Fight Hard, Fall Harder
Summary: These were the Hunger Games, not the Thirst Games. She shouldn't have been so dehydrated.
Note: I wonder . . . Does this make sense.
3. Water
(Water. She needs water so desperately – so, so desperately. Which is stupid, because she just drunk maybe a gallon of the stuff. But now her throat is so dry and aching and—)
Suddenly she is awake again, her throat no longer parched. She has been sweating in her sleep, though. Relived, she turns in the oppisate direction.
And she finds him there, staring back at her. He must have stayed awake to watch her, like he usually does. Protective and strong, that's how he usually is. "You're awake," he observes.
She just nods. She cannot say anything. She's thirsty again.