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1. Torchbearer by Nautrielle

   Fandoms: Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Haymitch Abernathy/Lenore Dove Baird
   • Haymitch Abernathy
   • Lenore Dove Baird
   • Asterid Everdeen
   • Burdock Everdeen
   • Blair (Hunger Games)
   • Sid Abernathy
   • Effie Trinket
   • Plutarch Heavensbee
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Lenore Dove Baird Lives
   • Sid Abernathy Lives
   • Willamae Abernathy Still Dies Sorry
   • Haymitch Abernathy Has PTSD
   • Haymitch Abernathy Needs a Hug
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Disordered Eating

   Summary

   President Snow made a different choice in the aftermath of the 50th Hunger Games. Haymitch Abernathy still had the potential to be useful beyond being an example to the other victors. He was needed to serve as a mentor, to make sure that no victor could influence another district's tributes towards rebellion ever again. A broken man might still be able to fill that role somewhat, Snow was sure, but a scared one would really put in the proper effort.

   Or: Sid Abernathy and Lenore Dove Baird were spared a terrible fate. Haymitch Abernathy, on the other hand, may have just earned himself a worse one.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,356

   Chapters:

   2/?

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   Kudos:

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