Wyatt Callow wasn't meant to survive the 50th Hunger Games. When he's rescued at the Cornucopia and taken to District 13, everyone starts to expect him to be something he's not: A leader. As he watches the rest of the Quarter Quell behind a screen, now riddled by loss and grief, he realizes that he must take action to stop the Games for good. That's when he develops his conniving, calculated drag persona: President Alma Coin. Now, instead of predicting who lives and who dies, he gets to decide it. | Word Count: 23,274 | [cross-posted with "oddsmaker's elegy" on AO3, both written by me] #1 in wyattcallow {07/19/2025} #2 in maysileedonner {07/19/2025}

It was like fate was tempting her, because the next afternoon, Maysilee spots Wyatt Callow outside of the café for the first time. All the while, Haymitch's words can't stop ringing through her head: You miss one-hundred percent of the shots you don't take. Fortunately, he's sitting alone in the library, his face in a book as he furiously scribbles notes. Maysilee can't make out the subject, prays to god that he's not a smelly Computer Science major, and realizes that she still can't figure out a good way to approach him. Like, 'Hello, we've never really spoken outside of your workplace, but I think you're really pretty, and you should model for me.' Who says that? [or, maysilee is a frustrated fashion major in need of a model, wyatt is a barista, and haymitch quotes wayne gretsky] | Word Count: 9,584 |

In which Maysilee and Wyatt had a history before they were both reaped for the fiftieth Hunger Games. (or, five times Maysilee protected Wyatt and one time he returned the favor) | Word Count: 5,207 |

In which Wyatt Callow gets too lost in the sauce and breaks her wrist during sex (or, a silly little fic inspired by my moots on tumblr) | Word Count: 4,310 |

Wyatt Callow is not easily surprised. He watches each Reaping, stone-faced and solemn at the loss, but the chosen tributes are always predictable. That is, until the Reaping of the Second Quarter Quell, when Lenore Dove Baird volunteers in place of thirteen-year-old Louella McCoy, and this year's Hunger Games become a lot more exciting. Although the other tributes are almost strangers to him, Wyatt's observational skills pick up on a few things: First, Lenore Dove and Maysilee Donner have a past. It looks like neither of them are over it (or each other), making it all the more difficult with Haymitch watching. Second, Lenore Dove is always sneaking around, and factoring in her rebellious spirit, Wyatt knows she's up to something. For now, all he can do is observe, but he knows these Games are going to be different. Or, an anthem for the queenliest dead that ever died so young.