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the sweetest little fic ever :((

Out in the Meadow

Summary: Katniss goes missing, Haymitch helps find her

im not sure when this is set, probably between the hunger games and catching fire

The door to his house slams open, sending dust pillowing through the air and a frantic Peeta moving almost as quickly. He looks down the halls, peeking into doors that Haymitch really should keep locked at this point and rooting around through Haymitch's stuff. Startled from his previous activities, also known as staring endlessly out of the window and willing himself not to think, Haymitch comes out with his hands raised.

"Woah there, sunshine.. what's with the panic? I don't think I gave you permission to go through my.. personal possessions." He drawls out as he meanders to one of the doors to close it once again. It's a guest room, hardly anyone has stayed in there. Maybe Katniss a few times and Peeta too when neither of them could sleep in an empty home. And the cat Buttercup who comes around on occasion. He doesn't mind their presence. Sometimes he'll wake up from a stupor and find the cat rumbling in his lap like an electric fence going into overdrive. It can be soothing at times, even if it does leave bright orangey fur all over his clothes and occasionally nip at his ankles if he doesn't drop them a scrap or two while he's cooking.

"Is she here?" Peeta asks, his head whipping back to look at Haymitch. His tone lights a spark inside Haymitch, a bubbling mix of dread and worry making itself known.

"What do you mean 'is she here'?" He responds in a forcibly calm voice, his brows furrowing as he sets down a stack of papers. What's on the papers and their order no longer matters, not when his boy is looking so distraught.

"Katniss." Peeta says, opening his mouth to continue before he's cut off by Haymitch.

"Yeah, obviously you're talking about Katniss. I didn't think there was some other girl you'd be looking for." He huffs, "What's going on?"

"She was with me at the bakery, mucking around with a handful of dough, and I turned my back for a minute to put something in the oven but when I turned back she was gone! I didn't even hear her leave! I went to run after her but-" he runs his hands through his flour dusted hair. He's clearly been messing with it plenty over this, Haymitch can't blame him. Those skills Katniss has from hunting also make her pretty good at running off.

"She's missing?" Haymitch clarifies as he looks away from Peeta, his gaze turning to look towards the doorway. He's tempted to run out right now, to turn the whole district upside down and find the little one before she can get into trouble. Or, more likely, trouble would find her. He pinches the bridge of his nose and forces himself to breathe, the lungful coming out in a heavy sigh. "You check her house? Your house? The Hob?"

"Yeah- I looked everywhere I could think of. Her mother hadn't seen her and neither did Gale, you were my next stop."

"As far as I know, she ain't here." Haymitch says as he walks up to Peeta.

"What if someone got her? What if-" Peeta is once again cut off, this time by Haymitch pressing his finger to his lips. Physically stopping the words, and the panic, from bubbling out.

"She's fine. She's a smart kid, even when she's.. y'know." He makes a vague gesture, they're not really sure what to call her little side, and lowers his hand from Peeta's face. "Did anyone have an idea of where she might be?"

"Gale thought she might be in the woods- what if she's in the woods? There's dogs out there- hungry animals and- and toxic plants and-" The finger returns to his lips, a little more forcefully this time. Not harming him but enough to get a message across.

"She's *fine,* sunspot. We've just gotta find her." Haymitch gives him a look before letting his hands slip down to Peeta's shoulders, holding him gently. "Let's check the fences. I'll ask Gale to check the woods, he'll know them better than either of us. We'll check the meadow. Okay? Your girl is fine."

Peeta swallows more worries and nods, taking reassurance in the firm way Haymitch talks about it. There's no room for questioning, no room for his worries to worm their way in. Haymitch sighs softly and pulls Peeya into a hug. As soon as he feels the familiar pressure and soothing circles of Haymitch's hand on his back, his tension starts to unwind. It's not enough to make him slip into his own headspace, but it feels nice. "She's fine, kiddo. You know her. She's probably climbing a tree or collecting rocks for you, or making you a nice mud hat. Get ready to wash your hair, she's gonna expect you to wear it." Haymitch murmurs, giving his boy one more squeeze before releasing him. "Now let's go find her."

-

After some further reassurance, Peeta splits off to find Gale and Haymitch starts to make his way towards the meadow. It's a tight fit, slipping under the fence like he used to when he was young, but he makes it through. The tall grass catches the golden light of afternoon, flowing in the breeze like shimmering water, peppered with bright flowers. He really should wait for Peeta but he's starting to grow more worried the longer this goes on. Katniss is known for getting into trouble or for trouble finding her. What if she did stumble into something?

