Sunset on the Capitol

Lyra Crane has one job in her plush, sheltered Caoitol adolescence: to follow the rules. Her whole life has been carefully curated and coordinated to ensure she is an honor to the Crane family name. Only Lyra doesn't want any of that. She clashes daily with her stepmother, father, and spoiled little brother Seneca.

Lyra rebels in small ways. Studying art and the composition of the human body, maintaining friends that are bad news, but nothing prepares her for the 50th Annual Hunger Games.

In this daunting round, 48 Tributes are reaped and Lyra cannot seem to erase the boy from District Twelve from her mind.

While Lyra decides to finally embrace the mold that has been forced on her by centuries of foreboding ancestors, she is plunged into a world of scandal, unsolved mysteries, and age old rivalries.

Will she be able to save the boy from Twelve, while also saving herself? Or will she have to choose who matters more: herself or the boy she loves.

Sunset on the Capitol is a standalone, slow burn, long-form fanfiction based on Suzzane Collins' "Sunrise on the Reaping:" This book takes place during the events of SOTR with some creative liberties thrown in (with pairings such as HaymitchxOFC). Note: This book contains graphic depictions of violence, gore, and mature themes. Reader discretion is advised.

This book will contain spoilers for "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" as well as "The Betrayal of the Serpent". While this book can be consumed alone, it is STRONGLY encouraged that Betrayal of the Serpent is read prior to reading this.

This story is also available on Archive of Our Own and is a transformative work.