that girl is a problem

[thelittlemerman]

Who: Finnick, Katniss, people Katniss wants to bring
Where: CONDOR holding cells can you believe this
When: March 21st/22nd whenever Katniss feels like gracing us with her presence
What: Katniss is SO RUDE and Finnick is done with this shit
Warnings: everyone's the worst

She had him fucking arrested. What kind of person does that?

Katniss, apparently.

He'd like to know how she would feel about this. Restrained, blindfolded, and thrown in a holding cell. She'd never go along with it of course, but that's because Katniss has no subtlety and only ever seems to think one move ahead, instead of three. Currently, Finnick's three moves are yell at Katniss for being an idiot, tell Katniss she's now in danger because she was too unoriginal to come up with a new fancy codename, and then sleep. He needs sleep. He stayed up the whole night before he did the time machine thing, so it's been a while.

Anyway, he's relatively unscathed because he went peacefully once he knew Katniss had sent the agents. It wasn't as if he couldn't see why she'd prefer meeting him from the outside of a holding cell, but he was mad about it so naturally he thought it was a bad move on her part. Currently he is sitting on the floor, seething about how awful this is and planning all the awful things he's going to say to her once she finally shows up.

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[mockingjaded]

She scowls for a moment in angry surprise. She clenches her fists at her sides and speaks through her teeth.

"Why wouldn't you tell me that?"

[thelittlemerman]

He takes a deep breath. He knows mostly it was because he didn't want to talk about Annie and risk another break down. He hesitates, looking a bit uncomfortable as he tries to come up with another reason.

Finally, he says, "I thought it might upset you. To know that you're still stuck here while they finally do something about it. About him."

There's no preconception in his voice, just a hint of genuine sympathy beneath a frustratingly even tone. He still hasn't figured it all out - the whole Katniss and Peeta thing - but he knows that if she feels a fraction for him what he does for Annie, it has to hurt. Knowing that she could finally be safe and protected in the future only gives him some consolation. He doesn't trust Coin to take care of her. He doesn't trust Coin with anyone.

[mockingjaded]

It's one of those things where the only solution she's had as of late is to just not think about it, and with Finnick fresh from the front lines its hard not to feel guilty. But what else is she supposed to do? Peeta has been further away than ever, and she's been stuck here having to live her life in isolation. It's not easy to forget, but it's easier to forget than it ever has before, and it's a hard thing to pass up.

It's in this moment that Katniss realizes that, to some degree, she had given up on all of that. In some ways, given up on ever seeing any of them again.

"He's better off without me," she says, some of the anger receding in the place of weary bitterness. "I was never going to be the one to save him. Not when I'm supposed to be the Mockingjay."

[thelittlemerman]

Finnick relaxes a little, satisfied that Katniss isn't going to turn this on him. Focusing on Peeta is an easier way to talk about all of this without showing anyone how weak he feels.

"Well, Katniss, if you don't let me do this... if you don't at least let me pretend to do the job I was sent here to do, he might not be safe in 13. Coin will want to know if they gave information to the Capitol, and you know she'll find any excuse and any means necessary to find out. Even if you're still alive. If she thinks I didn't follow orders, the deal could be off."

[mockingjaded]

That part just sounds ridiculous. She doesn't like the idea that Coin supposedly has any control over here.

"That's stupid, Finnick." She raises her hands in an exasperated gesture. "None of them are even here - how could they know about anything we do here?"

[thelittlemerman]

"I don't know, Katniss," he says, tired of arguing. "I wouldn't put anything past them. The point is, I'm not taking any chances, so we can work this out or you can keep wasting your breath."

[mockingjaded]

She stares at him for a long few moments, the fire in her eyes down to a simmering bitterness.

"You can talk to CONDOR about it," she says. "They're still going to want to question you."

[thelittlemerman]

Finnick glances around at the agents. He's a bit uncomfortable being left here alone, but he's certainly not about to ask her to stay. He still has his pride, even though it's just Katniss.

"Fine," he says lightly. "I'm sure they'll be very... sympathetic."

Is he being sarcastic? Even he is not entirely sure. He is confident in his abilities to make people feel sympathy for him, but he is also very aware of how ridiculous all of this is going to sound when he tries to explain it to someone who doesn't know anything about it.