Here's a slightly different take on the events after "Mockingjay." A journalist from the Capitol's newspaper goes to District 12 to find out the real story - and come to terms with his own role in the Second Rebellion and his own lost love. Author's note: This story has become increasingly about the folks who fought the revolution and are building the post-war world.

AU: Time is running out and Peeta has an important proposal for Katniss. In a world were their futures are picked for them, Peeta and Katniss will find a way to make a life for themselves. Based on the marriage law premise of another story in FF. No Hunger Games.

Modern AU. Peeta Mellark has never been able to say no to Katniss Everdeen. But after years as friends with benefits, that's going to have to change. Everlark.

Katniss Everdeen is well aware of Formula 1 driver Peeta Mellark's reputation when she's hired as his mechanic. But Peeta's never let anything stand in the way of getting what he wants—and he wants her. A modern AU Everlark written in honor of iLoVeRynMar's birthday. Banner/gif by the amazing lovingmellark.

"Boom. It had been a big boom. A lot of debris. A lot of light. A lot of darkness. Then, it ended. Somehow, they hadn't." (An I-am-in-denial-about-the-ending-of-Rogue-One-and-writing-fan-fiction-to-cope Fan Fiction. Not immediately earning the M rating, but should enter that territory eventually.)

Their arc in the film is achingly beautiful, but my inner fix-it junkie insists on a warmer and fuzzier headcanon scenario. Rogue One, Cassian/Jyn, also featuring K-2SO. Cross-posted from AO3.

"It's something out of an old tale: a golden young man in a white bearskin, striking strange bargains with desperate souls on the cruelest night of winter." Peeta Mellark, winner of the 74th Hunger Games, returns from his Victory Tour to make the starving Everdeens an offer they can't refuse. Canon divergent, based on the fairy tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon."

Katniss thinks she had found her happily ever after with Peeta, but when a hunting accident lands her in the hospital, she wakes up discovers she has no idea who he is. Her memories of life for the last two years are all blurry, but she does however remember Gale. Will the baker that seems to be her polar opposite be able to win her over twice? AU. *WINNER* Everlark Smut Awards!

Katniss Everdeen returns back to LA after six years away. Her stepmother is top of the charts and a famous blond painter is the most eligible bachelor in the country. Katniss struggles to find a place in a city that values beauty and success so highly.

Peeta's subconscious is trying to tell him something, twenty years after the Games ended. Originally written for Prompts in Panem's Dreamscape Prompt: Rats in the final round, this story has grown and developed into ten chapters with both this prologue and an epilogue in alternating Everlark points of view. Repost of Prologue, new chapters posted weekly.

Annie Cresta is an uptight and anxious college junior scrambling to find an apartment. Her last resort is Finnick Odair, a laid-back bad boy senior looking for someone to split the rent. Annie and Finnick both need each other, so they try to work it out. It might just take a few rules.

Katniss Everdeen has been living with the ghosts of her loved ones for the last nine years. But when Peeta Mellark shows up in her small mining hometown she realises that he might just be even more haunted than her.

Life is short, the art of healing is long. Katniss Everdeen is a nurse at Capitol Memorial, caught in the stress of her job and coping with her mentally-ill mother. Doctor Peeta Mellark could be just the prescription to heal her soul. And perhaps he needs her just as much. Modern Day AU

Rey swallows. "Luke is gone. There's no one left. And," she hesitates, clears her throat. "And I need a teacher." Kylo Ren, now Ben Solo, finally gets to show Rey the ways of the Force... To kill Snoke. Rated M for some swears (for now), but it's gonna be a nice, slow Reylo burn

Even though sometimes she wasn't there to hear it.

SEQUEL TO 'CRUEL SUMMER'. Separated by miles, Katniss and Peeta attempt to keep the love they discovered the past summer at Camp Panem. They are determined to make it work but long distance relationships are never easy; Skype dates, weekend visits, and dorm room quickies. Will their romantic misadventures break them or make them stronger? *WINNER* Everlark Smut Awards!

