Before the war he was never still, always moving even if it was just his eyes darting.
These days he sits, completely still. Sorry I retract my statement, not before the war but before she was taken away from him.
The first time we saw him staring with emotionless eyes into the tv, he was staring at Katniss. He had been worried before about her since the games had started, he wouldnt even watch after she got burnt. But when he saw her kiss Peeta, he stopped everything. His breathing seemed to stop, he just stared.
Mother was the most worried, but Posy was as well. Posy even asked Gale what was wrong. The response was that he was just watching the games like a good citizen.
Now the war is over, I still see Gale stare into nothingness. I think I know what he is remembering. The first images of losing her. He hasnt moved on in all these years, he married a beautiful girl named Ariel for a short while but it didnt even last a year. She realised she could not heal him and he realised no one but her would ever be enough.
I havent the heart to ask him about her, Gale is so strong, so fearless. I had never seen him breakdown until the day he got the letter for Madge. The letter spoke of the old inhabitants of district 12. It spoke of Katniss and Peeta and their children.
He pretends he is ok, but when he sits, still unmoving I know the despair that is eating him away. Maybe one day he will move on. I doubt it.
Whenever he gazes at the picture Posy drew for him I know what he is really looking at, a smile plays at the corners of his mouth. He says he has given up on her, but hidden behind the picture is two plants.
A primrose flower to heal old wounds.
A plant of catnip. A plant with one purpose, to bring her back.