Last day! I'll be posting mainly one-shots after this until I can get a decent story going.
Everlark Week
Day 7: Grow Back Together
It's the middle of the night when Katniss hears the screaming from next door. It's been two weeks since Peeta moved back in. The girl stands up and looks out the window. From there, she can see into Peeta's room. Peeta clutches the blankets and screams, but he's still asleep. Nightmares. Katniss sits back down on the edge of her bed, contemplating whether or not to go to Peeta's house. The venom of his hijacking still flows through him. Do I want to risk being killed by Peeta in the midst of a midnight episode?
And then she hears her name being called in the darkness. Katniss peers out of the window again to find Peeta, breathing heavily as he leans against the window at his house.
"How'd you know I was awake?" Katniss calls across to Peeta.
"Your window…it was open. I believe I'm the one who always sleeps with the window open. But…um…anyway, I have a question…"
"Come on over," Katniss interrupts, waving her hand. "I'm going to open the door now." Peeta nods, and leaves the window. Katniss walks down the stairs and pulls open the door just as the blonde boy comes down the sidewalk to her house.
"I'm sorry if I'm bother—"
"You're not bothering me. I swear. Besides…I was debating whether or not to go to your house and wake you up, anyway. Come on upstairs. Do you remember doing this on the train?" Peeta nods.
"That's one thing that Snow couldn't touch. He didn't have any videos of us sleeping on the train that he could mess with." Katniss nods as they walk back up to Katniss's room. Katniss and Peeta climb underneath the covers. Just like on the train, they grab onto one another as they fall asleep that night.
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That night marks the start of when Katniss and Peeta begin to grow back together. Every night for the next two weeks, Peeta comes over to Katniss's house and sleeps alongside her, holding her tightly. Each morning they both have breakfast, and then part ways for the afternoon. Katniss finally picks herself up and hunts again; Peeta begins to bake again. Slowly, they piece their lives back together.