Drabbles From the Seam

by adventuresofarliebarlie

In a world where Prim was never reaped, how will the Hawthorne's and Everdeen's survive their world, and the upcoming revolution? How will Gale and Katniss protect their families, and still keep their need for revolution live on? Slow burn Gale/Katniss with lots of excitement along the way. Some chapters get a bit dark, so be warned. Id love to see your reviews/suggestions!

1. Chapter 1

In the pit of her stomach, Katniss knew this coming winter was going to be hard. It always was, but there was something about this winter she just had a sinking feeling about. Gale had started working in the mines that year, and while that gave financial relief to his family (Katniss refused to let him help her family with his earnings no matter how hard he had argued his side), worries of his well-being loomed heavily over the two families. Now that Gale was working in the mines, Katniss's family had been over for dinner at the Hawthorne's house several nights a week, a solution Gale had pushed for instead of giving Katniss food directly.

Her mind was lost in thought as the children ran about the living room in a game Katniss was sure she had seen before, but had yet to figure out the objective, and was only pulled back to reality by Gale rubbing his knee against her own underneath the kitchen table. Looking questioningly at her hunting partner, Katniss snapped her attention to Gale.

"What'cha thinking about?" Gale asked quietly, though he had no need to. With all the commotion the children were making in the living room, their mothers would not be able to hear a single word from their occupancy on the porch.

"Oh, uh," Katniss attempted to gather her thoughts, "nothing." Gale arched an eyebrow in question, obviously not believing her. "I was just thinking about what preparations I – we should make for winter."

"We'll be fine," Gale smiled softly, "We've made it every year, and now we've got some extra help since I'm working."

"Please don't remind me." Katniss sighed leaning back into her chair and allowing her head to drop backward.

"Hey," Gale ran a finger lightly along her upper arm lightly, "We'll be fine, stop worrying."

January hit, and Katniss' worries were not in vain. Animals became scarce, work weighed more on Gale, the children began feeling hungrier and Katniss could not keep enough food on the table to feed everyone. As it was, Hazelle and Mrs. Everdeen were eating hardly enough to satisfy their hunger insisting the younger ones eat a fair share. Soon enough sickness hit the district, as it usually did this time of year. Mrs. Everdeen and Prim were now spending their days caring for the ill, and as fevers spiked, the animals seemed to disappear leaving Katniss distraught.