**This story takes place after the book, The Hunger Games** Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark come back from the Games,... Things have changed in Katniss's life. Though feelings start to stir in the young victor. After confessing to Peeta that the love she expressed in the Games was all a show, she still knows she cant give him up. Meanwhile, Gale Hawthorne is working hard to show her that he loves her. Trouble arouses when both lovestruck boys begin fighting for her love. "If you love two people, always pick the second person. Because if you really love the first person you wouldn't have fallen in love again."

"She unfolds and smooths out the slip of paper. In a clear voice, she reads out the name. "Primrose Everdeen." When Primrose Everdeen is thrown into the Hunger Games with her sister's boyfriend, she knows she won't make it out alive. But the Games have a way of changing people. If Prim wants to have any shot of winning, she'll have to take away every ounce of humanity she has. But can gentle Prim find it in herself to do that?

Modern Day AU/OOC: Katniss is a mute girl desperate to die. Peeta is a cancer patient desperate to live. Their lives are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. When Katniss joins a website called The Reaping, which gives her 23 days to live before she must finally take her life, she thinks she is ready for death. With many botched attempts in her trail, she is determined not to mess up this last time. Those 23 days, however, were going to shift her entire world around. She meets Peeta, a boy who'd relapsed so many times but still had hope for a better tomorrow. His ability to laugh and smile despite his condition fascinates Katniss and the more they interact, the more weary she becomes of the prospect of dying. Can she learn the sanctity of life before the 23 days are up? Peeta has no choice. But Katniss does.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am eighteen years old. I survived The Hunger Games twice. Peeta was hijacked. He was rescued and he's fighting to return to his old self. I led the revolution that led to the fall of President Snow. Snow. Snow is dead. Coin is dead. Boggs is dead. Finnick is dead. Prim is dead. Everyone is dead and it's my fault. It's my fault. __ Even though the Hunger Games are gone, reduced to the hauntingly horrifying memory of those who took place in it, the demons of Katniss Everdeen's past loom over her, with her wherever she goes. Though she will learn to cope with her losses with the help of Peeta Mellark, whom she holds closely to her heart. Together, the two will help each other to become new people and start their lives again, braving all of the new horrors and setbacks to come with the other by their side. ~There are much worse games to play~ I don't own The Hunger Games. All rights go to Suzanne Collins.

(this is the sequel to "toast" so I suggest reading that one first if you haven't yet) after what happened, Peeta and Katniss go back to 12, hoping to to get back to their normal lives. But Peeta's flashbacks are getting worse. what happens when he decides he's a danger to his family? filled with tons of surprising twists!! (good and bad)

This is a story about Everlark. Here is my own interpretation of how Peeta and Katniss realistically rekindle after Mockingjay Part 2, but with a twist. They both have a myriad of problems and don't know how to cope with them alone. When Peeta has an un-expected flashback and attacks a vulnerable Katniss, can she cope when he has to go away? Can Katniss recover alone? Can she learn to love again? Can they consolidate and finally find peace? That's the ultimate goal: peace.

"My name is Peeta Mellark." "I am seventeen years old." "I am in love with Katniss Everdeen" "She betrayed me." "I was in the Hunger Games." "I've been taken prisoner." "Why am I not dead?" "I should be dead." - Peeta Mellark is abandoned. The girl he thought had loved him has left him in the hands of the Capitol. Her actions are not tolerated, but she's safe in District 13. Peeta holds onto his love for the Girl on Fire, but he's interrogated, tortured, and hijacked. - (Btw Suzanne Collins owns this world and these characters (duh) not me)

What if Peeta and Katniss never teamed up? What if Katniss finds trust in the most unlikely person? When Katniss volunteers for her sister, her only thought is to make it back to Prim. But what if another tribute catches her eye? Can she survive the Hunger Games? Can she figure out her mixed feelings for Cato? From the book: "So I want to know what you think about something. " I say slowly. He looks up curiously. " What is it Katniss? " he asks looking into my eyes. I feel immediately guilty for what I am about to say, especially since he saved my life by giving me bread. "So I have been thinking this over in my head and it seems that this is the only choice I have in order to make it home to Prim." I start. "Katniss?..." He says. He doesn't like what I am saying and I haven't even gotten to the worst part yet. "I know you want to make it back home to your family and I know that you are a part of my District, but I need to make it home to Prim!" I say, tears threatening to fall, I feel awful for what I am doing. Peeta looked extremely worried by this point. "What's wrong? What happened- " I cut him off " I'm... I'm... joining...the careers."

Peeta Mellark lived in the city, his parents have retired and left the ENTIRE bakery to his older brother Rye so now, him, his parents, his friend Cato and four month old sister Eliza are moving to the country side as his parents has always dreamed of this. Katniss Everdeen lives in the country with her little twin sister Clove, her other little sister Primrose and her parents, her whole life it's been working on a farm, she is the one who's heart is hard to win over but for some reason Peeta wriggles his way in Want to know how? Read this story

On a hot June day a small toddler wanders into the bakery with no adult, being alone Katniss and Peeta look after her while they try and find a parent. Katniss is unsure about it at first but eventually she warms up to her and longs for one of her own. Updates weekly. - cover made by Little Lynx on tumbler