Kylo Ren is determined to finish the scavenger Rey. But when he tracks her to the small island where she is training with Luke Skywalker, he is surprised by an invitation to stay. Luke and Rey are hoping they can win Ren back to the side of the light, but as time passes and passions flare Rey begins to wonder how dear the cost will be. Come say hi on Tumblr! /blog/reylovution

Katniss and Peeta are growing back together and trying to build a normal life in District 12 when they realize that even though the Games are over, Panem's fragile peace still needs their protection. Rated M. I do not own the Hunger Games franchise.

It was Peeta Mellark's final summer before starting college and instead of spending it working in his father's bakery, he decides he needs a change. He gets hired as a farmhand on the Everdeen family farm, and just when he thinks the early summer heat can't get much hotter, he catches a glimpse of the farmer's daughter. Modern Day Everlark AU. Cover Art by Loving-Mellark.

"Whatever was behind it, she could care less. He was hers and she was his. Like the constant promise of spring and fresh rain and rebirth, there was never any other option but this." Post-Mockingjay Everlark.

When Katniss Everdeen's best friend Jo bails on their trip to Mexico at the last minute, an angry Katniss expects to spend her first-ever vacation all alone. That is, until she sees a familiar pair of blue eyes on the flight to Cancun. Modern AU.

"In this moment I'm not sure how I've said no to him for fifteen years. Peeta Mellark hasn't smiled like that since the day on the rooftop of the Training Center before the Quarter Quell." My take on Katniss's decision to have children with Peeta.

Katniss is a senior in high school who's realizing she wants more than to stay in her small town in Minnesota with little promise other than a life of poverty. Using the connections of her best friend and her native background, she gets the chance to go to school far away in Pennsylvania. But when a personal crisis wounds her trust in other people, the struggle might be too much.

The fire has died down & smoke rises. How do two damaged kids find their epilogue? Peeta shares what happens in those mysterious years at the end of Mockingjay: healing, growth, discovery, friendship, & love. Spoilers. Mild suggestive themes & violence.

After hunting illegally one day, a near-starving Katniss Everdeen is caught and almost has to pay the price. Peeta has always tried to get the girl with the secret arrows to notice him, and he figures that now is a good a chance as any. AU/Everlark - No Games, but Panem is otherwise the same.

Post-war, Katniss and Peeta learn to live and love again. Post-Mockingjay. Alternating POV. Canon compliant. Rated M for later chapters. (Trigger warnings: there's some violence and smut in here, though not together)

What if the Victory Tour ended with a wedding rather than an engagement? A story that explores what would have happened if Peeta and Katniss had been forced to marry. How does this change affect their relationship? District 12? The rebellion? Rated M for later chapters. Banner by Ro Nordmann.

Modern AU. There are three types of people in Dawson, Texas: those who are trying to flee, those who embrace their small town fate, and the Mellarks. Mellark Ranch; largest cattle ranch South of Dallas, employer of ranch hand, Katniss Everdeen, and home of The Ohio State Buckeyes' running back, Peeta Mellark. And Peeta Mellark is coming back home today.

The story of how Peeta Mellark became Peeta Everdeen, spanning fifteen years of partnership, friendship, and love. Everlark, modern day AU. Complete.

After learning his life is in limbo, Katniss Everdeen decides she'll do anything to help her best friend, Peeta Mellark, achieve all he's ever wanted. Everlark, modern-day AU.

The story of how Katniss, Peeta, and Panem grew back together. Rated M for later chapters.

Katniss Everdeen has never been lucky. But a chance encounter with an old acquaintance and a winning lottery ticket just may change that. Everlark. Banner by RoNordmann; Cover art by Kismet4891

AU. Katniss Everdeen is an up and coming journalist just trying to make a name for herself. She has no time for frivolity. That is, until pretty boy Peeta Mellark comes crashing into her life. She needs to remember that sometimes things aren't what they seem. Rated M for later chapters.

AU. Katniss never imagined that The Great War would change her life in the secluded PA woods, but it did. She also never imagine that crippled soldier Peter "Peeta" Mellark could heal her heart.

