A/N: Not sure whether to call myself Team Peeta or Team Gale. (I'm honestly more of a Team Finnick person... or, better yet, Team Let's-Not-Turn-This-Into-Twilight.) But while I like Gale's character better, I like Peeta better with Katniss, so... yeah.
Anyways, please review. I do not own the Hunger Games.
she's a spark of fire
trapped in the darkest night
and he can see it
B
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in her eyes
she doesn't admit it
(not even to herself)
but he can see it
because whether she likes it or not
(and he knows she doesn't like it)
he knows her better
than she knows herself
she's his friend
his Catnip
and standing there
all he can think is not her
please
not
her
and he waits
and he hopes
(and it isn't her)
(it's Primrose Everdeen)
and he's a horrible person
he's a fucking monster
because when he sees her
that little girl
blonde hair and bright smile
(but she isn't smiling now)
walking toward the platform
walking toward her death
all he can think is
thank god it's not her
but he should have known
because she
L
O
V
E
S
that little girl
and she'd do
/a/n/y/t/h/i/n/g/
for Primrose Everdeen
for her little sister
so she says
I volunteer
and she's offering herself in her sister's place
she's offering her life
for Primrose Everdeen
and his heart
/s/h/a/t/t/e/r/s/
his heart
B
R
E
A
K
S
into pieces too small to count
because Katniss
his Katniss
is going to die
she's going to the
HUNGER
GAMES
and Katniss Everdeen
is walking to the platform
and he's holding Primrose back
he's watching her
and he wants more than anything
to run up to her and
steal
her
away
(we could make it, you and me)
he wants to
/r/e/w/i/n/d/
and he wants to hold her back
because Gale Hawthorne
would rather watch a child die
than the girl he
L
O
V
E
S