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him being close friends with everlark

attending everlark’s wedding and joking with katniss about her dress: “i thought you outgrew the pretty little dresses” (headcanon by @occvsus on twitter)

being concerned about peeta and his mental health and helping him deal with it

getting to meet his son and grow old with him and annie

eventually having another child

inviting everlark and haymitch to district 4 because katniss’s mom works there (and because he would miss them of course)

lowkey looking after katniss’s mom

keeping in touch with johanna and not letting her go through all of her trauma alone

inviting johanna over so she’s like aunt johanna to his children

finnick pushes johanna to ask cressida out because we all know they’re lesbians

he loves annie every second of every day, he feels so lucky to have her

he would organize days by the beach with his family, teach his children how to swim and fish

he wouldn’t tell them about the games though

he’s a very goofy dad, but loves his children fiercely and would do anything for them and annie

eventually katniss becomes aunt katniss and the boys become uncle haymitch and uncle peeta

katniss and finnick become each other’s confidants and best friends because they understand each other perfectly

finnick would see how annie and peeta become really close too, one of the reasons why being the shared trauma that they went through in the capitol

finnick reverting to his old, happy self

he tells really bad jokes

katniss and johanna roll their eyes every time that happens

haymitch, peeta and annie laugh

all of them meeting in district 4 more and more often because they have become each other’s family

finnick and annie visit district 12 a couple of times a year but it’s still destroyed so they’d rather meet in 4

they have a house in district’s 12 victor’s village though, and same goes for everlark, haymitch and johanna in district 4 (no one lives there anymore except the victors so)

finnick and katniss would go hunting

annie and peeta bake because they’re soft

haymitch looks after the children and doesn’t drink anymore because he’s finally sober

eventually katniss would open up to finnick about her sister and father and finnick would open up to her about all of the people he lost

literally WHO is gale

surprise surprise, everlark has their first child

and finnick’s son is a teenager now

if odesta had another child they’d probably be a teenager too

odesta’s children become the older siblings, they take care of everlark’s child

finnick becomes uncle finnick and annie becomes aunt annie

everlark has their second child

he teaches everlark’s children how to swim too

he jokes around with them a lot, he’s literally the fun, laidback uncle

he often carries peeta bridal-style because of his leg to amuse everyone

veeeery cocky around all of the children

everlark’s children admire him but his children just sigh because... why is he like this

they love seeing him happy though, after studying the games at school they know that their parents deserve all of the happiness in the world

finnick has the best relationship with his children

also, he ages like fine wine

cressida and johanna get married

literal best found family, they would have outsold

regular holidays with all of them together as a family? amazing

miss everdeen would attend too

at first it was hard for everyone because they lost so many people they cared about but they moved on little by little

Oh. Did you have a nightmare? I have nightmares, too. Someday I’ll explain it to you. Why they came, why they won’t ever go away. But I’ll tell you how I survive it. I make a list in my head of all the good things I’ve seen someone do. Every little thing I can remember. It’s like a game. I do it over and over. Gets a little tedious after all these years, but there are much worse games to play.