Black & Blue || Finnick Odair

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'Even when I sleep, my biggest fear is loosing you.

And in those nightmares, I still fight because

my love for you is true.'

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Venus fidgeted with her boomerang, running her finger around the outside of it; not caring that blood was dripping down her palm. She hardly looked up when Finnick carefully pulled it from her hand, before he crouched down in front of her. He took her finger and wrapped a plaster around it, kissing her knuckles before he looked at her.

'What's going on?' He asked softly.

'I just want to go home, Fin,' She croaked with tears in her eyes.

She refused to let them fall as she closed her eyes, leaning into the man's chest; letting out a shaky breath. Finnick held her close, just as he had done every hour since they arrived at the shop; letting her know she was safe. For the most part.

'Sun's coming up,' Gale informed them as he walked down the stairs; 'There's some small-arms fire. Could be Paylor, maybe Lyme. Rebels are close.'

'This is it,' Cressida sighed.

Venus jumped when the fanfare blared through the TV, her eyes moving to the screen.

'Move Venus,' Peeta told Finnick; 'It'll be Snow.'

The girl stood and followed her husband as he took her hand, leading her to the small room off to the side. She curled into his chest after he shut the door, letting him block her ears with his hands. Venus could hear the muffled voice of Snow, causing slight panic to rise, but she clenched her eyes shut and tried to block it out by humming to herself. She hummed the familiar lullaby her mother would sing to her when she awoke from nightmares, the same one that Tommy and Finnick now used to do the same thing.

'Finnick,' Katniss called; 'It's alright.'

Venus was hesitant to walk out of the room, her eyes flickering around for Snow's face but she didn't find it.

'Is he still in the mansion?' Katniss asked as she looked at Peeta; 'Peeta?'

'Yeah. I recognise the room,' The blonde nodded.

'Where is that?'

'About five blocks away,' Cressida answered as she unfolded a map; 'We're right here. Off the avenues. Mansion's here.'

'What about the pods?'

'They'll probably deactivate the pods around here for the residents' safety.'

There was a pause before Venus nodded, 'That could work.'

'I could get close enough,' Katniss nodded in agreement.

'Every peacekeeper's gonna be waiting,' Gale stated.

'Next to our faces on every billboard,' Finnick added.

'Snow's offering shelter to all the refugees,' Katniss suggested.

She shared a looked with Cressida who nodded, quickly folding up the map before heading up stairs; the rest of them slowly following behind. The blonde explained the plan to Tigris who then moved to grab disguises.

'Head straight north,' Cressida stated; 'There's gonna be thousands of refugees. Just get into that stream and don't look up.'

Katniss and Gale took two of the three jackets Tigris had gathered, before the tattooed woman looked around for the third volunteer.