Disclaimer: I claim no ownership over 'The Hunger Games' nor am I profiting from this.
Pairing(s): none.
Warning(s): canonical character death and contemplation of animal abuse.
Word Count: 121.
Their mother washes and dresses Prim like a regular patient. Her gaunt face remains impassive as she runs the washcloth up and down her arm.
Buttercup meows and pushes himself between her legs again and again. His already smooshed face appears even more deformed.
Katniss contemplates grabbing him by the scruff of his neck, giving him a vicious shake and tossing him outside. It might just be enough to keep him from coming back.
A new family can take him. A new little girl will give him an unfitting name. Her older sister will contemplate and might just drown him for real this time.
Prim's empty eye sockets are watching though and she allows him to stay indoors for another day.
