What if Katniss had gone along with Coin's plan and shot Snow? Well, the Hunger Games would have continued, containing capitol kids. Aurelia Prowess is a capitol citizen, one of the many horrified by the idea of being treated like 'district filth' and being put in the hunger games. And her fears may just as well come true.

𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚂𝙾𝚃𝚁 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖? 𝙳𝙸𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙸𝙲𝚃 𝟷𝟸 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙺 𝙸𝚃, 𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙽 𝙸𝚃

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}