Title: The Shape of Her Face
Characters: Peeta, Katniss
Pairing: Peeta/Katniss
Unrequited is a state that Peeta's accustomed to. Loving Katniss had been a study in masochism, after all.
He had probably always loved her. Before he knew what it meant to feel a pinch in his chest, when the shape of her face alone made him smile. Even then, she hardly knew his name. But he kept on. Carried the little fire she'd set with her voice for his entire childhood, to the day they stood together at their Reaping.
When her profile trembled with the effort of her calm, Peeta felt his heart lurch. He had always loved her, and now he was going to die at her side.