(Another slightly extended ending)
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ten lords a-leaping.
Peeta knocked on Katniss's open studio door and held out a small container when she looked up. "It took me a lot of thought and a lot of internet searches to figure out what could represent lords leaping."
She leaned over the container and smiled. "Popcorn balls. Perfect!" She reached in and took one. "Want to take a break with me?" She motioned to the extra chair beside her drafting table.
He nodded and stepped in. "Still working on the helmets?"
"I was. I had to look away for a bit." She twisted her drafting table slightly. "I had a vision of a bow design."
Peeta leaned close. "It looks like the elf bows from Lord of the Rings."
"Yeah." Katniss smiled. "I was reading the first one this morning and I got an itch to see if I could design a practical one that still looked whimsical." She picked out another popcorn ball from the container. "I'll probably never get to make it, but it's fun to design."
"So you shoot?" He picked out another popcorn ball and sat back.
"Oh, yeah. I won a few competitions in high school. Didn't get to travel much." She stood and stretched. "I used to want to compete in the Olympics." She turned to see him smile.
"Wanna hear a secret?" He asked.
She leaned close. "Sure."
"I used to want to compete in the Olympics, too. In wrestling."
She laughed. "Were you good?"
He pulled her close. "I was pretty damn great."
"You were pretty damn great last night." She murmured as she lowered her head for a kiss.
Gale cleared his throat in the doorway.
Katniss stepped away and smoothed down her shirt. "What's up, Gale?"
Gale smiled between them. "Just wanted to see if you wanted to come grab some coffee with me."
"Um…" She looked toward Peeta.
Peeta stood. "I have to get back to work. I'll see you around." He had a confident smile on his face, but there was something about his tone that wasn't quite so much.
"Dinner at my place again tonight?" Katniss asked. "Order a pizza and watch a movie?"
Peeta nodded. "Sounds good." He ducked out of the door before he had to say anything else.
Gale watched him go in disbelief and then turned back to Katniss. "When did that happen?"
She shrugged. "Just sort of did."
He chuckled. "Wow."
"Coffee?" Katniss headed out the door in front of Gale.
He grabbed her arm. "Are you going to tell me anything about this?"
"If I tell you, do I have to tell HR?"
He snorted. "Probably. It's standard." He led her down the hall to the little breakroom that held a coffee maker and an assortment of fresh cookies, bagels, donuts, and some sort of nut bread Katniss wasn't entirely sure about.
She picked up a bagel and smeared some cream cheese on it. "It's probably just fooling around. I don't know what he wants out if this. And I know I'm having fun. Do I really need to report every workplace fling?"
"I won't say anything if you promise that the minute it turns into something more, you report it."
"Thanks, Gale! I knew there was a reason we were friends." She fixed herself a cup of coffee and leaned against the counter.
Gale chuckled. "There are quite a few reasons we're friends."
Katniss smiled and sipped her coffee while Gale started complaining about Prim's bridezilla-ness.