"For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, still smiles on..." ~~~ summary: the day came for the tenth annual reaping ceremony, and you faced your name being called with dignity. ever the reader and poet, you were allowed a goodbye to your home and it captured the ears and eyes of all of the capitol. the ears that lingered belonged to none other than your mentor, coriolanus snow. pairing: young coriolanus snow x fem!reader tags/warnings: tribute!reader and mentor!coriolanus, r is very sweet (too kind for this world. literally.), sunshine x grumpy trope kinda, he falls first, violence typical for the source material, r is very smart (as she should), district twelve!reader. this is not lucy gray's story. top rankings: #1 in thg (05/09/2024)

"𝐈 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐄" ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ➥ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 a courageous young woman located in the 12th district of Panem bravely volunteers as tribute. Not in place of anyone but in place of everyone, unable to bare the thought of a young woman with so much life ahead of her being thrown into the ruthless and cruel games she opted to take their place. In district 12 she was known as their beloved songbird, singing her songs across the district for any willing to listen and eventually coming to enchant all of Panem on television. Her voice spreading like honey on toast and melting the hearts of all of those around her, including her mentor. Will she win the games with once gentle hands meant to strum the guitar stained and rough to the touch? Or will she die a ruthless and cold death among so many others, her once angelic voice reduced to screams of horror in her final moments? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 ❆ ᴄ.ꜱɴᴏᴡxꜰᴇᴍ!ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ started 1 / 17 / 2024 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME AND I DO NOT CLAIM IT DOES. ALL CHARACTERS BESIDES Y/N BELONG TO THE ORIGINAL WRITER.