Gale/Posy brother-sister bonding
Where do you go when you're gone?
Author: irmaida
He can't bear to see his family.
Or Katniss. Or Peeta. Or anyone related to District Twelve or life before the Rebellion. After the whole thingwith Katniss, he just couldn't bear it anymore.
Where do you go when you're gone?
He's packing up. Going to District Two. Where there probably won't be a single familiar face, and it will be easy to get a job because District Two appreciates war weaponry and strategies. A place where he'll belong.
So he tells himself.
Where do you go when you're gone?
"Where are you going?" asks Posy when she sees him pack up his suitcase.
His mouth feels dry. "Somewhere where I can keep you safe."
Posy begins to cry, and Gale takes his little sister into his arms, and plants a final kiss on her cheek.
"I'm sorry," he says. "This is for your own good." Because Katniss is right; he's a monster, and if he stays here, he'll only endanger his sister more. And so, he puts his sister down, picks up his suitcase, and says goodbye.
Where do you go when you're gone?