Tell Me
"Do it." He hears them whisper. "Do it." He hears again.
Finnick is currently seeing a client except he doesn't know what they look like because as soon as he got there he was blindfolded.
Finnick is worried that this could be the wrong person and just some other sicko taking advantage of him. Besides, it's not like he can go anywhere they tied him down. This is the only client so he could stay here overnight although it is very rare, mostly because Snow doesn't like it. He can't control how long people use him for though.
"Just do it, it will be fun." He hears the female say again. Finnick doesn't say anything. He isn't the one being talked to.
He hears a sigh.
"If you won't do it I will." The woman mutters.
He hears them move something and then he feels a hot sting on his back from whatever they used to hit or 'punish' him with.
Finnick sighs.
Another one. He thinks.
He shouldn't be surprised because he was blindfolded and then tied up. He should've known what was going to happen next, so many of his clients like doing this that it is almost a cliche.
He almost expects it by now.
He feels another hot streak on his back.
"What's the matter Finnick doesn't that hurt?" The woman says in an antagonizing voice. She wants him to talk or cry out in pain but he will not give her the satisfaction.
"Come on Amber you should try it's fun." The woman says to the other girl in the room.
Clearly the other woman isn't into this.
Another hot streak.
"What's wrong with you Finnick doesn't this hurt." She says again and another thwacking noise echoes the room. It does hurt but he doesn't want to give her the satisfaction of knowing this. Besides, even if he did she would just make it worse.
"I don't know Cambel look at those marks."
"That's the fun part. Later we will make him feel good." This Cambel laughs.
Finnick rolls his eyes. He is glad he can this time because of the blindfold.
Make me feel good. He thinks to himself. Is this what they actually think is a good time for him. Being bought and tied up.
He hears shuffling. Then feels another thwack. It's not as hard, he knows this must be Amber.
"That's not hard enough." Cambel says.
Cambel gets it back and hits him again and again and again. He can feel his back throbbing, it is probably on the verge of bleeding. If he passes out they will be disappointed and unsatisfied. A lump forms in his throat at the thought because he knows who Snow will go after. Annie.
They both stop hitting him with the object and one of them kneels in front of him.
"Now time for the real fun." She whispers. He can feel her hot breath on his face. He can also feel the wondering hands of the other girl undoing his belt buckle.
Finnick wakes up in the hotel suite. He sees it is trashed with strange items everywhere and things thrown around.
He never saw the faces of the girls this time or all of the things they used on him. He was blindfolded the whole time and he couldn't tell if he liked not seeing their faces or not. He never forgets the faces of these people but he does have their voices for a memory.
Finnick sits up and pain resonates everywhere.
He groans as he gets out of bed and heads to the bathroom to see himself in the mirror.
He sighs when he sees the girls left a lovely note in their bright pink lipstick.
Had so much fun Finnick thank you for the wonderful experience! I hope we can see you again sometimes!
- Amber and Cambel. Xxxxxoooooo.
"Jesus." Finnick mutters.
Finnick gets rid of it and can see the welts on his chest. He doesn't even want to look at his back. He knows that will defiantly earn more scars on his back ruining his perfect skin.
"Annie can't see this." He whispers.
The bitten lip and hickeys aren't unusual so she won't question that but she isn't stupid she is going to realize something bad happened this time.
He only told Annie the cliff notes version of what he does here. Mostly because he doesn't want to worry her but coming home like this is going to worry her.
It's not like he is Fabio and goes running around with his shirt off all the time but the way he is walking she will notice something is wrong. Even if her gentle hands touched his back he would sigh out in pain.
He sighs.
"A least you get to go home. At least you get to see her." Finnick says while looking at himself in the mirror.
He splashes water on his face and heads to the train station to go home. To go back to Annie.
Finnick starts to walk off the train. The ride wasn't terrible but his back is still burning. He knows it needs ointment or something but he can't exactly reach the injury.
Finnick opens the door to his house.
"Annie?" He shouts but there's no answer.
He looks around confused. He notices the house is very quite.