A drunken kiss at a Christmas party starts five months worth of firsts for college junior Katniss Everdeen and begins a journey she's not entirely sure she wants to go on. Banner by Ro Nordmann.

Out of money and options, Katniss Everdeen joins the Ordered Spouse program for the Capitol stipend. What she doesn't expect is to be ordered, and certainly not by such a kind boy. In Panem AU. No Games. Arranged marriage fic.

"The sun was rising, fingers of glorious orange, red and yellow crawling across the sky. The window appeared as a frame around a picture, dawn's ascent bursting from the folds of a delicate skirt the color of burnt copper. I sighed, and turned back to Peeta, holding his hand against my cheek." - Katniss & Peeta discover that life can be Good Again *2013 EVERLARK SMUT AWARDS WINNER*

Conceived in infidelity, defined by the mistakes of others, one boy searches for identity in the Seam but instead is taught purpose from the girl who is favored by his half brother. Banner by shininalltheway.

Dr. Katniss Everdeen DVM is in the last year of her surgical residency at Mockingjay Animal Hospital in Boston. Between her extreme social awkwardness and focusing on her career, Katniss hasn't let anyone new into her life in a long time. Until one fateful night, when an accident brings Peeta Mellark into her hospital, changing everything. Modern Day AU.

"No matter how bad your losses, it can be good again," the blond hair, blue eyed, boy wunderkind, tells the group. Yeah…right. What the hell does he know about grief? I'm only doing this to get my sister back. If he thinks he's going to magically "cure" me by the end of these sessions he's wrong. Dead wrong. Modern Day AU.

Peeta Mellark, idealistic young attorney, gets the case that changes everything. Modern day AU.

Even when you're down so far, when you feel it is impossible to heal, there will always be that one person to build you back up. How Peeta and Katniss grew back together after returning to District 12. M for later chapters.

AU, Post-WWII Chicago. Katniss as an ex-Rosie the Riveter, Peeta as a soldier returning home. Romance ensues. Major AU, historical, and sometimes OOC. May get steamy eventually.

Our lives are full of unexpected occurrences, both good and bad. How we deal with them shows our strength of character. Tackle these head on and we might just get what we expected in the first place.

Peeta and Gale come home from their first year of college to celebrate homecoming. Peeta isn't expecting to spend the weekend with Gale's cousin, Katniss, the girl he's had a crush on for years. She's always seen him as a friend but sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder

The evening has been uncharacteristically hot for mid-May. What is even more uncharacteristic about this evening is me…here…with him. This was the last thing I expected to happen during my summer break that was supposed to be spent catching up with Prim and laying low around town in hopes of not running into anyone from my childhood. - This is an AU Everlark Story.

Peeta's a high school exchange student spending a year on Panem Island, a foreign land of blue coves, lilting guitar melodies, and floral-scented breezes. He thought he left his love behind in America. But after meeting a village girl with a wild side, he's not sure where his heart belongs. Modern AU. Banner by Ro Nordmann: archiveofourown .org/works/960816/chapters/1882437

Modern Day AU. Peeta's been burned one too many times, and just needs to get out of his head. Enter Katniss Everdeen, the daughter of his father's high school sweetheart. Needing a ride to Maine, the two of them take off on a road trip and discover that maybe it's not all hopeless. Maybe their hearts aren't irreparably broken—just bent.

AU Set in the modern day, fictional, small world of Panem County, Ohio. In the tiny farming town of Seamburg, Katnissis raising 4 yr old Prim on her own. She and Peeta have not crossed paths since they were children. One night an act of fate brings them back together. All of your favorite characters are here including redneck Uncle Haymitch.

Follow up to Blue on Grey. Katniss Everdeen has done the unspeakable with Union soldier Peeta Mellark. Now she's agreed to marry him. But first, they must make it through a proper courtship while surviving the trials of the Reconstruction Era South. Historical AU.

"I lie there with my knees tucked up into my chest, arms curled around myself as if to hold the hundreds of shattered fragments that constitute as my body together. But in this moment, I realize this action is unnecessary. He is twined around me like a ribbon, keeping every shard of my splintered soul in place. He holds me together." Canon, Post-Mockingjay. Everlark.

