hijackedmockingjay:

The Hunger Games + Characters: Peeta Mellark [1/3]

His mother was yelling, “Feed it to the pig, you stupid creature! Why not? No one decent will buy burnt bread!”

The boy never even glanced my way, but I was watching him. Because of the bread, because of the small red weal that stood out on his cheekbone. What had she hit him with? My parents never hit us. I couldn’t even imagine it. The boy took one look back to the bakery as if checking if the coast was clear, his attention back on the pig, he threw a loaf of bread in my direction. The second quickly followed, and he sloshed back to the bakery, closing the kitchen door tightly behind him.

(insp.)