Now isn't the time for worry. Katniss, his little lamb, always finds a way to slip through whatever gate is holding her. She'll be okay.

He follows a vague path of tamped down grass, a likely path that Katniss either carved or followed, and finds himself approaching a large knobbly tree. And that's where he finds her, curled up in a patch of sun like the cat she begrudgingly enjoys. Her hair isn't tied back, all splayed out on the ground like her own little roots, her body swimming in a worn flannel that she definitely nicked from someone else's closet, her round eyes calmly shut. And, most noticeably, her hands and lips are stained with sticky mulberry juice.

He stands there for a moment, hands on his hips, and simply looks at her. She looks so peaceful here. Her skin flushed with sleep, no furrow in her brows and no tenseness in her frame. Just a little one taking a nap in the sun after eating their fill of berries. A faint smile comes over Haymitch's weathered face, all the panic fading away as quickly as it made itself known, and he takes the last few steps to her. He crouches down and slips his arms under hers, readying himself to scoop her up.

She stirs, her little hands balling into fists and her eyes fluttering open as she's lifted off of the dirt.

"We've been looking for you, sweetheart." Haymitch says as he lifts her to his hip, guiding her legs to wrap around him before slipping one arm beneath her bum and the other around her upper body to keep her steady. "Gave Peeta a heart attack."

He gets a little whine in response, the little lamb still waking up from what was evidently a deep slumber. She drowsily wraps her arms around his neck and nestles her face against his shoulder, absently wiping the dried juice from her chin onto him.

"Rude." He grunts, patting her back a few times as he starts to wander back to the fence. "I'm not a napkin y'know."

Katniss doesn't seem to care. In truth, Haymitch doesn't either. Well, he cares a little. He'll have to wash it sooner so the stain doesn't set but there are much worse things in this world than a little laundry. Maybe he'll have Katniss do it for him.

"You have a nice nap, kiddo?" He asks, not really expecting a response.

"mhm.." the smile returns to his lips at her sleepy response.

"You eat some tasty berries?" He gets another hum in response, Katniss's head rubbing against his shoulder as she nods a few times. "That's good. Glad you enjoyed yourself."

"'s bread ready?"

Haymitch pulls back slightly, looking at Katniss's mostly asleep face, with grass marks pressed into one side from where she slept, and gives her a playfully astounded look. "Is that what the mulberries were for?"

She nods again, squeezing Haymitch's shirt on and off, like a cat kneading a blanket. "then I.. I eated them." She whispers.

"I can tell." He says with a snort, crouching down once again to guide Katniss under the gap in the fence before following after her himself. He offers to pick her back up, and she gladly accepts it.

-

Peeta is waiting at one of the few tables outside of the bakery with a cup of tea, his hands clutching the mug like it's been trying to escape. Whether or not it was, he lets go of it and stands up the moment he sees Haymitch. Katniss reaches out with one arm, the other still wrapped around Haymitch, and Peeta takes her hand gently. She's still sticky. Very sticky.

"Where was she?" Peeta asks as he reaches up to pick bits of grass and leaves from her hair.

"The meadow. Seems like she wanted to bring back some berries for you and got.. sidetracked." He doesn't need to say much beyond that, she looks more than happy with herself. "Everything alright here?"

"Yeah. Gale did a sweep of their usual spots then went home for dinner. I.. I came back here. To wait." He looks up at Katniss and lets out a small laugh, finally sounding relieved. "You can't be doing that, Katniss."

She nods half heartedly, keeping her usual sass even though she's little, and lets herself drop from Haymitch's arms. Then she toddles over to Peeta and clings to him instead. "'s bread ready? Can I haves some p'ease?"

"I- Sure, Katniss. Let's get you some bread." He sighs, "Would you like some too, Haymitch?"

"Of course." Haymitch gestures towards the bakery, "lead the way."

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i class all my mooties as friends, would make you all friendship bracelets

I love having mutuals. #myfriends<3

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Samira Mohan Masterlist !!

Headcanons-

Fics-

Moodboards- regressor samira mohan moodboard

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Jack Abbot Masterlist !!

Headcanons- Cg!Jack Abbot headcanons

Fics-

Moodboards-

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Annie's 'The Pitt' masterlist!!

