The Only One Who Stayed The village called him a prodigy. Then they called him a monster. To Ayakumo Tsuchigumo... He was simply Orochimaru. The strange little boy who always sat alone beneath the academy tree with a book in his lap. The brilliant child who asked impossible questions. Her first friend. As the heiress of the ancient Dream Spider Clan, Ayakumo possesses a rare kekkei genkai capable of weaving dreams, walking through memories, placing minds into enchanted sleep, and uncovering truths buried deep within the soul. Gifted with a natural affinity for poison and bound to an ancient Dream Spider summon contract, she's considered every bit the genius that Orochimaru is. Together, they become inseparable. Research partners. Mission partners. Best friends. When the rest of the village whispers about the odd boy with serpent eyes, Ayakumo's family simply sets another place at the dinner table. Years pass. Children become shinobi. Shinobi become legends. Legends become monsters. As war changes the Hidden Leaf and Orochimaru walks a path darker than anyone imagined, one thing never changes. She stays. She knows every terrible thing he's done. Every experiment. Every betrayal. Every body left behind in pursuit of immortality. And somehow... She still loves him. Not because she believes he's innocent. But because she remembers the lonely little boy who thought no one would ever choose to sit beside him. She's loved him for years. She's simply never told him. Some secrets are easier to carry than they are to confess. Until one feverish night... Her control over her Dream Release shatters. And for the first time in his life... Orochimaru walks through someone else's dreams. Only to discover they've always been filled with him. In a world where everyone eventually leaves... This is the story of the only one who stayed.

Vix • en - a spirited or fierce woman, especially one seen as sexually attractive. __________________________________________________________________________________ #1 in District4 on 4/14/26

In which a young woman with darkness in her soul finds serenity with the Capitol's golden boy. finnick odair x fem!oc catching fire - mockingjay: part 2 [slow updates]

She survived once. She never wanted to again. Nine years after Caelia Thorn won the Hunger Games, she's built a quiet life among the only people who understand her- fellow victors of District Seven. But when the Quarter Quell is announced and former champions are sent back into the arena, everything she's held onto begins to unravel. Faced with the terrifying prospect of losing her best friend, Caelia does the unthinkable: she volunteers to take her place. Now, with the Capitol watching closer than ever and old ghosts rising in the shadows, Caelia must step back into a world she barely escaped once- and this time, it's not just survival on the line. It's loyalty, love, and the truth about what the Games truly took from her. - ALL UNORIGINAL CHARACTERS BELONG TO SUZANNE COLLINS.

"Only victor to have ever killed seventeen tributes all by herself. She is the one to watch. Her father is just as dangerous. Together they will be unstoppable." What happens when Gloss Nicholo's daughter volunteers for her aunt in the seventy fifth hunger games? Will she survive? Could she bring herself to kill her father? (An AU where Gloss Nicholo won his games fifteen years earlier and had a daughter with his childhood sweetheart who passed giving birth.) ALL RIGHTS TO SUZANNE COLLINS EXCEPT AIMEE AND OTHER STORY LINES Finnick Odair x Fem!Oc

Mice were common creatures inside the homes of District Nine. A constant reminder of their failure during the rebellion. Originally released by their oppressors as a form of biological weapons, it wasn't uncommon to see their descendant's scurrying the dirt streets. When the Capitol learned of them being easily slayed during the war, they modified the failed jabberjays to attack anyone who harmed the disease carriers. A trait that the Mockingjay sadly kept. To this day the people of Nine can't go near a mouse without the birds attacking. As after all... what was a Mockingjay without a Mouse by their side? ༻❁༺ pre hunger games, to mockingjay part two

"In the end even gold goes grey" They say District 8 is the most rebellious district. Their Victors are a good example of that. In which a Victor from District 8 isn't supposed to have relationships but grows closer to a Victor from District 4. [FINNICKODAIR X OC] Cover by: -voidlegends