Katniss has never been great with words. Or love really. But that day on the train, on the way back to 12, she doesn't let Peeta walk away. She won't let the Capitol define her. If she chooses Peeta, it's because she wants to be with him and not because President Snow expects it of her.

Katniss is convinced that what she feels for her brother's best friend, Peeta, is a simple crush, but the years and the distance don't lessen the longing. Seeing him again only serves to complicate her feelings; that maybe they could be more. But crushes are supposed to be one-sided and painful in the end. And what if her brother, Gale, ever finds out? AU, Everlark