You Won't Drown: A Hunger Games story

"Poor Annie Cresta..."

"It's the poor mad girl from district four..."

"They say her time in the Hunger Games drove her over the edge..."

Just like anyone who's managed to make it out of the Hunger Games alive, Annie Cresta has nightmares. It's not easy to forget being tortured and starved and forced to kill other people to survive. Her time in the arena scarred her, broke her, and every day, she keeps trying to pick up the pieces.

Only the people who have been in the arena, borne witness to the bloodshed and horror firsthand can understand what it's like; all the victors have a slightly haunted look behind their eyes that speaks of memories they'd do anything to forget. Of course, that's made impossible when your victory in those games is all that people see in you.

Finnick O'Dair, youngest ever winner of the Hunger Games, Capitol pretty boy, and sex symbol for all of Panem has nightmares too. He has nightmares about dying in a million different ways, nightmares about never being allowed to go back home to district four, but most of all, he has nightmares about losing her. He has nightmares about losing Annie, the only woman out there that he truly loves.

Even though the odds are against them at every turn, they're lifelines for each other; no matter the cost, Finnick would never let Annie get hurt, and Annie would do anything to stay with Finnick. The only problem is that they can't have anything more than a secret romance, or else they would lose everything, including their lives.

All of that changes in an instant though, with a handful of poisoned berries in the 74th Hunger Games. That simple act sets in motion a series of events that cannot be stopped, and it also poses a very important question for Annie and Finnick. How far would they go to be together forever, is there any price they wouldn't pay?