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  1. Public Bookmark 50

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    “It’s your birthday, isn’t it?” Effie asks, mildly.

    “Lucky me,” Haymitch mutters back, turning his head to offer her his most award-winning grin. The roguish rascal he had turned into during his interview. Sharp teeth pulled back just barely short of a snarl.

    Effie seems unaffected, completely unbothered as she settles down across the table from him. She folds her hands over each other, resting them gently on the table. Her head tilts to the side, almost imperceivable, her eyes soft, just like the rest of her face. The look of sympathy she so often turns onto him is nothing new. Her eyes flit between his face, her mouth opening and closing for a handful of seconds as the time ticks away into nothingness, disappearing through both of their hands.

    “Save it,” Haymitch says, the first to speak. He twists his head back to the side, squeezing his eyes shut as the pounding headache he’s been nursing returns full force. “Don’t get a cake.”

    Effie makes a disapproving noise. “I’ll do you one better,” she says, and disappears from the corner of his eye like a ghost. 

    (or, haymitch and effie's years of mentoring, post the events of sotr)

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    23 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 13

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    To a mock of luck, Haymitch Abernathy lived, beating the odds not in his favor and lost everything in the end. Now, he has to pay back the Capitol for his stunt, even when he had nothing left to give, as his soul was left being torn to shreds.
    Despite thinking that the worst days of his misery were far over, the Capitol never planned to let the Victors go.

    Before the 74th Hunger Games there were 23 more, and as he was rotting away in the smothering of alcohol and voices of the past mistakes, Haymitch Abernathy had to mentor 46 tributes all alone throughout his decaying life.

    And fail all of them.

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    23 Jan 2026

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    “Here,” Haymitch says, but the gumdrop slips from his shaking fingers. They both laugh, but when he picks it back up, his smile falters. Huh. These aren’t the rainbow gumdrops he got for her. Instead, they're all just one color — red.

    “Now you’re home, I guess I can eat the others.” Lenore Dove tells him.

    "What others?"

    [On Hiatus]

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    20 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 20

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    Just before any sunrise, there is a blue hour. Some last 75 years.

    (From SotR to the 75th Hunger Games, oneshots of various characters)

    1. Rye whiskey (Haymitch centric)
    2. A funeral of colors (Merrilee & Maysilee)
    3. Poor sister, lucky sister (Madge)
    4. Dear May (Merrilee)
    5. Unexpected (Asterid & Merrilee)

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    14 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 17

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    Madge has always looked like her mother.

    When she was little, it meant being doted on and dressed like a doll, tucked in with kisses and stories, her shelves lined with toys and books, pockets full of candy.

    As she grows up, Madge still looks like her mother. Only now, her mother doesn't look at her.

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    14 Jan 2026