Madge finds Gale in a club after the war.

Madge watched them from across the room. The condensation of her drink was pooling on top of her hand and her palm had gone numb to the cold. "Stop it." Her friend said.

"Roxanne, I can't." She sighed.

"He doesn't even know you're alive- literally." Her friend's eyes bulged out of her head as she exaggerated.

"I know." Madge frowned.

"Are we going to come here every night just to watch him?" Roxanne waved her hand about, "because it's going to get boring for one of us." Her tall friend turned back to the bar, ordering another drink.

"I know." Madge said and looked into her glass.

"And if he does notice you..." Roxanne said, pausing to take a long drink, "what are you going to say?" She laughed dryly, "oh hey Gale... I'm alive. Turns out your perfect little girlfriend has been helping the Capitol this whole time so that she didn't lose her life."

"I don't know." Madge cried out. "I get he would never understand. It kills me to see him now but I deserve the pain." Madge said and looked back across the dance floor. "Where did he go?" Roxanne turned away from the bar.

"Oh." She said, looking over Madge's shoulder.

"Did he leave with that girl? I knew he would." Madge said and looked down at her bright green pumps and skinny jeans.

"No, I didn't." Madge spun around, tipping some of her drink onto the floor.

"And I am going to be on my way..." Roxanne said, moving towards the dance floor.

"Madge," Gale nodded at her.

"Gale." She squeaked.

"You've been in here a lot." He murmured. "I've been watching you every time you look away from watching me."

"Why haven't you said anything?" She whispered, not trusting her voice.

"I didn't know what I was going to say. I just coming back to the club, hoping something will come to me."

"Has it come to you?" Madge set down her glass. Her hands were shaking and her lip had started to quiver.

"I think so."

"I'll answer anything." She sighed. "Any of your questions you have about my disappearance. I'm tired of the lying and the constant nightmares." He smiled sadly.

"I don't care about any of that." He grabbed her hand, pulling her towards him. "I missed you."

"I missed you too." She could see the blue of tears pooling in her eyes.

"I don't ever want to part with you." He continued. She let out a relieving sigh.

"Oh same, Gale." She pressed herself against him. Running her hand over his cheek and down his neck.

"I want you to marry me." He choked out. "Please." Madge leaned back.

"What?" She cried out.

"That's what I came up with." He whispered. "Please."

"If you knew what I've done," He cut her off with a soothing kiss.

"We have a file on you at base. All the things you've done and all the things they've done to you." He pushed her hair off her face.

"But..." She searched for another reason.

"Just marry me." He said, searching her eyes.

"I will." She smiled.

So yeah. :D

Erin