ELLA-IN-WONDERLAND

Title: Christmas Blessings
Rating: Teen
Character/s & Pairing/s: Katniss & Peeta, Haymitch
Triggers/Warnings: N/A
Word Count: 2, 236
Summary: Canon Complaint Fic. Set between the end of Mockingjay and the Epilogue. Katniss and Peeta celebrate Panem's first District-wide Christmas and each have surprises for each other.
A/Ns: Written for the Fyeah-Everlark's Secret Santa over at Tumblr! Many thanks to jazzfic for being my beta for this fic!

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It's spring-time when Katniss begins to get stirrings. It’s just past dawn - Peeta is still in a deep slumber, but she lays on her side watching as the oranges, reds and yellows filter through the open window, creating bright beams of lights across him. She follows each beam starting from where his head lays on the pillow, a halo surrounding his bright golden curly mop of hair that never seems to stay still no matter how much product is put in it, to his serene and peaceful face turned towards her always. She can see the many little dots of freckles on his cheeks, unnoticeable usually under normal light, and finds herself creating patterns with her eyes. Her gaze then follows the thickest beam of light to his broad shoulders and arms, toned and defined due to his many years of working in a bakery, and she smirks slightly at the reddish, pink mark glowing on his collarbone, her accomplishment of their night together.

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