Just a little blurb about Johanna and Gale back in District 2, being normal people who get mail, drink tea, and sit around reading.

Johanna tossed an envelope at Gale before dropping onto the couch. "Rory sent you a letter."

"Rory?" Gale wondered aloud, putting down the book he was reading and picking up the envelope. His siblings didn't often mail them of their own will, usually tagging along in their mother's letters. Posy sometimes wrote to him, but even those were few and far between. It was easier just to call.

"That's what it says," Johanna replied, setting down the cup of tea she had gotten from the kitchen on the table beside the couch.

Gale opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of yellow paper with his eldest little brother's neat but somewhat rushed-looking handwriting. Rory worked at District 12's old Justice Building, now called City Hall. He loved his job, but he did admit to there being some slow days. That's probably where he wrote the letter, as City Hall workers typically had yellow notepads.

After a moment or two of reading in silence, Gale raised his eyebrows and muttered something.

"What's it say?" Johanna asked curiously, knowing he wouldn't tell her if it was too private.

"He's dating someone."

"Well, he's 20. He was bound to ask a girl out at some point." Johanna pointed out, figuring Gale had gone into protective older brother mode.

"No, it's… it's not a girl." Gale explained, looking over to her.

"Oh," Johanna shrugged. "Alright. So?"

"I just wasn't expecting it. He had a huge crush on… on Prim when they were kids."

"People swing both ways," Johanna said casually. Sexuality hadn't been an issue just about anywhere Johanna had ever been. When she was growing up in District 7, she recalled two of her girl classmates stealing kisses behind trees. Her childhood neighbors were two men who had taken in a little boy. And her experiences in the Capitol proved that they certainly didn't care either way. Marriage wasn't recognized back then, but besides that, no one cared. District 12 had been more old fashioned, but Johanna doubted that anyone there had an issue with it either.

"Yeah, I know." Gale replied. "It's just… it's Isiah."

"Who?" Johanna asked, reminding him again that she hadn't grown up with the people he named so easily when he recounted old memories.

"He's a year older than Rory. He was annoying when they were kids. Drove me crazy. Never shut up, ever." Gale shook his head and laughed. "Rory absolutely couldn't stand him."

Rory took after Gale in a sense that neither of them talked very much, however he was much more outgoing than his big brother and was a lot gentler, he thought with his heart. The few times she had spoken to him, he had been nothing but sweet and he sounded like a sensible young man. The image of Rory dating someone who had once driven him crazy made Johanna laugh too.

"It sounds like he really likes him though. I wonder what changed."

"They're older, maybe this Isiah mellowed out," Johanna suggested. She smirked slyly. "Or… maybe your brother is in to being annoyed."

Gale made a face at her, clearly disturbed by the thought of his baby brother doing anything of the sort that Johanna's comment suggested. She fell into a fit of loud laughter.

He threw the envelope at her, which fluttered pathetically to the floor. "You're so, ugh, oh Jo, that was too much."

"Oh, but you love me."

He answered her with a laugh and leaning over to kiss her.

A/N: Hope you liked this little blurb!