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Finnick Odair | The Hunger Games (tiedinknots) wrote in expresslogs,
@ 2012-08-28 11:16:00

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annie cresta, finnick odair

WHO: Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta
WHAT: Talking
WHEN: After Finnick talks to Katniss
WHERE: Annie's room
WARNINGS: Possible talk of violence, PTSD, non-consensual sex
STATUS: Closed/ongoing

Finnick's conversation with Katniss had left him with a lot to think about. First, she remembered so very little. She didn't remember Thirteen at all...didn't remember the things they had been through together, didn't remember the process of becoming the Mockingjay. She didn't remember how close they had drawn in those hard times when Peeta and Annie were being held by the Capitol. And while they had spoken a bit about the Quell, he wasn't sure she understood exactly what had happened there yet, either. Or why it had happened.

But one thing was certain. Talking to her about the Quell, about Thirteen, had reminded him of one thing - how very much he needed to be near Annie. Even remembering for a moment that brutal ache that had consumed him in those weeks...months...however long it had been - was enough to force him to seek her out, to prove to himself that she was still here - that the only person who truly mattered to him was still in this world. That the only woman he truly loved was still here.

Finding her room, he rapped on the door, leaning his head tiredly against the door.

"Annie? It's Finnick. Let me in?"

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tiedinknots
2012-08-30 05:30 pm UTC (link)

"You're all I have, too," he said softly. "You know that, even if nobody else does. You're the only thing in my life that's real. And without you...god, Annie, I'd be so lost."

Broken. He understood being broken. They both did. Half the people in Panem did. It was a broken world full of broken people and broken dreams.

"But you found me. And we'll get through this together."

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	bedraggled 2012-08-30 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	Annie didn't care if no one else knew Finnick's truth- she did, and she would cling close to that as long as she could, as long as she knew how. "We aren't lost. We're here, Finnick. Together." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tiedinknots
2012-08-31 11:17 am UTC (link)

Finnick couldn't help but smile - at his love for her and at the fact that she understood him so very well. It was a precious thing, this love they had, and Finnick treasured it more than anything else. This girl he held close had rescued him from his darkest moments, given him a reason to hope when he'd believed all was lost.

"Yes," he said softly. "Together, there's hope."

He hesitated a moment before pulling back with a soft smile.

"You'll like Katniss. She's not like most tributes. She...she's brave."

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bedraggled
2012-08-31 02:29 pm UTC (link)

Hope was a rare thing, in Panem, so it was perhaps no wonder that both Finnick and Annie clung so close to it when it had been found, in one another.

Annie nodded, offering Finnick a faint smile. "I- didn't think she would be like others." Cato. Clove. Marvel. The others on the train, or who had been here before. The ones who liked killing... "I hope she likes me." Annie was used to others judging her, of course, or thinking she was weak or helpless. She may have been both, at times, but she still tried-- She shook her head, as if to shake those doubts away once more. "She will like me," Annie amended, aloud, though more for her own benefit than Finnick's.

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tiedinknots
2012-08-31 06:42 pm UTC (link)

"She will like you, I'm sure of it," he said adamantly, kissing her again. "How could anyone not like you?"

He knew there were people that didn't, but it was totally beyond his understanding.

"She's nothing like them, not at all. She...doesn't like hurting people at all. She just wants to keep those she loves safe."

He brushed her hair out of her face and kissed her forehead once more.

"She's on our side."

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	bedraggled 2012-09-04 03:03 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you," Annie replied- whether for the reassurance, the explanation, or something else entirely she wasn't really certain, but it seemed the thing to say. "I believe you, Finnick. I want to meet her." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tiedinknots 2012-09-04 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"Then I'll send her a message tonight. And we'll meet up with her when she's free. And you remember, if you're uncomfortable, if you get upset, I'll be right there, and we can come back to the room whenever you like." [OOC: I'll have him send a message to Katniss tonight, and hopefully we can get a thread set up tomorrow. :D] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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