Who does annie write for ?? - trinity santos, samira mohan, jack abbot, Michael robinavitch, dennis whitaker, cassie mckay, + others (please ask)

Trinity Santos

Samira Mohan

Jack Abbot

Michael Robinavitch

Dennis Whitaker

Cassie Mckay

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OOPSIE !!! sorry i forgot to label my anon message!! this is 🎪📼!! ive never had an anon emoji before☺️

★ thats alright !! i get its sometimes an effort to remember but i’ve tagged it as you now ! thank you anon it was very sweet of you ! <3

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★ requests have been paused for the moment !! am hoping to work through the ten or so requests i have before i open them again (so i can get through some older ones too) but if you have any requests in mind please note them down so you can send them in once my requests are open again !!

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pls take ur time with requests! we’re all so excited but dont want u to get burnt out :) good luck with writingggg <3

★ thank you sweetheart, i do appreciate this ! some requests have been sitting in there for a while so am writing little snippets when motivated but not pushing myself cos i am easily burnt out (annoyingly). thank you for the kind words ! <3

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★ the urge to write but then i just stare at my blank google doc because i HATE starting things

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★ predicting an even angsty-er season 2 of the pitt where its Abbot who’s having a hard time. 4th of july weekend comes with fireworks, and that mixed with teenagers ends up with accidents- legs mangled, burns covering limbs, all injuries resembling those from battlefields. fireworks sounding like gunshots, maybe Abbot switched to the dayshift for a couple days just so he doesn’t have to work during the worst of it.

(am feeling an ambutation/mention of one)

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yes sure i will be 🎪📼 emojis pls!!!!! :)

★ okay !! added to my emoji anon list <3

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st anon here!!! 🎪📼

which of my ideas are you gonna write?! im so excited that you liked them enough!! ☺️

i think i’m definitely gonna try and get both done at some point because i love the detail in both !! gonna try and do the babyspace max with a cg eleven who isn’t sure whats going on and they figure it out together first!! do you wanna claim an emoji/emoji combo so you can mark your requests ??

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do you allow adults to follow you as long as they are sfw?? i dont wanna make you uncomfortable! it doesnt say anything about it in tour boundaries

★ hi !! yes i do, i personally don’t mind people over the age of 18 following + interacting with me as long as their 100% sfw so please do feel free to follow if you like ! i will update my boundaries at some point with that thank you for letting me know !

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Sibby! Maysilee and Haymitch mood boards

Note: just finished sotr, this is my way of coping. This two are just so special to me 🥹

🌼) Maysilee is the one that regress the most, with haymitch being her babysitter. She usually regress from the ages 4-6 while Haymitch regress from 5-9.

🧸) Maysilee can be bery blunt, and even more when she regress. Haymitch has to remind her that she needs to be aware of what she say because she can hurt people with her words.

🐾) Maysilee is a veryyyy picky eater. If the table is set wrong, if the food is to salty or to plain, if it looks ugly, she won’t eat. This is always a hassle, so Haymitch usually has to set the table as a picnic with all her toys to get her to eat.

🐑) Maysilee love painting Haymitch nails. Her works is messy at best, but he doesn’t mind. 🍀) Maysilee also love playing dolls with Haymitch. Which usually just entails her forcing him to move and say what she wants his doll to say and Haymitch just going along.

🌼) If Haymitch is the one to regress Maysilee suprisenly very gentle with him. She takes the self appointed role of older sister.

🧸) Haymitch favorite activity is just playing in the woods. Maysilee will just sit around watching over him as he just looks for sticks to play with.

🐾) Haymitch will give Maysilee pretty rock he thinks she will like. She always accepts them happily and tries to make a necklace with them so she can wear it.

🍀) Haymitch loves when Maysilee plays with his hair. It makes him feel very small since it reminds him of his mom.

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cg!Haymitch with reg!Lenore dove moodboard

Note: I have yet to finish sotr but I’m already attach to this two. They bring me so much comfort I just needed to make them a little moodboard.

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take get of urself in this next little while! <3 youll get through it!! i know you will!

★ thank you honey, it means a lot !! am trying my best <3

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Annieeee I’d say 5AM is so early and why are you up, but I’m also up 😭. Good morning!!

★ good morning gilly !!! busy busy brain, haven’t actually slept yet but am going to now !! try get 3 ish hours and i’ll be good to go !! am hoping your day goes well (and you aren’t to tired from waking up this early)