#post mockingjay

[fantasy-nerdddd]

I need recommendations for Post-Mockingjay fanfics because I absolutely adore them. Like, seeing Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch and whatever other character cope with their trauma in whatever way they can, trying to move on, make sense with their new lives. I live for these! My recs currently are Back to Twelve by igsygrace (the entire series are my favourite fanfics of all time, especially the Mutt), Us Among The Living by aspiringpandabear ( @vasilissadragomir on tumblr) and Blooming in the Spring by morgswrites. Please I want moreee

Edit: to the person recommending @everlarkficquestions great job I am currently losing my sanity over Skin and Bones by hotpielookedlikehotpie

Edit 2: I also recommend Gravity by VanillaCottonCandy if you want a lighter read. It's not light hearted, but it's much more than my other recommendations, I couldn't bring myself to finish Skin & Bones so for an hour I paced up and down sobbing

[effie-trinkets-no1-fan]

Here’s a chapter from my new fanfiction. It isn’t published on A03 yet, but it will be soon!

This is not the first chapter, just a random one as a sneak peak! Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Fanfic title ‘ ABOUT YOU’ named after the song by the 1975.

CHAPTER —-

Effie came downstairs with the intention of joining Haymitch for dinner, her headache had eased after her nap. She could over hear a conversation and slowed her stride, listening to the hushed rumbles of Haymitch’s voice, mixed with Katniss’s hushed tones.

As she quietly approached the living room door, their words fully formed, revealing the topic of their conversation. Her. They were talking about her.

‘I wish she hadn’t shown up without giving us any notice, it’s going to make everything so much harder than it already is.’

Effie paled and gripped the doorframe, unable to stop herself from listening to them further.

‘Well at least we can be grateful she didn’t show up looking like she usually did, and she’s toned her shrills down to a dull roar.’

She’d suddenly lost her appetite and pressed her hand against her forehead as she stumbled backwards away from the door. The words ‘they don’t want you here’ repeated like a mantra in her head and she fled upstairs.

Her knees waited until she was in the bathroom before they gave way and she crumbled into a mess of gasps and sobs. All the fear she had shut away and pushed down in the weeks leading up to her visit bubbled up quickly to the surface.

‘They don’t want you here’, ‘ nothing was real, the friendships, the love, it was all part of the game you were playing.’

Her gasps were now uncontrollable, it felt like a heavy weight had found a home in her chest, and the ringing in her ears had grown so loud she could no longer hear her own sobs.

-

Her eyes snapped open when she felt a hand on her back, Haymitch had knelt in front of her and was repeating ‘breath with me Eff.’ Effie stared at him silently, his eyes helping her ground herself quickly.

‘What happened Effie?’ She turned her head towards Katniss who was stood by the doorway. ‘I ,,, I’m’ was all Effie could stutter out, before tears brimmed in her eyes again. She looked back at Haymitch and all she could say was I’m sorry.

Haymitch reached out to brush her hair behind her ear, but as soon as he did Effie snapped her head away from him. ‘Eff, what’s wrong?’ His concern for her growing, he’d never felt so useless. Through her tears all Effie could do was repeat ‘I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.’

—-

Once she had calmed her breathing down she stood up and braced herself against the sink, her head was pounding and she needed to steady herself before she fainted.

Haymitch stood up with her and moved to help steady herself before, but Effie quickly stood away from his touch. She was looking at the floor now, embarrassment and shame flooding through her veins.

‘I’m uh,,, I’m going to pack my things, I’m not sure when the next train back to the capitol will be but-‘ ‘you’re leaving!?’ Katniss said alarmed, her gaze darting to Haymitch who looked equally as taken aback by this as she was.

Effie moved towards the door, avoiding eye contact with them both. ‘I’m so sorry, I never should have come’ her words as sob as she tried desperately to wipe the tears from her eyes before they fell.

They’d collectively moved through the hallway now, haymitch and Katniss following Effie with growing worry. Effie was in the spare room fishing through her belongings. A state of panicked silence. When she arrived the night before she’d just dumped everything out.

