Number Two

Title: The Truth of Assumptions

Summary: "Of course, practically everything we eat is stale."

Perspective: 3rd Person. Peeta POV. Hunger Games Book One.

Prompt: (From Kate) Peeta, breadcrumbs

Peeta rolled over after saying those words, pulling the sleeping bag tight. Not fast enough he hadn't seen the confused surprise dawn through Katniss's face. That look alone was enough of a reason to fake snoring some thirty or forty seconds later.

He didn't want her to ask or apologize. He wasn't sure which was worse.

She had assumed they were soft. Merchants had it easier than those in The Seam. Maybe there was always a roof, always food, but he'd still lived in District 12, just like her, and he'd eaten very little more than old leftovers and breadcrumbs.