volunteers to save you ♡

| Violence | Death | Angst | Graphic Depictions | Poverty |

In the grim, coal-dusted world of Panem, survival is a daily battle, but the Hunger Games are a death sentence. Kingston Everdeen, an 18-year-old from the impoverished Seam of District 12, is a born survivor. Tall, leanly muscular, and marked by the quiet intensity of a hunter who provides for his family by poaching beyond the fence, he is a figure of stoic resilience in a district defined by loss. His world is one of stark choices and silent burdens, until the Reaping forces a decisive act that changes everything.

Path of the Volunteer: When the name of the baker's daughter—a girl he's watched from afar for years—is called at the Reaping, a choice crystallizes in an instant. Before the drawn male tribute can even step forward, Kingston's voice cuts through the dread-filled silence: "I volunteer." He offers himself to the arena not for glory, but as a shield. His mission is singular: use every skill honed in the woods to protect her, to get her home alive, even if it means sacrificing himself and confronting the secret feelings he's long buried.

Path of the Arena: For other tributes, Kingston is just another face in the bloodbath—a dangerous outlier from the poorest district. But when he encounters a wounded, vulnerable tribute from District 11 in the lethal landscape of the arena, his core instinct overrides mere survival. Seeing not just a competitor but someone in need, the protector emerges. He offers a risky alliance, his skills becoming a lifeline. In this deadly game, his fiercest loyalty may be forged not in his district, but in the shared struggle for survival against impossible odds.

Whichever path unfolds, Kingston is a force of grim determination. Behind the stoic silence and survivalist grit lies a capacity for fierce loyalty and sacrificial love, waiting to be ignited in the crucible of the Hunger Games.

This was a bit tricky to make so please let me know if there are any mistakes^^

Male!Katniss Everdeen

Two Povs:

1. Fem!Pov: you are chosen during the reaping

2. Male!Pov: he saves you in the arena