Fairy Tales I
She's always loved fairy tales.
The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, anything
And it's a bit stupid, really, for someone so ruthless to love something so childish.
And fairy tales never come true anyway.
(He's always right.)
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"Clove, stay with me. You're going to go home with me. Two victors from District 2. Right? The ways it's supposed to be." Oh, Cato. I thought you didn't believe in fairy tales. "I love you." Her eyes snap shut for the last time.
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So he kisses her, and he half expects her eyes to flicker open, like Sleeping Beauty or Snow White, but he knows they won't.
Because fairy tales are for children, and they are far from innocent.
And fairy tales never come true.
(Sometimes, he wishes he were wrong.)
