Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games, or the ending would have been a lot less depressing.
We all thought the Games would be over when President Coin took over. Apparently not, she wanted revenge on the Capitol children, and so the Games were played.
Twenty two dead.
That's what I told myself as I let him cradle me in his arms, whispering sweet nothings into my ear. The boy he'd killed for me laid in front of us, in a pool of his own blood, and I wondered again what was the point of it all.
I wasn't the one who had taken the children from their districts, I hadn't even watched the Games. My father called them barbaric, my mother cried for every death. Being her only child left out of six miscarries, she knew how precious children were. And now I did as well.
My hands were stained forever, no matter how much I would scrub in the future, I'd always see red. See the light fade out of their eyes, feel the tears on my cheeks. I felt as though I'd lost a part of me, that I knew I would sorely miss.
"Sleep, my love." he whispered to me, and I look up into his eyes.
"Joseph…"
"Shh…we'll talk in the morning." he promised, giving me a soft kiss, and I trailed my hand through his purple hair.
"I love you." I admit quietly, and he smiles gently.
"I know, Ami." he kissed my forehead. "Now sleep for me."
I settle myself into his arms, laying my head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me once more, and I allow the warmth to soak into my skin. After being in the snow so long, I was surprised how warm he was. And I wouldn't think on it until later, when I woke to a cannon blast.
I sit up, staring down at him in tears. "…Joseph?" I whisper, "Joseph!" I get louder, chanting his name and shaking his blurred arm through my tears. "Wake up!"
It finally hits me, and my body falls on it's own accord, my head on his beat-less heart. "Don't leave me…" I whisper silently, but know it's too late.
They're coming to get me.
AN: I may continue this, depends on the readers I suppose. Well, I hope you enjoyed the small piece, and I hope it made you think a little.