"Annie?" He yelps out worried.
He starts to walk around the house.
"Annie, Annie?" He keeps saying.
"Finnick." He hears her say sleepily. He turns and sees her standing on the stairs in her pajamas. He then remembers he got back fairly early.
She walks over towards him and hugs him and like he predicted he gasps from the pain.
"What's wrong?" Annie asks concerned. Still resting her head on his chest. She rubs his back trying to comfort him but he just lets go of her and pulls back instead.
She releases her grasp.
"What's wrong Finnick?" She asks worried.
"Nothing I'm fine." He says.
"Finnick you can tell me." She says gently knowing that he is lying. He isn't trying very hard this time either.
"Okay?" She smiles and goes to hug him but he grabs her shoulders.
"Let's just keep the hugging to a minimum." He smiles.
"Why?" She asks confused because she hasn't seen him for three days and usually when he comes back he doesn't want her to let go.
"To keep that spark." He smiles.
Annie thinks he got injured and that the reason he doesn't want a hug because it's hurting him.
"Okay." She says. "Let's just go to sleep." She says and kisses his cheek. Before they head upstairs though she runs her finger down Finnick's spine to test it and she is right because Finnick sighs out in pain and shivers.
"Take it off I need to see how bad it is." Annie says.
"Such a demanding little thing." He smiles.
"Finnick you're obviously hurt."
"Don't worry Annie I'm fine." He says.
She gently runs her hand down his back and he sighs again.
"Please stop touching my back." Finnick whispers.
"What happened to it?"
"Nothing I'm fine."
"Finnick just show me. I can help take care of you."
"Annie no." He says firmly.
"Fine." Annie says but she knows this isn't the final word. She knows she will look at it maybe when he is asleep.
Finnick's lips briefly touch hers and then they go upstairs.
Finnick lies down on the plush bed next to Annie and kisses her forehead.
"I love you Annie." He whispers.
"I love you too." She says and kisses him.
Those are the last words and then Finnick falls asleep quickly. Annie is still awake looking at him.
Finnick's back is turned towards her and she thinks he is deep enough in sleep.
Annie pulls up some of his shirt.
"Oh my god." She says at a normal tone and puts her hand over her mouth. She looks at Finnick and sees this didn't faze him.
She strokes his hair.
"What did they do to you?" She whispers and looks at this back again.
There are lots of angry red lies and welts all over his back. They are all raised she moves her hand closer and can feel the heat radiating off his back.
They look like they could've been bleeding at one point because the skin is broken on some of them.
These will defiantly leave scars I wonder if he will get in trouble even though this isn't his fault. Annie thinks
She can tell he didn't do anything to take care of them. He can't exactly reach his own back but he could've asked for help she's sure they give him an Avox or servant or something to help him.
"I need to take care of you." She whispers confused because she can't exactly do too much while he is sleeping. He will wake up from that and he will be angry.
She wonders if the rest of him looks like this or if this happens all the time.
She falls asleep worrying about Finnick.
Annie wakes up to the sound of the shower.
"Mmmh." She mutters and sits up. She sees the door open and sees Finnick walks out of the bathroom already dressed. She rolls her eyes knowing he is taking precautions to make sure she doesn't see it.
"What did they do to you?" She asks.
He jumps by the sound of her voice.
"Geez Annie you scared me, didn't think you were awake." He smiles.
"What did they do to you?" She asks again.
"Nothing." He shrugs. His back is still stinging from the hot water and soap.
"Finnick if you let me help you I can make it healer faster." She says.
"No, no. You can't do that." He says firmly.
"Finnick your shirt was riding up while you were sleeping. I saw, what did they do to you?" She asks. She lies because she knows it will make it worse if she tells the truth.
"It doesn't matter I'm fine."
"No you're not." She says and gets out of bed and hugs him.
His body stiffens by her touch. Annie can tell this but she doesn't want to let go.
"What exactly goes on when you go there?" She whispers.
"I told you people pay for my services, people pay for my body." He whispers ashamed.
