#johanna: about to start conceiving her third child

[blaithnne]

i actually feel so bad for johanna because can you imagine if your parents could watch you whenever they wanted?? johanna is on a roll flirting with this cute librarian and is about to get her number when she looks over and sees two shadowy figures watching and her and is like "GUYS CAN I HAVE FIVE MINUTES OF PEACE-"

[saltpepperbeard]

Hi! I would like to know your headcanons for post Mockingjay Everlark (and the toastbabies) please and thank you :)

OOH YAY LET’S SEE…I have quite a bunch of them scattered all over the place, so I probably won’t be able to list all of the ones I have. Ie, I’ll probably recall certain ones after posting this lmao. But I’ll try and list my main ones here…

-They’re in a relationship within a year after Peeta returns home. I like to think that Katniss and Peeta are very quick to share a bed/sleep together after he returns, because they desperately need each other’s comfort during the night. All that close proximity and bed-sharing of course, is quick to evolve into cuddling, which evolves into embracing, then kissing…And then of course, intimacy and “I love you’s” are soon to follow. Honestly? I even headcanon that they got into a relationship/were intimate and open with their love the same winter after Peeta got back. Like, he got back that Spring, and they were already together come Winter.

-Speaking of seasons, Winter and Spring are their favorites. Winter because the snow coats the entire district, erasing any bad memories away with a fresh blanket of white. It also leads to a lot of lazy, grey, snuggly mornings, hot chocolate, long nights by the fireplace, both sweet and passionate…And then of course they love Spring because of the abundance of life. Katniss loves seeing her favorite color spread slowly across the landscape. Peeta loves having new flowers and things to paint. They both love taking dewy, cool walks through the forest, or sitting out on the porch to watch the rain. And of course, dandelions are plentiful, which makes Katniss all the more relaxed/happy.

-And also, SPEAKING of “I love you’s/sex” lol, Katniss’ first “I love you” to Peeta happened somewhere around the “Real or not real” scene. Meaning, she either said it to him during, shortly after, or maybe the morning after. Peeta had offered a few “I love you’s” to her before that, but she was still a bit too shy to fully reciprocate them. She would kiss him or something instead to “say” it back, but never completely returned it until they tore down all the walls/were fully intimate with each other.

-Peeta never has a severe episode, ie one that threatens his safety or Katniss’, after he returns home to D12. I’ve messed with this headcanon through fanfiction admittedly lol, just for Some Angst, but ULTIMATELY I like to think that he never fully lost control of himself again. He’s either able to stop it, or only experiences flashbacks/nightmares. He never spirals back to how he was in D13.

-They stay in close contact with a lot of people, mainly Johanna, Annie, and of course Haymitch. Despite being busy/having other duties, I like to think that Katniss’ mother and Effie check in on the occasion. And, though it goes very much against my shipping character lol, I even like to think that Katniss comes around to becoming cordial with Gale again, to some degree. Like, maybe not completely forgiving him, but not all around hating him.

-Kind of an irrelevant headcanon lol, but going off of that, I like to think that Gale first comes to visit when Katniss is pregnant with her and Peeta’s first. Like, Gale is completely in the dark as to how she’s doin, and knocks on the door to have a very-pregnant Katniss answer, with Peeta standing protectively in the background lmao. Like, not a “Haha, suck it, Gale”….but also a very “HAHA, SUCK IT, GALE.” It makes him realize just how wonderful Peeta is for her, and how important Peeta is to her. Because, Peeta managed to breathe life and light completely back into her, something Gale failed to do. So he kind of accepts their relationship/closeness in that moment.

-Katniss is the one to ask Peeta to marry her. Though I can see Peeta asking her, I also headcanon Peeta taking things at Katniss’ pace. Meaning, yes, it wouldn’t be out of the question for him to ask her, but in not wanting to force things on her/rush her, I can totally see her beating him to it.

-Speaking of marriage, they never get “officially” married. They have a very intimate toasting ceremony, and start referring to each other as husband and wife thereafter. But they never have a public ceremony, nor do they allow the government to have any kind of business in something so important to them.

-Five, ten, fifteen years means three babies. Baby Girl came five years after the rebellion ended, Baby Boy came five years after that, and Baby Three came another five years after that. With that being said, Katniss was either very early into another pregnancy in the epilogue, or had about another year to go before her third was conceived.

-Katniss had mixed feelings towards her first pregnancy. She was terrified, mostly because she struggled to shake the idea of the Capitol returning to take her baby. But she was also very excited, as she was so happy to watch Peeta as a father, so happy to finally raise a child with him.

-Along those lines, birth was probably terrifying for her. Having her daughter was seamless, and nothing went wrong, but the pain and the presence of doctor, even it just being a midwife in the safety of their home, kind of sent her into an anxiety attack. Of course, finally delivering her daughter and actually getting to hold her, doused these anxieties immediately. She realized that she and Peeta would always be there to protect her. She realized that things were okay. She floated down back into her head, back into warmth, security, and love.

-I also headcanon that she decided to birth her son somewhere out of their bedroom, with only Peeta present (MAYBE having Hazelle or someone else there just in case). Like, in the woods, in the meadow, by the lake, etc. Somewhere remote, and somewhere where she felt completely in her element, not at all constrained or reminded of her past horrors. I headcanon this so hard that I wrote a fanfiction about it lmao sO I MEAAAANN…

-Weekly picnics in the meadow are Most Definitely A Thing. They all make a habit of taking at least one day and going to relax in the meadow as a family.

-I’ve always thought that the babies took after their respective parents for whatever reason, ie Baby Girl grows interested in hunting, while Baby Boy grows interested in baking. Which isn’t to say that Baby Girl doesn’t like painting, and Baby Boy doesn’t like archery, but the two of them have their little “Mini Katniss/Peeta” moments lol!