[ The quiet of the room, of everything around them allows Prim to hear the sight, and she can almost feel her waiting, the fear and pounding of her heart. And in a way Prim shares it. Although she barely knows Peeta, at least compared to Katniss, she's still anxious - worried over his health, over what the Capitol did but also worried in fear of what it may do to Katniss. After being brought to District 13, after hearing about the destruction of District 12 and the capture of Peeta... it's been a rough few months for Katniss, rougher with the impact of both Hunger Games and the show needed for the Capitol added on. And she's scared that Katniss will pull away from everything again, just when she's started getting her back.
At the feel of Katniss's grip, the slight surprise at the motion of the tug due to not being able to see in the dark, Prim falls to her, landing as much on her as Prim did on the bed. But she uses that to her advantage, wrapping her arms around her sister in a big, gripping hug, sitting as close (and on) her as she can, wishing that Prim's strength and resolve could pour into Katniss like water moves through osmosis, wishing that helping her would be so simple.
But it's not, and Prim knows it, she's always known it. But knowing so makes her prepared, perhaps more prepared than she realises. She doesn't know what to say, not yet, but she is there - she'll always be there for her because that is what they do.
Prim sits silently, not loosening her grip around Katniss. She lets herself just sit there, the quiet of the room filling around them again for several minutes. And then she speaks, as quietly as Katniss's original whisper had been ]
They'll help him.
[ Prim doesn't add that what's happened has scared her, scared them all, or that they're not quite sure how to help Peeta (she overheard that too) but she's confident that they can, mostly because they need to. To beat the Capitol they need to beat this, because not being able to do so would mean that they hadn't completely won, that they couldn't.
And they needed to do it for Katniss, but most importantly for Peeta. Even if it will take a while Prim's just glad of one thing: they got him back. Alive ]
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At the feel of Katniss's grip, the slight surprise at the motion of the tug due to not being able to see in the dark, Prim falls to her, landing as much on her as Prim did on the bed. But she uses that to her advantage, wrapping her arms around her sister in a big, gripping hug, sitting as close (and on) her as she can, wishing that Prim's strength and resolve could pour into Katniss like water moves through osmosis, wishing that helping her would be so simple.
But it's not, and Prim knows it, she's always known it. But knowing so makes her prepared, perhaps more prepared than she realises. She doesn't know what to say, not yet, but she is there - she'll always be there for her because that is what they do.
Prim sits silently, not loosening her grip around Katniss. She lets herself just sit there, the quiet of the room filling around them again for several minutes. And then she speaks, as quietly as Katniss's original whisper had been ]
They'll help him.
[ Prim doesn't add that what's happened has scared her, scared them all, or that they're not quite sure how to help Peeta (she overheard that too) but she's confident that they can, mostly because they need to. To beat the Capitol they need to beat this, because not being able to do so would mean that they hadn't completely won, that they couldn't.
And they needed to do it for Katniss, but most importantly for Peeta. Even if it will take a while Prim's just glad of one thing: they got him back. Alive ]