i would give all this and heaven too - Gale/Prim Future fic

[neverknew_xo]

Title: i would give all this and heaven too
Fandom: The Hunger Games
Pairing: Gale/Prim
Rating: PG
Summary: Set years after Mockingjay. Gale lives a relatively normal life, but is unable to escape a certain grievance of the past.

Comments

[whirl_fragrance]

Ooh, I really loved this! I didn't like how the ending of Mockingjay just completely ignored Gale. It felt really rushed and the way Gale just disappears from the narrative made me feel like I was supposed to care more about Katniss and Peeta getting together. But I honestly was more curious about Gale, and Collins never addresses that at all. I mean, he must've been guilty. I think you're exactly right, because I think Gale and Prim were friends and were close too, and it must've been really awful for Gale to know how she died. This is just such an interesting exploration of how Gale would deal with Prim's death and knowing he may have had a hand in it. I think he's pretty sure that the bomb was his, actually, but maybe that's just me.

[neverknew_xo]

Thank you so much for the review! I completely agree about the ending of Mockingjay excluding Gale. He was an essential character and all we really know about him at the end is that he has a fancy job in District 2. I had so many questions by the end, like what was his fancy job? Is he married? Does he still grieve because of everything that's happened? So many questions. So since we got that kind of vague ending, I really wanted to show Gale wrestling with his guilt, because I think it's a lot harder when you don't know if you did or didn't do something wrong. I'm really glad you liked this! It's my first time writing about The Hunger Games series :)

[sly_as_fawkes]

This was awesome. It's nice to read something from Gale's POV and something with depth of feeling. I really enjoyed it.

[neverknew_xo]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it :)