THE HUNGER GAMES DRABBLE MEME

[redbrunja]

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 .)

Comments

[wrldpossibility.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <3

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh my god this is amazing. Oh, Johanna.

They have learned each other's harshnesses,

Amazing.

You are a fabulous writer.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Deliciously fucked up.

Great job.

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

They are not like loverboy and his girl on fire. OH MY GOD, SO MUCH YES.

This is fucking AWESOME. So fucked up: but so right. *starry eyed*

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

thank you! :)

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! i'm glad you liked it :)

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

Gale/Peeta, venn diagram.

[joyfraser.livejournal.com]

Glimmer & Clove, green eyed monsters

[joyfraser.livejournal.com]

Foxface, "And we'll all be portions for foxes"

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

she says, i love you.

he says, i can live without you.

lately, all they can do is lie to each other.


*flails*

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

Gale/Katniss, "...and you'll never, ever be able to do anything but live happily ever after with that boy..."

P.S. I love this. Thanks so much for starting this meme!

[joyfraser.livejournal.com]

The Everdeens & the Mellarks, watching the Games

Edit for overzealous capitalization.

[mellowdee.livejournal.com]

OMGAH. SO WONDERFUL AND SO EMOTIONAL.

she says, i love you.

he says, i can live without you.

lately, all they can do is lie to each other.

Tears in my heart and eyes forever.

[joyfraser.livejournal.com]

Haymitch/Maysilee, her sister might as well be her ghost

[joyfraser.livejournal.com]

Katniss, years after the Games, she hears a mockingjay sing Rue's song

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

They talk about frivolous things. Greasy Sae. A new snare technique. Prim’s goat. Silly, inconsequential things. Because it is too hard to find the words for those other things --


Sometimes I wish that there had been a cannon for me.

I’m going to die in those mines, just like my father did.


Katniss pierces a squirrel expertly through the eye with an arrow, and they discuss the kill at length. Far too long, really. Anything to fill the silence. To prevent their tongues from spilling out things they can’t take back.


Does God forgive murderers?

I hate the boy with the bread.


They take off their shoes when they reach the stream, dipping their toes in the cool, clean water. It seems strange in its normalness, but not unwelcome. Katniss smiles, remembering the time that Gale tripped over one of his own snares and ended up drenched. Gale rolls his eyes, and in the space that it takes him to think of a retort the unspoken begins to seep in.


Forgive me.

I ached without you.


When he finally kisses her, it somehow feels impossible and inevitable at the same time. They had never been talkers. A dart of the eyes, a tensing of the shoulders, a silent footfall on a forest floor -- that had always been their language. And so it is no surprise when their lips meet that their tongues somehow know to tie together into a knot of words unspoken.


I am broken. Please fix me.

Nothing will ever be the same between us.

[andystar101.livejournal.com]

Peeta/Katniss- Bedtime/nightmares/embrace

[akemilove.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[akemilove.livejournal.com]

Thank you ♥ I love your writing.

[akemilove.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ♥

[akemilove.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[akemilove.livejournal.com]

Bloody delicious ♥

[mellowdee.livejournal.com]

"It's not because we won."

Her voice is strong.

"I know," he answers.

"And it's not because it's all over now."

He sees her tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear (loves the delicate flow of her fingers and wrist). He nods, leaning further against the tree trunk.

She's standing over him, crossing her arms in a way that reminds him of the girl from his childhood (the one who wore a scowl more often than not).

"And...and it's not because everyone expects it."

"I believe you, Katniss."

Her arms fall from her chest. "Then, why?"

He waits.

She moves to him, crouching in front of him, meeting his eyes. "Why won't you be with me?"

Her voice loses strength.

"Isn't it obvious?"

(What he wants to say is, why can't you say it?)

She searches his eyes, closes hers for a second. She takes a breath.

"I don't have nightmares anymore," she starts. "As long as I look at the stars before I go to sleep."

(What she wants to say is, isn't it obvious now?)

"The stars - they remind me of your eyes. They remind me that I'm safe at night."

His fingers twitch. But he waits.

She knows.

"I love you."

He has her in his arms before she finishes her sentence.

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

aw, thank you! i ♥ your writing.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

This is amazing. Thank you for writing it.