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.

Modern AU: Workaholic Katniss Everdeen hasn't had much time for dating in last few years. However a simple lie leaves her desperately searching for a plus one for her cousin's wedding. She finds help from an unlikely source.

"Three words that became hard to say. I and love and you." - The Avett Brothers. A sequel to "Violets in the Mountains."

AU, Everlark: Katniss attends a beginning of the year open house at District 12 High for her sister, Prim. When she gets there she realizes that Prim's new English teacher, Peeta Mellark, looks a little familiar. And kinda hot.

Peeta is a bad boy. Katniss is a good girl. Neither are interested in changing. But when Peeta's sent to work on the Everdeens' Amish farm during the Autumn harvest, two very different worlds—and hearts—collide. Modern AU. Banners by Ro Nordmann: archiveofourown .org/works/564057/chapters/1008445

Modern Day AU: Katniss Everdeen had spent the last three years working at the only electronics and office supply store in District 12, and it was time once again to prepare for Christmas. The rapid changes always brought new sights, new sounds, and this year it brought Peeta Mellark — the new seasonal hire.

You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross. When two toxic lines begin to blur, can anything good come from it? Everlark AU

It takes fourteen years, liquid courage, and more than a little persuasion to earn a "yes," and just a spare bit of gossip to make her want to take it back.

"I'm sorry," I tell him, barely getting the words out. I'm sorry because I did this to him. Because I would do anything to change this. "You'll come back," I verify against his chest, my voice fragile. "Promise me you'll come back," I demand. Peeta stares at me for a second, the hopelessness still tattooed across his features. "I'll try," he says. Catching Fire AU

In a time when your social standing can dictate who you should love, a housemaid and the son of a Duke can't help but be drawn to each other. An Everlark AU, set in England in the 1880s.

How would one of Panem's greatest love stories play out if Kanisss never volunteered and Peeta was never reaped and Gale got tired of waiting for Katniss to return his affections and moved on? It would still be epic and dramatic. Peeta must convince Katniss that love and marriage is worth the pain that it may bring. Please R&R.

Peeta has been looking out for Katniss for most of his life. Katniss has been trying to forget she owes him everything. When their paths are forced to cross again at West Virginia University, they both get a second chance to make things right. Very AU, but true to characters!

Katniss Everdeen has never bothered with the gym. But when she takes her first spin class, instructor Peeta Mellark gives her a workout in more ways than one. Part 1 written for ILoVeRynMar in honor of her birthday; Part 2 written for Prompts in Panem, Day 6, Sloth. Cover by Ro Nordmann.

REVISED. Fifteen years after returning to District 12, she finally said 'yes'. A chronicle of the ups and downs of the Mellark's first pregnancy. Post-Mockingjay.

What if, in Mockingjay, Katniss snuck into Peeta's hospital room/cell to watch over him while he was asleep? And what if, one day, he woke up? How would he react to the "mutt" watching him sleep? A less angsty, more fluffy version of Mockingjay. K/P.

What if Peeta and Katniss had become friends- or, more than friends- before the reaping? What would it take for Peeta to convince Katniss to go out with him? This story will follow how their relationship grew before the 74th Hunger Games. Cupcakes, sketches and blizzards- oh, my!

Fire had taught him a lesson of the blood. Follow Peeta's journey from the Capitol back to District 12 as he recovers from the hijacking and begins to grow back together with Katniss. Companion piece to Young Blood. End of Mockingjay, pre-epilogue. Please read and review!

"They have each other and their love and, according to legend, that's always enough." Continuation of Do Not Go Gentle. Modern Day AU. Everlark. Banner By Ro Nordmann

Post-Mockingjay and Epilogue. My reading in between the last lines of Mockingjay and Epilogue.

"She didn't know if it would even matter, would even make a difference. She was going to die. There would be no-one left of the Everdeen line." A modern day AU.

A set of drabbles for our favorite Hunger Games characters. All genres.

