Sequel to 'Unfolding Scars'. It becomes hard to breathe, as if my body doesn't know how to support itself to live. It's positive. I don't know much about these tests but I know that positive means pregnant, means baby. A baby. We're having a baby.

Peeta has hit rock bottom, but makes the most important choice of all - to change his life. He falls hard for the beautiful girl assigned help him, but he's been burned too many times to expect her to notice him that way. That path to change is a slow, difficult journey. He quickly learns that he must first love himself before he can ever expect her to.

This is the truest story I've ever told. An Everlark fairy tale, based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale," with a bit of the character of a "three brothers" tale as well. AU oneshot; written for the THG Fairy Tale Fic Challenge.