echo of the serenade from hours ago. He had held her in his arms, and they had danced in small careful steps, guarding their motives behind whispered words.

The morning will come, and he is unsure whether this memory will sustain him against the troubles dawn always brings.

Nevertheless Peeta is content to stay here for a while.

The last line was just... *zing*

Great job.

Awww, this is perfect!

(Twice as many tributes, why not twice as many Victors? But that wouldn’t be soul crushing enough, would it?)

This is EXACTLY the kind of thing Haymitch would think.

Awww, this is sweet.

(And great icon.)

This is exactly what I wanted and I didn't even know it.

Fantastic job.

oh, this is lovely and so sad. oh, peeta.

Finnick/Annie - Assassin by John Mayer.

Haymitch/Maysilee, I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight

_{I know this might be considered annoying in some circles, but can i just second this? I was literally just thinking about AU's I'd like to read. And this was on the list.
Someone plz right this. K, thx.}

exactly what i wanted, actually. this was good~

gale/johanna; firebird.

I ached without you.
That made ME ache.

Gah, I love your stories poppypickle. Even though Gale/Katniss shippers are very few, it's good to know they are awesome. And I love them for writing stuff like this.

I really enjoyed this little piece.

PS: Poppy you should get an account on fanfiction.net, and post your stories there. There aren't that many G/K fics; plus, if I'm being honest, they're all awful.

Beautiful! I love this pairing.

Lovely! Ahh, I will forever be Team Gale.

Awwww, thank you so much for your feedback and kindness Luna! Yes, G/K shippers are few (and right now we are hella depressed LOL), but I still adore this ship.

I actually just finished another fic that has some G/K goodness. I'm going to post it soon, so I hope you like it. :-)

P.S. I totally agree with you about the G/K fic on FF.net (not to trash anyone, I just that overall it's...bad). I actually created an account for my last story "Stranger", and people have been really kind over there!

Yes, G/K shippers are few (and right now we are hella depressed LOL), but I still adore this ship.
I know! Gale's outcome depressed the hell out of me too. Thinking about it just makes me want to burst out in tears. Gahh! But, ultimately, I'll forever be Team Gale. I don't care.

So you do have a FF account?! AWESOME! I'm so going to check Stranger out again then. Yay! This is literally the bestest G/K news I've received recently. :D

Lovely! I enjoyed being inside Prim's mind.

I really like the Prim/Peeta pairing, now.

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