Prompt : I love stories with Oria! Could you write one with Oria and Finn playing together or something like that?
Playdate
"Are we sure that's a good idea?" Effie asked, uncertain, watching Oria like a hawk from their beach towel.
Haymitch glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, not bothering to hide his amusement. They took a vacation in Four for a week once a year in the summer and Annie brought Finn to Twelve for a week in the winter, it had been so ever since their daughter was born. Oria was very used to Four yet Effie always fretted about the amount of sunscreen the child had on, the potential dangers lurking in the water or on the beach, the effects the sun could have on the girl if she wasn't wearing that ridiculous pink hat…
"Let her have some fun." Haymitch nudged her, his own eyes on their child. "She swims like a fish."
Katniss took her to the lake often enough that Oria was perfectly at ease in the water, waves or not. Besides, Finn was right next to her, two years older and very determined to protect "the baby". Who would protect the boy against Oria's violent tendencies when he called her like that in front of her, though, that was anyone's guess.
"I meant : are we sure that letting Johanna supervise them is a good idea?" Effie insisted, peeking at him from under the edge of her large straw hat.
Haymitch's eyes darted from Oria – who was very busy splashing Finn in the water – to Jo who was lazily swimming around them. Oria had volunteered "Auntie Jo" as their babysitter when the kids had asked to go swimming and the former victor had relented after much pleading.
"Why wouldn't it be?" he replied just when the kids switched games. Their little heads bowed together for a second and then, without any warnings, they both jumped on Johanna at the same time. Seven's victor went underwater and Haymitch didn't even try to suppress his snickers, glad to have been spared the chore of watching the children. Separately they were already a handful but when they were together, Oria and Finn were almost too much to handle. "If anything, she's the one who's going to drown."
Just then, Johanna resurfaced and even though they were quite a distance away, her colorful swearing was completely audible.
"Because of her language." Effie sighed. "She's your friend, you will deal with this when your daughter comes back swearing like a lumberjack."
She huffed and laid back down, working on her tan.
Haymitch rolled his eyes, annoyed at how dramatic she always needed to be.
Until he heard Oria's piercing voice repeating one of Jo's favorite curse, quickly joined by Finn.
He pretended really hard he didn't see Effie's 'I told you so' face.