Now she was throwing everything back into her suitcase, Haymitch grabbed at her wrist to stop her. Gentle but firm. ‘Effie for goodness sake just tell us what’s going on!’ His tone sounded harsher than he had intended resulting in Effie stopping dead in her tracks.

‘I know you don’t want me here!’ She snapped through her tears that were now spilling down her cheeks again. She slumped down onto the bed, through her tears she breathed ‘I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have come’ - ‘I just,,, I thought you’d want to see me, I thought you missed me like I missed you, you don’t know how long I argued with myself over whether or not I should come here. Part of me saying, you wouldn’t want to see me, that our friendship, our feelings weren’t real. But I told myself that was a lie, only to show up here to see the look of horror on your face, you couldn’t even look me in the eyes Haymitch. It’s like we didn’t spent 26 years together, like you don’t even know me.’ After a sob and sharp intake of breath she continued ‘ I have never felt so alone, I knew after the rebellion things in the Capitol would be different, but I’ve lost everyone. No one trusts me anymore. I thought at least here I’d have people left who wanted to know me. But I was wrong, and I’m sorry l. I really am.’

Haymitch looked like he’d been smacked across the face with some indescribable pain. He looked over at Katniss who just stood stock still, confusion muddled with pain etched across her face.

‘Eff, what makes you think that we don’t want you here?’

‘ I heard you talking before Haymitch, you wish I hadn’t shown up without warning you, at least I don’t look as ridiculous as I usually do, oh and I apologise if I haven’t been my usual chipper or shrill self, although it seems like that’s a good thing for you. I haven’t found much to be chipper about recently.’ She barked.

Katniss moved towards the pair, they’d both sat on the edge of the bed. She took Effies hand and motioned for Effie to look up at her. ‘Effie you misunderstood what me and Haymitch meant, it’s not that we don’t want you here, that’s far from the truth.’ She glanced over at Haymitch who was watching Effies face carefully.

‘Eff we wanted you here, for a long time we’ve wanted you here with us. But the people of Twelve still don’t know how you joined us during the rebellion. We’ve been working on explaining it to them, but it’s taking time. We were worried if you showed up here before then that you wouldn’t be safe. People would still see you as part of the Capitol, part of the games. Associating you with the worst time of the year.’

She’d looked at him now, face still wet with tears. But her expression had softened into innocent confusion. ‘ as for everything else we said, it was only that we were grateful you weren’t the version of you they would remember from before.’

Effies eyes searched Haymitch’s looking to determine whether or not he was being truthful with her. He knew this was the case so he reached for her hand, he told her he wanted her here, he missed her, he was waiting for her. He reminded her that he preferred her without all that makeup, how he never meant his words about her appearance to be unkind.

They were staring at each-other now, searching for the comfort they’d always found in each others gaze. They only snapped out of it when Katniss said that she and Peeta also missed Effie and wanted her here.

‘We were going to invite you over for dinner tomorrow evening, will you come?’ Effie smiled up at her replying that of course she would, she said it would be nice to spend some time with Peeta. Katniss smiled and rolled her eyes, hinting at the bakery taking all his time recently. ‘Speaking of, I need to take today’s game over there, they’ll use it for their pies in the morning. Will you both be alright?’

Haymitch looked at Effie his expression softening and then back to Katniss. ‘ we’ll be alright Sweetheart.’

—

Once Katniss had left, Effie insisted on showering. She felt a state and needed to freshen up. In the bathroom a deep feeling of guilt washed over her from causing such a scene. She hated the thought of looking pathetic in Haymitch and Katniss’s eyes, her problems being so small and insignificant compared to theirs.

She walked over to the mirror after she turned the shower on. Undressing in silence. She ran her fingers up and down her arms, peppered with long thin scars. She glanced down at the scars that covered her legs. ‘Pathetic’ she muttered to herself, as she stepped into the hot water.

END CHAPTER.

[ashyblondwaves]

Prompt: Rated E or M

Knowledge is scarce on all the specifics of sex, it takes them two to three tries to start to understand it

(basically after the bumbling virgins do it, they then repeat trying to get better)

Oooh, love this! Thanks for sending this one in! <3 I'm posting this one directly to AO3 since it is rated E (probably could get away with an M here but just in case), but here's a little preview.

