It all started out with a brown paper bag, a forty-eight pack of crayons, and a challenge. For every birthday Katniss and Peeta celebrate, the other finds a gift that matches the color of the crayon chosen. Every year, there's two less crayons to choose. And every birthday, each continues to amaze the other in some way new. Written for Prompts in Panem, Peeta's Paint Box: Orange.

AU. Katniss is a 20 yr old college student in summer session before her Junior Year. She is a mess mentally, and emotionally. As her past continues to haunt her she surrenders herself to dangerous substances and physical interactions. One day she meets a boy, & she begins to learn that sometimes the people you least expect are as messed up as you are. Rated M w/ good reason.