They cut the she crept up on me line :(
But it's okay, because the odesta reunion was flawless. Seriously, if you haven't see Mockingjay yet, that scene is perfect. Most of the movie is perfect. Just needs more odesta.
Prompt: Finnick survives and goes back with Annie to district four where she tells him he is going to be a father.
Finnick is used to being the one who knows and is entrusted with everybody's secrets. He likes to know the little things that other people don't. Before the revolution, it made him feel as though he possessed a tiny bit of power over the Capitol's elite. Because yes, President Snow could have had Annie killed at any moment, but Finnick knew why he was always kept a rose on his person.
The war is over. Negotiations over who should take charge are underway, but it's looking like it might be Paylor. She'll make a good leader, Finnick thinks. Fair and just- exactly what Panem needs after all these years of repression.
Finnick and Annie don't have a lot of belongings in 13. But Annie wants to take her wedding dress back to 4 with them and, after checking that Katniss didn't want it back, is currently in search of a bag to put it in.
Haymitch eventually provides them with one and Mr Odair takes his new wife back to their shared quarters one last time before they leave.
"Finnick," Annie says, folding her wedding dress and dropping it into the plastic bag he holds open for her. "I have something I need to tell you."
"Is that so?" Finnick asks, his curiosity piqued.
Annie nods.
"And what might that be?" He presses when she doesn't elaborate.
Annie smirks mischievously. "You'll have to wait and see."
The hovercraft that takes them back to 4 is incessantly loud, as hovercrafts always are. Still, that doesn't stop Finnick from looking across at Annie in the seat beside him and yelling, "Can you tell me now?" over the din.
Annie smiles back sweetly, shouting back, "No."
They decide to make Finnick's house in the Victor's Village their official home.
He hasn't been there since the morning he was reaped for the Quarter Quell. The bowl of soggy cornflakes he'd half-eaten that day still sits on the kitchen table, where he left it, and the cushion he threw at the wall still lies on the floor.
It's like walking into a moment, frozen in time.
Or a ghost house.
As though sensing his melancholy mood, Annie takes her wedding dress out of its bag and holds it up to herself.
"Does it suit me, Finn?" She jokes.
It's a beautiful dress. She's beautiful. He told her on their wedding day, while they danced, that she looked like a dream. And he meant it.
Laughing, she twirls around his living room (technically, theirs now), the skirt of the dress fanning out behind her like a tail.
He can't help but smile at her.
"Everything suits you, Ann." He tells her, steadying her by placing two hands on her shoulders. "You even made those District 13 jumpsuits look stunning."
With a giggle, she swats at his chest with one hand, the other still clutching her wedding dress to her chest.
"Now, Annie, love," Finnick whispers, leaning closer to her.
"Yes?" Her eyes dart down to his lips, back up to meet his gaze.
Their noses brush.
Annie stands on tiptoe, goes to kiss him, but he moves out of the way just before she can reach him.
"So, that secret you had?" He asks, a devious smirk playing on his lips.
Annie sighs and rolls her eyes.
"I'm not going to kiss you until you tell me." He insists, pouting.
Wriggling out of his grip, Annie takes a step back.
For a moment, he thinks she's going to be stubborn. He thinks she's going to tell him that that's fine, and that she can live without his kisses, and that he'll break before she does. He usually does.
Annie folds her wedding dress without a word, walking across the room to place it gently upon the sofa.
"I'm pregnant." She tells the wall.
Finnick is sure he can't have heard her right, but then she's turning around to face him with this big, goofy grin on her face that he can't help but mimic.
"Finn, I'm pregnant." She repeats.
Finnick crosses the room to meet her in two long strides, grabbing her face in both of his hands and kissing her.
"That," He says once they stop, out of breath and giddy, "Is the best secret anyone has ever told me."
Annie giggles, "I'm glad."
