𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐌𝐄, finnick odair

𝟬𝟬𝟮. existing pool

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002. existing pool
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"go! go on puppy!" lyra ushered the animal into her and finnick's room with frantic hands, hearing the door of their house creak open.

"lyra!" finnick yelled into the silence of the house, expecting a yell back like normal. when he didn't get a reply, the man became slightly worried. he travelled deeper inside the house, taking his shoes off at the door after seeing the shinier than usual floors. lyra had mopped? he didn't know lyra could mop. he loved her but she didn't have a housekeeping bone in her body. "lyra?"

"finnick!" she fell into the hall from their bedroom, shutting the door behind her. "you're home early!" she exclaimed, rocking back and forth on her heels, her hands intertwined behind her back.

the man's eyes narrowed suspiciously as he walked towards lyra slowly. "yes? why're you acting strange?" he asked, wrapping arms around her waist and gently rocking them back and forth. lyra hugged him back quickly, pressing a kiss to his jaw before they parted as usual.

"i'm not" she smiled, the grin dropping when she heard a bark from behind her.

"what was that?"

"nothing" she lied.

"lyra, open the door..."

"don't be mad-"

"open the door"

"he was all alone-"

"open the door"

and she did just that. lyra used her hand to open the creaking door without turning to face it, cringing when twig bounced out of the room. he was obviously entirely happy and didn't seem to care that finnick was glaring at him harshly. "why is there a dog in our house, lyra?" he asked with raised eyebrows, looking at her questioningly. he got an unintelligible mutter in response.

"what was that?" he checked.

"his name is twig"

"dammit, lyra! you named it!"

"him! not it!"

"no! we're not keeping him!" he denied, lyra looking up at him sadly "no, it's not happening" she sniffled, tears welling in her eyes "i don't like it, there's absolutely no way-"

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"-you didn't have to cry" finnick grumbled form their sofa, arms crossed as he stared at lyra and twig playing on the floor. "i would've let you keep him"

"i know" she grinned up at him mischievously.

"come on" he tapped the soda cushion next to him, encouraging both lyra and the puppy to join him. "president snow'll be announcing the quarter quell bullshit soon" neither party wanted to listen to the old man ramble on but they needed to know what they were doing with the years tributes.

the couple sat together for a few minutes, lyra holding twig up to him every now and then as she tried to make them like each other. suddenly, the hologram appeared above the small device on their mantle piece. they both watched the older man ramble on about the spirit of panem until he said something neither expected.

"on this, the seventy-fifth anniversary of our defeat of the rebellion, we celebrate the third quarter quell. as a reminder that even the strongest cannot overcome the power of the capitol, the male and female tributes are to be reaped from the existing pool of victors in each district"

———— authors note 💭

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