Not Quite Perfect - Rated E

I don’t even know who moved first. Maybe she did. Maybe I did. All I know is that one second she was looking at me like I was something worth keeping, and the next? Her lips were on mine. While it’s not the first time she’s kissed me like this, it’s the first time when there’s nothing to stop us. Our kisses are not perfect. Not practiced. Just… real. Tentative. Hungry.

Her lips are soft, a little hesitant and when I go back in for more I miss at first. My nose bumps hers and we both pull back for half a breath, eyes wide like we’d broken something. But then she leans in again, and I meet her halfway. I’m too quick, too eager, and my teeth graze her bottom lip. I mutter an apology against her mouth as we find a slower, gentler cadence.

I want to touch her, but my hands are shaking. I don’t know where to put them. Her shoulder? Her waist? My fingers hover, but settle awkwardly on her arm, like I’m asking permission instead of knowing what I’m doing. 

Read the Rest on AO3

[sparemoon]

real or not real 1

[fyreflys]

What's your headcanon for Katniss and Peeta's children?

How old was Katniss when give birth to their daughter?

How many years apart between them in age?

Your headcanon for their name?

Who gets the singing and art skill from their parent?

Bonus question : please give recs of your fav everlark post-Mockingjay fanfic.

Thank you :)

@curiousthg

OH BOI BABAY. This has been sitting in my inbox for a while & I’m finally getting to it.

I have a LOT to say about the toast babies. Katniss and Peeta have them when they are 24 or 26 (not 25- don’t ask me why, I don’t know). Their names are Willow and Rowan (or Rye, which I Think Suzanne said somewhere that was the official name for their son. I like both).

Willow is born first. Willow as in a willow tree, (Also from the story of the Willow that Katniss’s dad tells her-unless I’m totally just making that up) which often are seen as a symbol of new life, regrowth, overcoming hardships, and sometimes for peace. I think all of these qualities exhibit important aspects of Katniss and Peeta’s story.

She has long blond curls, her father’s freckles, her mother’s eyes and smile, and she constantly reminds Katniss of Prim. She’ll make facial expressions, or say or do things that remind Katniss so much of Prim, and it will make her miss her sister, but also make her happy that her sister is clearly living on through her daughter. She inherits Peeta’s drawing/artistic abilities, but she’s also really good at gardening and knowing plants/herbs and stuff (she’s definitely a future doctor). She’s just as stubborn and hard headed as her parents, and when she puts her mind to something she GETS THAT SHIT DONE! She’s also a massive sweetheart and VERY charming, just like her daddy. She’s also a decent singer, but she doesn’t like to do it often.

Rowan is born 1.5-2.5 years after Willow. I like this name for a LOT of reasons, and that’s why I chose it as their first son’s name in my Everlark fic. Rowan trees are in the Rosaceae family (aka, the ROSE family- kind of a tribute to Prim), and are in a lot of Celtic/norse/British isles religions. It often stands for protection (usually against supernatural forces in many religions), and were often planted around burial sites to protect the dead. They are also very hardy trees that can grow just about anywhere. Also, Rowan trees have berries…(thinking of their first games, & the berries…) listen I could go ON and ON and ON about the many mythological stories connected to Rowan trees but I will leave it at that. (There’s even some thoughts about them predicting the amount of snow there will be in the winter, or how bountiful the rye harvests will be)

Rowan has dark hair and olive skin like his mother, and his father’s blue eyes and smile and freckles. He loves to bake with his father, but he also has his mother’s ability with the bow and he’s good at hunting. He has a very witty/sarcastic sense of humor (he spends a lot of time with Haymitch), but a very kind heart. He can sing just as good as his mother, and he reminds Katniss a lot of her father. He also reminds Peeta of his brothers, in the way he smiles and his competitive nature.

