𝙽𝚞𝚕𝚕/𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘

I have a headcannon that Peeta's mother (or possibly both parents) is an alcoholic. This is based mainly on how Peeta interacts with Haymitch Abernathy in the books. There's a polite hostility in the first book, which makes me think he's talked with someone with substance abuse. In Catching Fire, he first showed up, making sure Haymitch was eating, giving him fresh baked bread, then the after the Quarter Quell was announced, he berated both Katniss and Haymitch for drinking and tells him that he had gone to Ripper to stop selling moonshine to him. The fact Peeta called Ripper by name tells me that he's been in her acquaintance in the Hob before, which makes Katniss nerves about taking Peeta to the Hob because a good boy from the market district will get eaten alive there, kinda hilarious.