"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 and Peeta grow closer together in what's left of District Twelve, with successes and setbacks. Set at end of Mockingjay, pre-Epilogue. Will be multiple chapter, rated M for later chapter content. Some minor characters OOC. Image is by Arilyn at Fanpop.

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)

It took losing Peeta to the Capitol's hijacking for Katniss to realize how much she needed him. Now that he's returned, broken and grieving, can she find a way to help him heal and to show him that he's always been her first and only choice? A twist on the usual post-MJ story.

With the war over, Katniss has been banished to District Twelve and her mentor Haymitch Abernathy is left to watch over her, but it's Peeta that finds his way into her life. Will Katniss and Peeta be able to navigate a real romance without an entire country watching their every move? And will Katniss' temporary custodian, Gale, jeopardize the relationship they do build?

"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*

"Peeta says it will be okay. We have each other. And the book. We can make them understand in a way that will make them braver." A look at the specific things Katniss mentions that went into the book at the end of Mockingjay and how they come back and reappear throughout the rest of their lives.

Post-Games, life slowly returns to normal in District 12. Katniss, healing, finally begins to turn to Peeta for affection and accept his love. Post-MJ Canon. Alternate K&P POV. M for LEMONS! 2nd place best multi-chapter, 3rd place best in-progress, 2013 Everlark Smut Awards! Check out my interview with Jenie!: : / / sheafofarrows(dot)tumblr(dot)com/post/57891010312/ devanrae

On the night she felt that hunger again everything changed. A look at how things developed between Katniss and Peeta after they made love for the first time. Canon. Post-Mockingjay.

"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.

Peeta and Katniss' legal marriage ceremony. A cut scene from The Good Wife written on chelziebelle's request.

"I don't understand where this is coming from. I've never pressured her about kids. I never even bring it up. I know how she feels and she knows how I feel. We leave it at that." Katniss deals with some insecurities. Takes place a few years before the Epilogue. One-Shot.

"Everything after this moment defies description." A cut scene from The List written upon misshoneywell's request.

"I know the rules. We've done this before. I am his to do with as he wishes. I only talk when he tells me to. I give myself over to him completely and he pleasures me in the way only he can."

"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

"Every day it gets a little easier to breathe and the pain from the war loosens its grip on my heart just a bit. I start to think less about the past and more about how Peeta makes me happier than I ever thought possible" Pre-Epilogue

Pre-epilogue Mockingjay. How Katniss and Peeta slowly pick up the pieces and begin again. My version of a fourth book for the Hunger Games series. Secret toastings, lots of plotting, crass drunk Haymitch and even a cake scene.

Scars are beautiful by the story they tell. A morning in Twelve not so long into the Epilogue of Mockingjay. One-shot/Lemons. Please read at your discretion. Banner by Ro Nordmann: h t t p :/tinyurl . com /bv5coqd delete spaces