@arainydream and I have a problem in that weāve been taken over by the wild west role switched version of violent delights š¦š©øšµ(also half of this is Aās ideas so blanket credit to her and also specific credit on a couple bits as noted)
it goes like thisĀ
True Grit + Rango + that aesthetic you think of when you think Wild West and desert and like a bit of steampunk? that one. itās that one. Ā
vampires are a known entity, but only to a few higher upsĀ
Katniss is a bothersome vampire known as Lady Mockingjay (picture Megan Fox in Jonah Hex, but more elegant, more black and white)Ā
when young, kind, lonely, recently cheated upon by his ex wife, Sheriff Mellark hears tell that Lady Mockingjay may be making her way to Seamtown, he decides to take matters into his own handsĀ
and luckily, he knows an awful lot about vampire lore and has a silver cross necklace of binding thatāll fit the billĀ
so when Lady Mockingjay shows up at Effieās saloon looking for a victim, Sheriff Mellark (undercover as a hapless citizen) volunteers to accompany her upstairsĀ
after the necessary amount of bar flirting during which Katniss calls him a āpretty little thingā and he tries to hide how much he likes itĀ
so they go upstairs
and this should be the moment when under pretense of seduction Katniss attacks him and he kills herĀ
but then they run into a problemĀ
because ever since his wife left Peeta hasnāt felt a connection with a woman like he does with this spunky girl and he just canāt stop kissing herĀ
and every time Katniss has lured a man away under false sexual pretenses (though she never lets them get further than maybe a grope or a kiss before she bites) theyāve been aggressive, self serving, but this oneĀ
is taking her hair down?? and stroking her shoulders and back?? and sheās never?? felt so genuinely wanted?? and heās so?? tender?? gentle?? she isnāt used to gentleĀ
Peeta comes back to himself before she does and with a tiny twinge of regret he slips the silver necklace of binding around her neck and she knows immediately she is IN TROUBLE but now she canāt do anything about it because dammit this necklace saps her power! and she canāt! get it off!Ā
so he takes her away to the tiny town jailĀ
and she spends the whole night just bickering with him through the bars until Haymitch (who practically lives in the jail for starting drunken fights so frequently and is begrudging friends with Peeta) complains āyou bring her into my house and you donāt shut her up?āĀ (credit to A)
and since he canāt kill her after a while he just gags her and takes her home (a cabin all on his lonesome)Ā
PLOT CONTRIVANCES HAPPENĀ
character growthĀ
she helps him track down criminalsĀ
and then when a really bad vampire (or some other supernatural desert entity) shows up they work together to handle thatĀ
and she establishes a place in town, making friends, finding a communityĀ
and they grow to trust each other
and then, you know, classic enemies to loversĀ
they have this beautiful intimate moment thatās a mirror of the truncated one they had when they met and he takes the silver necklace off and apologizes for ever doing that to her and is ready to take whatever punishment or violence she feels he deserves (because trust but also because he feels awful about what he did) and she just throws her arms around him and holds him and itās greatĀ
and then they make it official, at least common law
and later actual law (itās a cute wedding, very aesthetic)
he drops the necklace in the canyon later for symbolism purposesĀ (credit to A)
also he gives her a gift he would have given his ex wife, a pair of ruby earrings (credit to A)
she becomes a part of town life and no one suspects sweet Miss Katniss who makes Sheriff Mellark so happy is anything but an average, pleasant woman
not the secret bad cop vigilante of townĀ
she gets in a moral quandary about changing him and ultimately decides against itĀ
until he gets bitten by a feral vampire or somethingĀ
and that forces her hand
eventually, they have to leave Seamtown to avoid suspicionĀ (credit to A)
and become outlaws
because if thereās anything better than sexy gothic vamp!lark itās gunslinging horse riding rattlesnake stompinā sexy vamp!lark š
they ride off into the sunsetĀ
itās great
also
bat!Katniss living in a cactusĀ (credit to A)
oh and @white-dandelion-seedsās love bites headcanon comes into it, even though Katniss mostly eats others (maybe she can eat animals in this one too); she gets in a sip occasionally (okay more than occasionally but this AU has less lounging time than the OG) as a treat.
half of this will change I can almost guarantee it
look away from my nonsense
I still have no self control with these edits