Fantasy AU: Under the enchantment of an obedience spell that threatens her life as well as her love for Prince Peeta, sixteen-year-old Katniss must find a way to break the spell while contending with her evil stepfather, stepsisters and her fairy "godmother." An alternate version of Cinderella/Ella Enchanted. Cover by Ro Nordmann

Historical AU. In 1832, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen boards The Mockingjay, bound for her family home in America. What awaits her is a perilous journey, one which will find her caught in a rebellion, accused of murder, and falling in love with sailor Peeta Mellark. Everlark.

When the rain doesn't come and the ground dries up, the people of District 12 sink into a desperate struggle for survival against starvation and poverty. It's only after a devastating accident in the mines that Peeta Mellark finds a friend in Katniss Hawthorne, realizing sometimes people need more than crops to survive and that maybe, even without rain, some things can still grow.

Modern day AU; Katniss and Peeta meet in college. They both have a past. Awkwardness, followed by romance, followed by awkwardness...

After a contentious first meeting, Katniss finds she's never been so happy to be wrong. If only that first move were easier to come by. Modern AU.

Katniss gets bumped from an oversold flight and is forced to spend the night in the airport. She meets Peeta, a fellow stranded passenger, and they decide to keep each other company. When their airport stay ends abruptly, Peeta and Katniss reluctantly part and return to their respective hometowns. Will the connection they forged turn into something more?

"I haven't left the house. I haven't even left the kitchen except to go to the small bathroom a few steps off of it. I'm in the same clothes I left the Capitol in. What I do is sit by the fire. Stare at the unopened letters piling up on the mantel." Set in Mockingjay, pre-epilogue. Katniss reads the once unopened letters written by Peeta.

Modern AU. After receiving a life-altering call from home, Katniss returns home to a tiny rural town in Illinois. She doesn't expect old feelings for Peeta Mellark to arise when he walks back into her life, but she slowly comes to realize that she wouldn't be able to survive this without him. Originally written for Prompts in Panem's Everlark week challenge day 5

Present day A/U. Katniss Everdeen is the best ski instructor on the mountain. When a raging storm causes an evacuation of her mountain, she finds something unexpected on the slopes – an unconscious Peeta Mellark. They are forced to find shelter and learn to trust each other again in order to fight the elements and an unexpected threat.

He thought they made an odd pair, the two of them. The oddness, he thought sadly, surely rested with him. Katniss thought they were perfect. He was perfect. Modern day AU.

"Haymitch was wrong. I could live ten million lifetimes and never deserve him. Not for a second." Post- Mockingjay. The story of how the Girl on Fire and the Boy with the Bread found happiness in a world once so wrought with danger.

The interactions of Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen, from the point of view of those around them. Pre-HG to Post-MJ

Late 19th Century England AU. Completely inspired by Jane Austen. Even though novels with happy endings are her favorite to read, Katniss Everdeen is quite fickle about love in real life. She meets a man from London that make those novels seem like rubbish. Complete and utter fluff.

My version of a post-Mockingjay story. Takes place a month after Mockingjay ends. Katniss and Peeta both struggle in their own ways to become themselves and find each other again. Also, check out my previous HG fics, all three original books, but in Peeta's POV. Props to Nikola Nicart on tumblr for the artwork.

AU. After Katniss Everdeen is fired from her job, she believes that the best way for her twin sister to complete her medical education in college is to save money. She is persuaded to move in the house of her only girl friend's cousin. Though, how does she react when she realizes having the blond-haired and blue-eyed boy as a roommate isn't as easy as she expected it to be?

Present Day A/U – Del Mar, California. Katniss Everdeen has had her share of tragedy. When Peet Mellark faces an event that changes his life, he relies on Katniss to help him through it. In return, he protects her from a terrible threat. Follow them through the twists and turns of one tumultuous year and its aftermath. (There is no Hunger Games.)

The rebellion is over and life seemed to begin falling back into an order that Peeta and Katniss could handle. But they're both still healing and with their recovery comes things that they both must deal with. Nightmares, memories, feelings, and the fear of losing Peeta to flashbacks. At least they have each other.(Upcoming events that you won't want to miss. Please read & review!)

