Set back in the Quarter Quell after the beach scene in Catching Fire. What if Peeta agreed to run away with Katniss that night when she asked him to? What if they never lost track of one another during the last few moments in the arena? Would they both end up in the Capital, or would the rebels rescue them in time? A concept I’ve been pondering over-a lot of “what ifs”

"I slide my hand across his lap and weave his fingers in mine. Peeta stirs, looking down at our entwined hands blearily before smiling and drifting back to sleep. He's mine to protect. To keep safe. I try to ignore my mother's words as the ring in my mind." This AU Everlark story takes place picking up on the train ride back from the Games with a pair of star-crossed lovers.

For Prompts in Panem farewell tour Day 2: What if? What if Peeta and Prim hadn't been reaped? Inspired by the canon line 'this would have happened anyway'. -Trigger warning: child abuse, underage. Rated M. (Contains lines directly lifted from, and paraphrased from, The Hunger Games trilogy, as well as scenes from the books reenvisioned. 'cause that's kind of what fanfiction is.

"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."