After Mockingjay: Gale Hawthorne

" Goodbye Gale.", Katniss's voice was harsh. Cold. He'd never heard her speak like this, not to him.

Something inside him shattered. Deep in his roots years of friendship erased, all because of him.
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Katniss and Peeta Mellark are as happy as they could be considering what they've gone through. They have a young daughter Prim and a baby son, Finnick.

Gale is miserable. life in District 2 isn't that bad. but his mental health is. Everyday guilt eats away at him. guilt of the people he couldn't save. Of people he thinks he killed. Guilt of precious friendships he's broken. He's run away from his past, which is the only thing that keeps him going.

But one day it comes and knocks on his door and he's forced to redeem it as much as he can. this is the story of his downward spiral, redemption and attempts to fix his mistakes.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: pretty much all of this story is from Gale's perspective. and it doesn't have a Gale x Katniss relationship, just friendship. I think that the end of Gale's story was unfulfilling. Also, my version of Gale in this book is depressed and kinda has ptsd. and lastly it gets pretty dark so you've been warned.