After her sister volunteers for her in the 64th Annual Hunger Games, twelve-year-old 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐧 is left with a lifetime of guilt and walls so high she loses herself behind them. Years later, when Finnick Odair walks into her bait and tackle shop, he slowly begins to tear those walls down, showing her that life has more to offer than Capitol-bred grief. But when President Snow discovers his most desirable Victor is in a public relationship back home, Caleena is faced with the brutal truth: in Panem, even love comes with a cost. 𝐓𝐖: Mentions of suicide, suicidal thoughts, and physical abuse.

EXTREME slow burn romance. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ (extended summery at the beginning of the story) ELODIE BENNETT, a girl who won the 72nd Hunger Games at the age of seventeen, a girl that did what she had to do to survive. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ (part one) Pre Hunger Games - ✔️ (part two) Catching Fire - ✔️ (part three) Mockingjay Part 1 & 2 - ✔️ ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ VOTE AND COMMENT RANKS: • #1 in victor • #1 in catching fire • #1 in pre hunger games • #1 in mockingjay part 2 • #1 in odair • #1 in 75th hunger games • #1 in district 10 • #1 in district 4 • #31 in hunger games • #2 in finnickodair

There are two kinds of people in the world, or at least in Pepper Buckley's small, one town, one district world. Those people are Leatherbacks and Horseshoes. She's a Leatherback. A street rat. A hood. A gangster. Did I say hood? She's been fighting since she was brought into the nasty world she lives in. When she's reaped for the 66th Annual Hunger Games and meets the stupidly praised Golden Boy from District Four, her life is turned into a hurricane of mess-ups. Poor Pepper Buckley. Finnick Odair x OC

"And I hear your ship is coming in, your tears a sea for me to swim. And I hear a storm is coming in. My dear, is that all we've ever been?" Nixie Shoal was one of the very few tributes who smiled at her reaping, she had been playing games since she was born after all, what's one more?

"you're not as bad as i thought. not as cocky." "and you're not as much of a bitch as i thought" 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 in a fractured panem on the brink of rebellion, finnick odair and arabella winslow endure unimaginable loss and torment, clinging to hope for reunion. as love and loyalty are tested, both must navigate the capitol's cruelty and their own guilt, striving to protect those they hold dear while the war threatens to consume everything. 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 finnick odair x f!oc hunger games fic started: 20.10.24 finished: written by: @evelynwhittle17 2024