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.

"For the first time, I reverse our positions in my head. I imagine watching Gale volunteering to save Rory in the reaping, having him torn from my life, becoming some strange girl's lover to stay alive, and then coming home with her." The person Katniss Everdeen becomes when she doesn't volunteer, what happens to Gale, and how the boy with bread still finds his way in her life.

It has been 20 years since the rebellion and Katniss Everdeen has 2 kids and her loving husband, Peeta. What happens when she gets an unexpected call from her ex-best friend, Gale Hawthorne? Will she forgive him? Will she love him? Or will she hate him?