Because that's the thing about being a young hero. The words 'young' and 'hero' are linked, inseparable. Finite. But young heroes someday grow up. And they have to find something to do, even if they can't fight monsters and make worlds anymore.

A deleted scene from "Five Places Cinna Came From: District Seven, The Moral of the Story."

How a boy from the Seam and the baker's daughter healed old wounds, baked bread, and found poison berries in District Twelve. AU.

Cinna did not come from the Capitol. Five paths he took out of the Districts, and why he set a nation on fire. A series of five character exploration pieces about Cinna the Conspirator.

How Katniss and Peeta fell in love without the Reaping: in a Panem dictated by a violent Peace instead of twisted Games, Katniss and Peeta Mellark try to piece their lives together as they watch another girl catch fire.

Four Times Gale and Katniss Made Love And One Time They Didn't . Written for thgkinkmeme with the prompt, "Katniss/Gale, first time."

Gale sells and Finnick is sold, and there is no honor in Panem.

When Finnick came home from his Games, he had riches - bloody gold for bloody deeds - and a trident. So he bought a boat, and he looked out over that horizon.

Year after year, twenty-three white Capitol coffins wind their way across Panem.

Written for the "15pairings" challenge on LiveJournal. Fifteen drabbles for fifteen Hunger Games pairings, both romantic and platonic. A drabble is a 100-word fanfiction with a beginning, middle, and end constrained in that word limit.

Pure: Or, the five times Peeta wasn't. What - or whom - has Peeta done that made him smile so sadly when he told Katniss she was 'pure' in Catching Fire?

"Twenty-Four Victors, Twenty-Four Tributes: Meet Your Quarter Quell Contestants." This is how they survived and why they died.

Out of all the little shops and stalls lining the streets of Konoha, Hidan finds it is the Yamanaka flower shop that makes his extended visit worthwhile, particularly when the store owner's daughter is tending his requests. Hidan. Ino.

In a land of eternal winter, Hinata has forgotten. AU Based on the fairytale "The Snow Queen". ItaHina Livejournal challenge.

It's been a while. Outside these walls, she had learned to hold her head high as she walked, but the home of her earlier self folded around her like too thick a blanket and Hinata found herself unconsciously lowering her gaze. ItaHina, Complete

John is missing so many things. Mycroft tries to help, in his own way. Post-Reichenbach.

Lestrade and John mark the third anniversary of Sherlock's disappearance. Implied S/J.

Sherlock and John find themselves living under constant threat in the year following the incident at the pool. After the latest attempt on Sherlock's life, Lestrade and John must try to pull their friend back together.

Lestrade and John, half a year after Reichenbach, find themselves adrift. Implied S/J.

It isn't until after Moriarty's death that John begins to realize what the madman has truly cost Sherlock.

What he does not know – cannot decide, cannot pin down – is how John will react, what he'll say to seeing Sherlock again. -Spoilers for series 2 and the novels-

John has to attend some sort of event or ceremony wearing his formal dress uniform from the army. Sherlock gets a good look at him wearing it before he leaves and finds it EXTREMELY appealing. From the LJ Kink meme

The requirements for a perfect dream compound always cause problems. Dom wants inception and that means three layers, a mighty sedative, and the best compound created by man. Dominic Cobb wants the Mona Lisa of dreaming compounds.

"We don't just need a thief;" Dom glances up briefly; "We need a forger." "Wait," Arthur says. Dom turns, hand on the door knob. "I'll go." /A scene rewrite. Instead of Dom going to Mombasa to find Eames, Arthur goes.\ /ArthurEames\

When dream extractors try to extract information from Yusuf leaving only mess behind, Ariadne, Eames, and Arthur go out for revenge.