Katniss's POV
Snow falls from the sky cover sky covering Victor's Village in a white blanket. The only lights on are those of mine and Peeta's bedrooms. He must be having nightmares too.
Neither of us could sleep that night. It was well past midnight when we raced to find each other, both half way between our own and the other's houses.I wrap my arms around his neck glad that he's safe. I keep losing him in my nightmares although he keeps trying to convince me that I don't have to worry about him. Somehow, even after all Snow has done to him Peeta has returned to who he used to be and despite inital reservations we have become very close friends, spending many hours slaving over the memory book and my family's plant book.
We stumble in the door of my house and sit side by side in front of the blazing fire in the grate in my living room. We stare into nothingness for several minutes, my head finding it's way on to his shoulder. I suggest we work on the book so I go to collect it from upstairs where we worked on it yesterday while he goes to the kitchen to get hot chocolate for the two of us. I can't help but smile when he walks in carrying two mugs of the straming sweet liquid and sits down next to me his hip brushing off of mine.
I smile at Peeta as he sketches Rue's face, I have always loved watching him draw ever since the days he came to visit me while I was bed bound after The Victory Tour. Over his shoulder as he draws the little girl who really does deserve to still be alive.
The sun is beginning to rise when we start to tire. I feel my eyes drooping when Peeta speaks up "I should really let you get some rest" he squeezes my shoulder and gets up off of the couch to leave and suddenly I don't want him to go. I look up at him daring myself to get this out, half of me wanting nothing more than to curl up next to him and the other half scowling at my behaviour and reminding me that I need no one. I reach for Peeta's arm and he turns around. "Are you okay, Katniss" I nod. He gives me a friendly hug so gentle it is like he's afraid I might break and says goodnight before he heads for the door. I rush after him out into the snow that is still coming down heavily outside. "Peeta" I mutter quietly"could you stay with me?. He holds out his arms and I can't help but rush into them. Then he quietly whispers into my ear"Always". I snuggle into his chest inhaling the scents of paint,cinnamon,dill, freshly baked bread and something else that I can't quite put my finger on a scent that I can only associate with Peeta. He burys his face in my hair. I pulled back slightly and looked up into his blue eyes that seem to put the sky to shame. That was when he leaned in and kissed me lighting the hungry fire that only Peeta can make me feel.
We both had completely forgotten about the snow surrounding us until Haymitch yelled out the window at us telling us to "get a room".
a/n I hope you enjoyed that. I was thinking of writing a series of unrelated Everlark drabbles. let me know what you think and If you want you can send me a prompt and I will write the story. Let me know what you think in the reviews or you can PM me.
