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my rough version of that apple trend but its that yatori panel

He offered to die in their first games. He undid his bandage on his bleeding leg and literally said “It’s what I want”

In the Quarter Quell he volunteered so that he could protect her and guarantee her survival and gave his blessing for her to move on.

In Mockingjay he asks someone in Squad 451 to kill him and in the tunnels he asked to be left behind and die.

1. Receive a breadmaker for Christmas. Who gave it to him? Haymitch? Johanna? His own traitorous wife? The possibilities are endless. Regardless, he is not amused (hahaha).

2.Repeatedly say he’s “okay with that,” regarding: kitchen organization (no he’s not,) loud noises (no he’s not,) people over staying their welcome (no he’s not, he cannot keep his friendly face on as long as he used to).

3. Somehow still have it in him to be surprised / honoured / brought to tears by Katniss wanting to be with him. Katniss thinks he’s silly.

4. Incapable of making stew at the level Katniss Everdeen can. He doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing, but he always falls asleep on the couch right after. How is she doing this?? How much butter is in this stuff??

5. Continue to be an insanely nosey person. He knows everyone’s business and yet no one suspects him. He’s like a sleeper agent.

6. Wake up one day confused by Katniss’s slow migration into his house. He opens a cabinet expecting to find his stuff only to find what Katniss thinks is a subtle stash of miscellaneous junk crammed in there. Is this something he can bring up in conversation? She can just move in, it’s fine. Would she run away if he says anything?? He’ll keep it to himself and see where she’s going with this.

7. After a period of shell shocked silence on Peeta’s part, he returns to what eventually becomes a tradition: shit talking Haymitch over a game of chess. Haymitch thought himself a grade A smart ass, but he’s got nothing on the kid. It’s not so much verbally abusive as it is insanely hilarious. The old mentor would have never thought of stringing that specific bouquet of words together.

9. One day, randomly, he watches as some rich person on the news announces that they’re auctioning a painting of his from his victory tour. He doesn’t take this well.

10. Finds the whole concept of hiring people to help him run the bakery deeply odd. It’s also a practice in realizing his parents did not worry about their kids safety enough when they were working.

he's like her pokemon

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Katniss: He hates hates hates her for being the same as him. He can communicate with her because she is the same as him. He's her mentor, of course he cares about her. He should be a father figure to her but he's too stunted by his own trauma so they exist like teenage allies in the never-ending arena which is a victor's life. He wants to keep her safe but she must also be a pawn in the rebellion. She makes him make promises he cannot keep. She is all that he could have been and he is all that she might be.

The Ghost of Halloween Night

Peeta unexpectedly laughs. “He was drunk,” says Peeta. “He’s drunk every year.”

“That’s very funny,” says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch’s hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. “Only not to us.”

“Don’t be so superior. You can never tell what you’ll find in the arena. Say it’s actually a gigantic cake —” begins Peeta.

“Doesn’t matter,” he shrugs. “Although it’s technically illegal.”

Peeta smiles at me, sad and mocking. “Okay. Thanks for the tip, sweetheart.”

“Wouldn’t surprise me if you do,” says Peeta. “Give my mother my best when you make it back, will you?”

“For what? Nothing’s going on here,” he says. “Besides I like watching you sleep. You don’t scowl. Improves your looks a lot.”

“Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave the sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping,” says Peeta drily.

“And don’t try. Obviously I’m too dim to get it,” he says.