POST MOCKINGJAY FIC RECS:

Swan Upon Leda [my fic on AO3, 74k words & ongoing, explicit] — the fic where Everlark aren’t together yet, Katniss is pregnant during the Quarter Quell, Peeta isn’t supposed to know but then figures it out, Peeta never gets taken by the Capital and hijacked, and they try to live their “happily ever after”

The Unrecorded Hours [by hollycomb on fanfic.net, 24k words, explicit] — Peeta is certain Katniss doesn't actually want him. And she’s enraged by the fact that she does. They’re both horny as hell but too stubborn and dealing with too much trauma to figure it out properly. Until they finally do. (Seriously such a good fic I literally almost cried at the ending it’s fucking perfect & so well done)

Sun is Gonna Shine [by monroeslittle on fanfic.net, 12k words, explicit] — Despite Katniss’s reluctance, they have a baby. (And it’s gorgeous & Haymitch made me sob)

[vixnarts]

I haven’t done an Everlark piece in a long time. I did them post Mockingjay. Instead of “Men where” on the meme, I did “Gale where”.

[you-askedforthis]

can you recommend any good post-mockingjay fics taking place in district 12 and starring katniss, peeta and haymitch? the sadder and more introspective, the better :D

Ooohhhh thanks for asking!!!

Here are a few of my favorites!! There's a lot more but I couldn't track them down. (I need to figure out a better method of keeping track of works on ao3)

A Girl, A Boy, and Everything Else by CassandraO

Us Among the Living by aspiringpandabear

The Steadfast Tin Solider by RubraSaetaFictor

Let Me Bring You Back to The World by sweetlovegone

I just realized most of these don't heavily feature Haymitch but they're still very good!!

If anyone has their own recommendations please share them!!!

Thank you so so much for the ask!!!! Love you forever <3

[charlunday]

Just a quick one of mama and babies that I've had in the sketchbook for a while 🩵

Alternately titled: Why buy maternity wear when your husband's clothes fit perfectly?

come claim 20% off commissions!

[cow-in-the-sunset]

I know as a fandom we loooove to speculate about “and after” but after my recent series reread I don’t think we went hard ENOUGH

Haha yeah- Katniss and Peeta jump each other like rabbits after the war - YEAH NO SHIT.

Did you SEE what they went through? You think the second that no one has a camera trained on them, no one has any expectations of them, they wouldn’t just do it? All the time???

Two trauma riddled young adults who never were able to experience normal teenage years?? Oh it’s ON.

It’s a miracle they actually only had two kids and I blame trauma and age induced infertility.

[clearlyundefeyened]

Haymitch loves both of his grandchildren deeply, but there's something special about him finally getting to watch a little brother grow up in a world without a reaping.

[absolutlynoidea]

Haymitch, seeing everlark daughter for the first time: she is beautiful, and she has peetas eyes.

Katniss: and his eyelashes

Peeta: My what?

[mkweber]

The only thing Peeta Mellark ever convinced Katniss of was that the world was safe and inherently good enough to bring children into.

[moon-mirage]

🌱+🍞=👶

[googleincognitomode]

i know some ppl can see katniss as the strict parent, but it has never came into my mind. have you seen how easy she can be w prim? have you seen peeta in cf? strict personal trainer extraordinaire ??!! katniss would look right into her kid’s face- connect something w peeta like her daughters blue eyes or her sons face and would go ‘okay-just don’t tell your father this- please. i don’t want you in trouble my little ducks’ ! allowing them to get away w it. not to say peeta wouldn’t be a fantastic parent- he would just be the more strict on w rule and routine

[beebalm-and-honeysuckle]

One evening, Katniss casually strolls to the house coming back from a hunt, when she hears screaming coming from inside. She runs in and in the living room she finds Haymitch, Peeta and the toastbabies.

The kids run around with outstreched chubby arms, screaming with joy as they chase after each other, trying to catch as many bubbles as they can.

Peeta has streaks of paint in over a dozen of colours all over his hands, arms and face; brush betweens his fingers and a beaming smile on his lips as his gaze switches between the canvas and the scene in front if him that he is trying to capture.

Haymitch, leaning against the couch while sitting on the floor, just draws in a deep breath to blow another big batch of bubbles, adding more and more of the glistening litte bubbles. (his lungs are on the edge of giving out, but he doesn't care)

She just grins and shakes her head in affection as she flings the five squirrels she shot over her shoulder to bring them into the kitchen, before she joins her family. 🫧🫧

[unavidas]

Elle Fanning cast as Effie Trinket in sotr? Oh we wonnn