This came to me while listening to Bastilles song, things we lost in the fire.
None of this belongs to me, all rights to Lionsgate, Susanne Collins and whoever else. Things we lost in the fire belongs to Bastille.
Summary: AU Peeta, Gale, Johanna and Finnick are in a band together. They all have a brief relationship with Katniss (none of them know this about each other) and all four consequently fall in love with her. When sharing their experiences to get some songs written they all tell of this girl that broke their hearts and the song, things we lost in the fire is written. (they still don't know it's the same girl) Rating for some very mild smut (if it is even that) and language.
'Johanna Mason, bass guitarist'. Johanna smirked proudly at the poster of her that hung from the edge of the concert hall roof. Her other 3 band members hung there too, but she didn't care. The band's name took the centre, with two bands members either side.
She hated the band's name, it was, to put it simply, shit. It was Bread Miners. It came from the bands keyboard player/back-up singer, Peeta Mellark. His family had a bakery; it had been in the family for generations. His uncle was a coal miner, who unfortunately was killed in an accident just before they'd come together as a band. His detailed story was so heart breaking, no one had the heart to say no to the name he wanted in honour of his uncle and family. Except Johanna of course, but it was 3 against 1, so she was beat. This didn't stop her from constantly telling interviewers how much she hated the name.
Tonight would be their biggest concert to date and tension was high. Johanna trudged back into the concert hall, ignoring the screaming fans. She hated the fans, always screaming, grabbing, wanting autographs.
When she reached the backstage room, Gale was pacing the length of the room. She took a moment to watch him before blurting out, "You know you have a girl's name, right?"
Gale stopped pacing and frowned, "Shit, you're right" He glanced about and looked back at Johanna, "I think they meant, like the storm though. My parents"
"Why didn't they just call you fucking 'Storm' then?"
Gale went back to pacing and frowning as Johanna threw herself onto the couch aggressively.
"You should them out there, rabid. You might not survive" She winked at Gale and picked up a magazine.
"I… don't get it, wha-"
"Because they want to fuck you"
Gale blushed and cleared his throat, heading to the next room where Johanna assumed Peeta and Finnick were.
Finnick Odair was the 'heart throb' of the band. Gale was almost up there too but he was slightly more reserved and kept some mystery at least. Their backgrounds were total opposites, Finnick came from money. He had been the most popular guy in school. Gale was born into poverty and his family barely got by. He started singing on the sidewalk just to get a few extra dollars to help his mother out. That's where Peeta found him. They became friends pretty quick and got an ad up on Capitol List and that's where Finnick and Johanna came in. Johanna came from a northern district, her family all worked for Forestry. She enjoyed hitting things with an axe or taking trees out with a chainsaw as much as anyone but she didn't want a career with it.
"Guy's you're on in 60 seconds" A scrawny guy in his early twenties stuck his head around the door. Johanna growled an acknowledgement, receiving a gulp from the guy as he closed the door.
"OK ASSHOLES, WE'RE UP. LETS GO" She grabbed her leather jacket and reapplied her eye liner. The boys appeared from the other room and Finnick nudged Johanna on the way past, sending a line of eye liner across her temple. She sighed and ignored him, wiping the line away as best she could.
"You're living on the edge Odair" Peeta chuckled as they made their way out the door and toward the stage.
Johanna liked to go on last. They all had their things and that was hers. She stood at the edge of the stage watching as the boys jumped around and shouting to the fans. She didn't step foot on the stage until a chant of 'Johanna, Johanna, Johanna' started. When she got into view of the audience, the roar was almost deafening. She tried not to smile but her façade cracked and the audience got even louder.
Peeta was shouting to crowd, "IS EVERYBODY READY FOR AN AWESOME SHOW?"
They responded with another deafening roar. Finnick had taken his seat at the drum kit and Gale had his electric guitar over his shoulder. Johanna grabbed her bass guitar and Peeta bounced over to his keyboard still shouting to the crowd.
They began with an upbeat song, moving animatedly around the stage. It was about five songs in and they were tuning their instruments for, Things We Lost In The Fire.
Gale started singing and the crowd quietened down. Johanna finally looked around the crowd, seeing if there was anyone to wink at, when she saw her.
Katniss.