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"The Water is Rising Quick" by monroeslittle (M)
Here's the last of my Hunger Games recs before I hand the keys over to the next driver. Enjoy, and may the odds be...well, you know.
Fandom: THE HUNGER GAMES
Pairing: Peeta/various, Katniss/Peeta
Length: ~11k words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monroeslittle
Author Website: Tumblr
Why this must be read: Peeta learns about sex and what fits around it in this lovely, frank fic. It's funny and heart-wrenching by turns and impressively in-character throughout.
He sees Katniss at lunch, her eyes on the window as Madge sits quietly across from her. He wonders what the sound of her laugh is like, and how she tastes, and what it would be like to kiss her. She isn't built like Flora, is taller, is thin and wiry, has a hollowed face and sharper features. He wonders if anyone has ever kissed her, or if she has ever wanted to kiss anyone. He imagines her fingers would dig into his shoulders when they kissed, and she wouldn't giggle into his mouth.
Madge murmurs something, and Katniss offers half a smile.
It's a marked change from her standard scowl.
(He wants so badly to touch her smile, to trace his finger along the curve of her chapped lips.)
Flora touches Peeta on the back before she kisses his cheek wetly, and she takes his hand in hers when she sits and starts chatting with their friends, bright and cheerful. A captive hand makes it a little harder for him to eat, but he doesn't mind; she is happy. He doesn't let himself look at Katniss.
His mother finds out he kissed Flora. He doesn't know how, but she hisses the fact at him, and he can only gape at her. She grasps the collar of his shirt, drags him into the back kitchen, and shoves him into a seat. She stares at him, her eyes ablaze, before she lunges forward suddenly and takes his chin in her hand. She leans so close he can see the lines in her face, her eyes sharp, narrowed.
"A girl who spreads her legs before a toasting is beneath you," she snaps.
His heart jumps at the accusation. "We didn't — it was only a kiss, and it —" he sputters, startled.
"If I found out you have —" she starts, jaw locked, thick eyebrows pinched together.
"I won't!" he swears, a little terrified. She stares at him, and after a beat she releases him. She steps back, her hands on her hips, and he forces himself to breathe. He isn't about to have sex with Flora.
"Good," she finally says, and she straightens. "It better stay that way, Peeta Mellark. A lot of girls would do anything to secure a spot in a family likes ours, and I'm not about to let your stupidity land this family with more mouths to feed, do you understand?" She doesn't wait for an answer. "If you want to gallivant around town with some idiot girl, make her use her mouth, or pull out."
He nods, and she waves her hand at him in dismissal.
He likes Flora. She is always cheerful, always ready to make a new friend, always happy to see him. She talks a lot, and he learns pretty much everything about her, and he really does like her.
Honest.
He really likes to kiss her, and she lets him touch her breasts over her smock, and they're soft and warm and heavy in his hands. But she doesn't like Delly, claims that Delly wants to steal Peeta away, which is kind of ridiculous, because Delly is obsessed with Joel and blushes every time Joel even looks to her, so, yeah, she doesn't like Peeta that way, obviously. Flora doesn't believe him.
And Flora calls him Peet sometimes, which is stupid.
His name is Peeta. He doesn't call her Flor, does he?
The Water is Rising Quick
Fandom: THE HUNGER GAMES
Pairing: Peeta/various, Katniss/Peeta
Length: ~11k words
Author on LJ:
monroeslittleAuthor Website: Tumblr
Why this must be read: Peeta learns about sex and what fits around it in this lovely, frank fic. It's funny and heart-wrenching by turns and impressively in-character throughout.
He sees Katniss at lunch, her eyes on the window as Madge sits quietly across from her. He wonders what the sound of her laugh is like, and how she tastes, and what it would be like to kiss her. She isn't built like Flora, is taller, is thin and wiry, has a hollowed face and sharper features. He wonders if anyone has ever kissed her, or if she has ever wanted to kiss anyone. He imagines her fingers would dig into his shoulders when they kissed, and she wouldn't giggle into his mouth.
Madge murmurs something, and Katniss offers half a smile.
It's a marked change from her standard scowl.
(He wants so badly to touch her smile, to trace his finger along the curve of her chapped lips.)
Flora touches Peeta on the back before she kisses his cheek wetly, and she takes his hand in hers when she sits and starts chatting with their friends, bright and cheerful. A captive hand makes it a little harder for him to eat, but he doesn't mind; she is happy. He doesn't let himself look at Katniss.
His mother finds out he kissed Flora. He doesn't know how, but she hisses the fact at him, and he can only gape at her. She grasps the collar of his shirt, drags him into the back kitchen, and shoves him into a seat. She stares at him, her eyes ablaze, before she lunges forward suddenly and takes his chin in her hand. She leans so close he can see the lines in her face, her eyes sharp, narrowed.
"A girl who spreads her legs before a toasting is beneath you," she snaps.
His heart jumps at the accusation. "We didn't — it was only a kiss, and it —" he sputters, startled.
"If I found out you have —" she starts, jaw locked, thick eyebrows pinched together.
"I won't!" he swears, a little terrified. She stares at him, and after a beat she releases him. She steps back, her hands on her hips, and he forces himself to breathe. He isn't about to have sex with Flora.
"Good," she finally says, and she straightens. "It better stay that way, Peeta Mellark. A lot of girls would do anything to secure a spot in a family likes ours, and I'm not about to let your stupidity land this family with more mouths to feed, do you understand?" She doesn't wait for an answer. "If you want to gallivant around town with some idiot girl, make her use her mouth, or pull out."
He nods, and she waves her hand at him in dismissal.
He likes Flora. She is always cheerful, always ready to make a new friend, always happy to see him. She talks a lot, and he learns pretty much everything about her, and he really does like her.
Honest.
He really likes to kiss her, and she lets him touch her breasts over her smock, and they're soft and warm and heavy in his hands. But she doesn't like Delly, claims that Delly wants to steal Peeta away, which is kind of ridiculous, because Delly is obsessed with Joel and blushes every time Joel even looks to her, so, yeah, she doesn't like Peeta that way, obviously. Flora doesn't believe him.
And Flora calls him Peet sometimes, which is stupid.
His name is Peeta. He doesn't call her Flor, does he?
The Water is Rising Quick
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