"So what? Did they pay to torture you or something?" She asks.
"Let's just say Capitol citizens have interesting tastes."
She looks up at him.
"Does this happen a lot?"
He shrugs.
"Does it matter."
"It does to me. I mean look at it, is that how you really got some of your scars? From Capitol citizens?" She asks.
"No. Some are but, most of them aren't."
"Okay." She whispers not fulling believing him. "Can you let me take care of you?" She whispers.
Finnick sighs.
"Please." She whispers. Finnick can her feel tears soaking his shirt.
"Okay." He says and kisses the top of her head.
She wipes away her tears and goes to the bathroom to get what she thinks he needs.
Finnick is sitting on the edge of the bed.
"You're gonna have to take your shirt off if you want me to fix you." She says.
"I know." He says and does.
Annie gets on the bed and sits behind him.
"Did you do anything to these?"
"No." He says.
Annie nods.
"This is probably gonna sting." She says.
He sighs.
"Okay."
She puts down the stuff down and rubs Finnick's shoulders knowing that something else is bothering him.
"What's wrong?" She asks.
"I- I." Finnick says and clears her throat. "I'm sorry." He whispers.
"Why are you sorry Finnick?" She asks confused.
He shrugs.
"I don't know but I feel like I should say it. Maybe I'm sorry because I have to leave you alone-
"Finn-
"Maybe I'm sorry because you have to see me like this. Maybe I'm just sorry because I feel guilty." He says.
Annie wraps her arms around him so they are resting on his chest.
"You have nothing to be sorry for Finnick. Okay?" She says and kisses his neck.
"Okay." He says.
"Okay." She says and takes her hands away and opens the ointment. "Like I said this is probably gonna sting Finnick."
"Okay." He says.
"Okay, I'm gonna start putting it on." She says.
"You don't have to narrate everything Annie." He smiles.
"Well then." She says with a smile.
She starts to put it on and his body stiffens because it stings.
She's finished and puts on the extra antibacterial stuff.
"Okay, are you hurt like this anywhere else?" She asks gently.
"No." He says.
"Okay good." She says and gets off the bed to put it away.
She comes out of the bathroom and sees that Finnick is closing his eyes and breathing in and out slowly.
"You okay Finnick?" She asks and sits next to him.
"Is this stuff supposed to burn this badly?" He asks.
"Yes it means it's working. If it hurts longer than ten minutes something else could be wrong."
"Goodie." He says sarcastically and turns to her and smiles.
She smiles and leans in and kisses him. She leans on his shoulder.
"I love you Finnick so much." She whispers.
"I love you too." He says and takes her hand and squeezes it rhythmically.
"You still feel the burning?" Annie asks after ten minutes. She's slightly worried.
"No, I'm okay." He says and turns his head and smiles. He kisses her forehead and smiles.
"Finnick how often does this happen?" She asks.
"More than you would like to know but it's usually not this bad."
"Why don't you tell me this stuff Finnick?" She says a little angry.
"I-I don't know."
"Finnick yes you do."
He breathes in and out.
"I don't want you to know, I don't want you to know how bad it is." He says.
"Hey mister." She says and looks over at him and smiles.
"What?" He asks.
"Finnick you can tell me these things. You can't keep it all bottled up." She kisses him. "Okay?"
"But Annie-
"No Finnick why do you think I cry all the time. If I held it in I would be crazier-
"You aren't crazy." He says gently but Annie doesn't care about that right now. She wants to focus only on Finnick.
"Whatever. I would drive myself crazy. I don't know if you talk to someone else but I would really like if you talked about this stuff to me because I need to know what's going on up there." She smooths his hair. "Make sure it's not just full of hot air." She smiles and so does he.
"I just… I just I'm worried about how you're going to react."
"You need to stop worrying about everyone else for once. You need to focus on yourself. Just worry about Finnick."
He smiles.
"I love you." He says.
"I love you too." She says and kisses him.
"Okay Annie it usually goes like this-
Finnick talks to Annie about everything for the whole night and for once Finnick is letting Annie comfort him.