Moving on: an Everlark fanfic

Chapter 8: the memories

The last few tears had just dried up, as I put my pen down. I had just finished the paper about my dad to add to the book. I tried to keep strong but as my pen kept moving along the paper, more and more memories would come flashing back to me.

Hearing my fathers footsteps on the front door as my mother's face lit up.

Taking me with him into the woods everyday, no matter how much the mines had exhausted him.

Correcting my posture when I first held a bow.

Teaching me to swim in the lake. While hunting for katniss roots, the plant for which he named me. "Find yourself, and you will never go hungry", he would joke to me.

Silencing the birds with his majestic voice, singing to me.
....And then the bad ones.

That terrible day when my father wasn't one of the few men who came out of those wretched hellholes.

All the life and personality vanishing from my mother as she spent hours facing a wall, while silent tears stream down her hollow face. No talking. No moving. Watching her own children slowly starve to death, not lifting a finger about it.

Our small, happy little family torn apart, never to be the same.

All those memories and more come flooding back to me until it comes to unbearable.

Peeta scoots closer to me and wraps his arms around my small frame. "Its alright", he reassured me, with his strong arms and gentle voice. " I'm sorry. I'm so weak. I'm always crying"

Peeta pulls back and looks me right in the eye. "Don't you ever say that, Katniss. You're one of the strongest people I know. Crying doesn't mean you are weak. It means your human. It means you have emotion. It means you've been keeping strong for far too long for the sake of others and you can't hold it in anymore. Don't ever think that way, Kat. I'll always be there for you.", he finishes his speech as he uses his finger to wipe away a single tear that managed to leak out.

"Thank you, Peeta. You always know what to say. I'll be there for you too. Because that's how it works between the two of us. We protect each other", I say wholeheartedly.

He gives me a warm smile. "You said that exact same thing during the war, real or not real?"

"Real", I reply as I return the smile.

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AN/ I know it's short, I just wanted to give u guys something because I was taking so long.
I just have like no time left to myself. I'm legit writing this on the toilet. But schools almost over so expect a lot more.
Anyway, so everlarks still healing as you can see. They're slowly getting back together.
IMPORTANT---there's been a lot of speculation towards the Mockingjay Part 2 teaser trailer coming out tomorrow. I honesty don't know how to feel about this. I'm not mentally prepared for this. Be sure to be on the lookout for it tomorrow. Tell me your thoughts, cuz I'll need someone to lend me their shoulder to hysterically bawl on. Fangirl probz.
As always vote, comment, I love u guys.
-gigi❤️