The last place Katniss Everdeen expects to find love is at a gay speed dating event, but when Peeta Mellark approaches her, they have a speed date of their very own and embark on a relationship that Katniss never could have predicted for herself. Modern day AU.

Everlark the summer of 2012. When Peeta is about to go off to college, Katniss starts to see him in a different light.

Post-Mockingjay, Pre-Epilogue, a story of how Peeta and Katniss find one another again, and begin anew. Friendship, romance, resilience, hope. Mostly Peeta & Katniss POV.

Modern Day AU. Katniss moves to New York after the death of a close friend, expecting- and wanting- nothing out of life. But when she gets to the Big Apple, she realizes that staying far from love and its inevitable consequences is harder than she ever could have imagined.

I'm covered in wounds that can't be stitched back together. It would be so easy if Peeta was the balm, but I can't afford to think that way. Spoilers for all 3 books. Set pre-epilogue. Katniss/Peeta.

"Sweetheart, don't you wanna talk to your mom or Annie or something? Or Johanna? Or literally any woman? I don't know what you expect me to say." Adventures in child-rearing from the perspective of everyone's favorite drunk. Final installment of The Ashes of District Twelve series.

Katniss and Peeta slowly grow back together, despite being so broken. The story begins during the final chapter of 'Mockingjay', before the epilogue, and chapters get longer and more detailed as Katniss slowly heals.

AU: District Twelve struggles to recover from the revolution that tore the country apart years ago, and the eldest Everdeen daughter sacrifices her freedom to help her starving family. But even in the darkest places and times, refuge can be found. Banner by Ro Nordmann: h t t p:/tinyurl . com/9np3g8l remove spaces

Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring refers to the season, and the ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. Katniss and Peeta experience all three together. Rated M for later lemons.

In Panem you're either a "have," who lives in the Capitol District, the gated community on the north side of town, or a "have-not," who lives in the Seam, a field filled with double wide trailers. Those from the Seam will never call the Capitol District home. Modern Day, Part 1 of the "Rumours" series.

Everlark, Post-Mockingjay. Katniss and Peeta try to put themselves back together. What happens when Gale comes back, Caesar makes a phone call, and Haymitch has a moment of clarity... and will Katniss find her way back to the boy with the bread? R R

Modern AU. Katniss Everdeen turned away from her best friend, Peeta Mellark after he confessed his love for her in high school. Now he's back from college. Katniss isn't so good at keeping her cool this time. Fluffy goodness and slightly OOC because you know, nobody's being speared in an arena . My first chapter story.

My reading in between the lines of the last pages of Mockingjay. Excerpts from the book included in italics - credit to Suzanne Collins. I changed the rating to M just to be careful with suggested themes in the last chapter.

"The list that Dr. Aurelius and I had made together was burning a hole in my pocket. A list of triggers. A list of things I should avoid." Peeta comes home. First installment of The Ashes of District Twelve Series.

"You're an awful wife, sweetheart." He's said worse, and so have I, but something about this, maybe the fact that this is the second time I've been told the same thing in one day, makes me burst into tears. Katniss discovers that being married is hard. Second installment of The Ashes of District Twelve series.

"Katniss will choose whoever she thinks can't survive without." She thinks she can survive without anyone, though. She knows she can. Mockingjay, pre-epilogue

Peeta hears how Katniss is doing in Dist. 12. He wants to join her there, but he's not ready to face Katniss or Dist. 12, or is he? 1st chapt. is Peeta and Dr. Aurelius talking. Later ones are about Peeta, Katniss & Delly

"I asked Finnick once how he knew he loved Annie, and he said she snuck up on him. I think after all this time it has been the same for me." This story is a version of how Peeta and Katniss grow to love one another in the end, but it stays true to Katniss's character in a way that my reviewers have said is unique. I promise a few surprises along the way. Spoilers. Complete.

Every night it's the same dream: a dark room, a big bed, and a silent vampire I can't see... Set in an AU Season 5 with no Glory or Dawn B/S. Rating has gone up.