The sea seemed the only safe place to let go and live again — a return to where it all began, before the urgency and burn of anything human.

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"It is an honor to welcome the Victor of the 73rd Annual Hunger Games back to Panem, Miss Serena Riverwood of District Four!"

I didn't ask for this. I should be dead. My face should be frozen in agony on the holographic screens in each district for the citizens of Panem to scrunch their noses in pity at. My face should have shown in the artificial night sky of the Arena. I should be decomposing somewhere in the Capitol.

I could never be that fortunate.

My face is coated in a plethora of makeup and glitter. I'm unrecognizable to those who know me at home. It's the first time my lungs aren't being crushed beneath a corset pulled too tight by my stylist. I lost weight in the Games. I'm starving. I can't go anywhere without watching the life in his doe brown eyes fade to a bottomless hell only the Capitol would bring upon him. My throat tightens.

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She's mesmerizing in the eyes of the Capitol. Her ivory complexion is complimented by highlights of blue and green glitter, starting at the base of her hairline and ending just below her hollow collarbone. Iridescent scales and polished pearls are pasted onto each temple. The silver eyeliner highlights her kelp green eyes. The top layer of her luscious blonde waves is pinned up by various clips and pins, adorned with various seashells. The bottom layer flows past her delicate shoulders.

As if her natural beauty and Capitol-pleasing makeup wasn't enough to have the viewers at their kness, the dress would do that. An arrangement of blue-green and purple iridescent scales sewn precisely together to form the gown. The sleeves rested just below her shoulders, and there was a large slit that revealed just above her hip down to her horrible heels.

With every weak bone and torn muscle in her delicate frame, she's trying not to rip off every single accessory and throw it into the audience, howling like a banshee. Her smile matches the pearls on her face as the Capitol audience applauds the Victor, and Caesar Flickerman is just living for the electricity in the room.

"Please, Serena, have a seat, my dear." He offers his hand to the young woman, which she politely accepts as he guides her to the velvet chair before sitting on the one opposite of her.

The minutes feel like days. Like days in the Arena where every word spoken was a battle for oxygen in her lungs. It's when Caesar mentions him her voice quivers.

"Do you feel responsible for Drift Finnley's death?"

Hellfire                      ›                     Peeta  Mellark

SERENA RIVERWOOD ✹
Madelyn Cline.
District Four. 73rd Victor. Capitol
Pearl. Seaweed Green. Sixteen.

PEETA MELLARK ✹
Josh Hutcherson.
District Twelve. 74th Victor. Bread
Boy. Sunset Orange. Sixteen.

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Tom Holland       Drift Finnley
Jonathan Daviss       Kai Banks
Drew Starkey Jonah Riverwood
Sam Claflin       Finnick O'Dair
Jennifer Lawrence       Katniss Everdeen
THG Cast Themselves

✷ Author's Note ! i have so many ideas for this fic and i am soso excited ! the real question is if i'll even execute said ideas, but oh well !! i hope u all enjoy anyhow <3

✷ Content Warning !   this story contains violence/gore, mental & physical abuse, substance abuse, sexual themes, mentions of rape & prostitution/sex trafficking. if any of these topics trigger you, i would suggest to not continue reading this story further. for context on the last part, it is apart of finnick'a backstory and a common issue between victor's and capitol citizens. i won't go much into it as it's a really touchy subject, but again, i'd like to warn everyone.

The actions and thought processes that are displayed throughout this story do not in anyway portray my actions or thought processes in real life.

Please do not think otherwise.

✷ Disclaimer ! I do not own the characters who are played by their respective actors, or any of the plot lines of The Hunger Games. I do however own the plot line of my fan fiction, Hellfire, and the original characters to which I have created for it. I do not own the actors whom I have chosen as the face claims for my original characters.

✷ Dedications !
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