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Primrose Everdeen (littlestduck) wrote in madisonvalley,
@ 2017-08-06 16:50:00

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~2017 august, ~25 points, ~~primrose everdeen (littlestduck), ~~~~ darcy lewis (tasergoddess)

Who: Primrose, Darcy, and Stephanie
Where: Playing at the park
What: Family time
When: Sunday Afternoon
Rating: Lowish
Status: Open to Haymitch :); Incomplete

Though Primrose was upset at the loss of Ash, her sister's boyfriend and also a good friend to Prim, she had to believe they would all pull through it somehow. For the moment, her sister was in the woods, taking time for herself and possibly finding the healing she needed from the heavy loss. Primrose had agreed to stay with Haymitch and Darcy in the mean time to keep her sister from worrying about her too much. The arrangement was very much what the young blond girl needed right now. Being around Darcy and Stephanie was like a dream and the perfect distraction for Primrose. If she'd stayed back home, she'd only be wallowing in pain and she just couldn't do that right now. She had t be strong, especially for Katniss.

Today, the three of them were at the park, playing in the bright, warm sunshine and Primrose was laughing, pushing the darling little girl on the swing set. She was still much to young for the big ones, but the baby ones were definitely okay and Primrose was enjoying herself.

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tasergoddess
2017-08-13 03:34 pm UTC (link)

In the three and a half years Darcy had been in Madison, she had seen hundreds of people come and go and it never got easier to deal with the whims of the dome. She felt awful for both Katniss and Prim that they lost someone special to them and was glad to have Prim staying with them for a few days so Katniss could process things on her own.

She stood to the side and watched while the younger girl pushed Steph on the swings. Her daughter was enjoying the attention and giggling as she flailed her tiny arms around. It was good for Prim to have something normal to focus on.

"I hear you and your sister are thinking about getting your own place," she said.

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littlestduck
2017-08-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)

At the sound of the child giggling, Primrose could not control breaking into a bright smile. It was strange how she seemed to get along better with younger children than those of her own age. Maybe because was always a bit more on the childish side still and not much of a grown up yet. Then again, she'd been forced to grow up quickly and maybe, finally being able to relax, she was not all about being serious and teenager-like all the time. Regardless, Prim loved spending time with Steph; she was an adorable little girl and being around her and Darcy was helping Primrose immensely right now. With Katniss gone, dealing with Ash's departure on her own, Prim was kind of at a loss as to how to handle it herself. He was not the same to her as to Katniss, but she cared about him and he was there for her when she needed someone. They were friends and Primrose had so very few of those at times that she felt the loss of one particularly harshly.

Darcy's voice filled her ears and Primrose looked up. "Yeah, we are. I think it will be for the best Darcy," Prim replied softly, gaze dropping to the wood chips under her sandals. There were just too many memories in that house for the both of them. She imagined staying there would only succeed in killing Katniss's spirit and bringing Prim down too. After all, anything at effected Katniss, effected Primrose too. They shared a bond like that and she could always tell when her sister was unhappy or disturbed. No, Katniss did not talk about it a lot, but the feelings were still strong enough for her to pick up on.

"There are too many memories there, you know? I think it would just make it worse for Katniss. She's been through so much already," Prim added sadly. Ash had given her sister a chance at love and a relationship, a connection, and Katniss had opened up to him. She knew it would be sometime before Katniss was able to open up that way again for someone. Considering all they lost, she could not blame her sister at all.

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tasergoddess
2017-08-13 10:03 pm UTC (link)

"That makes sense," Darcy said. It was never easy to lose people in this town and sometimes it was difficult to make peace with the memories that remained. She still expected to see Tony wandering towards her at the casino sometimes and he'd been gone for more than a year.

But especially for someone like Katniss, who had a hard time opening up to people, it seemed like a good decision. "I'm sure it's hard on you too," she said. "Ash was important to you too." Not in the same way, but she knew how close the sisters were.

That wasn't even considering the trauma of Johanna's attack in that house. Darcy knew her friend wasn't sure if she'd be able to live there anymore either. It was probably good for all of them to have a fresh start.

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littlestduck
2017-08-14 06:20 pm UTC (link)

It was an unfortunate experience they seemed to all have at one point in this town: losing someone. Darcy had been here longer than her and well, she knew the other woman must have experienced much more loss. Still, if she could make it, Prim knew that her sister and her could too. "It'll be easier. We'll have a fresh start for all of us," Prim replied with a small smile. It was all she could hope for, especially for Katniss. Her sister had been through so much already and losing Ash? It just wasn't fair at all.

Prim nodded. "I miss him. He was kind to me, like the brother I never had, you know? He was there to comfort me after Johanna's attack and to keep me company while Katniss was at the hospital."

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tasergoddess
2017-08-14 10:07 pm UTC (link)

Darcy nodded. "I didn't really know him, but I figured he must have been a pretty good kid if your sister liked him. And Haymitch approved." She knew that her boyfriend considered the Everdeen sisters like his own daughters and that he'd been skeptical when Katniss started dating Ash.

"But you have both survived worse so I know you'll get through this," she said.

It sucked that they had to go through so much in their young lives and Darcy wished she could fix that for them. "Are you looking forward to starting school?"

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