It took losing Peeta to the Capitol's hijacking for Katniss to realize how much she needed him. Now that he's returned, broken and grieving, can she find a way to help him heal and to show him that he's always been her first and only choice? A twist on the usual post-MJ story.

Damon and Elena head for Colorado on a mission to track down the Original Original responsible for siring the bloodlines of the Mystic Falls vampires. After a flashback of the night her parents died, Elena turns to Damon - and alcohol - for comfort. Shared hotel rooms inevitably lead to shared beds - but will they make it back to Mystic without killing each other first?

The effect it has on him is nothing short of satisfying. But wrong, so, so wrong, and different and not me. It's the hunger. The side of me that I didn't think would be. That wants things like this; nakedness, beds, Peeta. And so it's not really me, who reaches out and grasps his wrist when he makes to stand and leave, it's the want. The fire begging for more fuel. *Rewritten*