Peeta and Gale are gone. I am still here. I am still alive. Why? What makes me deserve this life more than they do? Oh right, because I am the mockingjay - the symbol of a rebellion I never wanted to be a part of. The only thing I want to do is save them.

The summary of how Peeta & Katniss fell back together. Rated M for later chapters.

Katniss Everdeen did the unthinkable & won the 73rd Hunger Games. Now in her first year as mentor, she's horrified when Peeta Mellark is reaped. Soon, they're fighting against challenges that neither ever expected to face. Can Katniss be a strong mentor for her tributes, while recognising her growing feelings for Peeta? And can Peeta overcome the odds, to be the next victor?

And suddenly, the fragile air breaks. She breaks. Her hands find her face, and sobs begin to escape. She's crying, and he thinks it's the saddest sound he's ever heard. - A story of coming home, and trying to remember why you ever loved it. Peeta/Katniss.

This fiction is an extension of the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay. Taking place at the end of the novel, Katniss and Peeta's relationship is explored from the moment they both return to District 12. Completed. Reviews appreciated. Rated MA for mature themes and graphic sexual content.

"If it weren't for the baby." The line changed everything, but what would it change if Peeta weren't lying? Peeta and Katniss have one night together that changes everything for both of them, forever.