A/N: Hey everybody! ~ So anyway, this is an A/U scenario that takes place after Catching Fire, where Katniss is captured by the Capitol and Peeta is in District 13 (vice versa the actual book). Feel free to review! :) Peeta's POV.
Preface Curses
"Peeta!" Katniss lets out a mangled scream in the distance. I try to move, but my feet are glued to their position. The air smells of blood and the humidity is choking what little air is left. Her strangled cries grow louder but I know I cannot help her. No matter how hard I struggle to reach her in time, she will always be a second too far away.
And then I wake up.
Beads of sweat roll down my face, adding to the glistening trails left behind from my eyes. I am too late. Katniss is gone. And I forever will be guilty of that crime.
I sit up in my bed and wipe some of the moisture off my forehead with my sleeve, and take a look at my surroundings. A single flickering light bulb hangs from a wire. Stained tiles cover the floor. The whitewashed walls and ceiling reek of must. The sting of rubbing alcohol reaches my nose and burns my eyes.
I am in a hospital.
An IV sticks out of my left arm, pumping unknown liquids into my blood. I don't attempt to take it out – or get out of bed for that matter. I am the reason for Katniss' agony. I killed my family and murdered my neighbors.
I am a curse.