#gadge fanfic

[awhiskeyriver]

The Challenge: Playlist

As promised, here is an updated version of The Challenge playlist. Mainly the same but there has been some tweaks. Bold means it was featured in a chapter. Enjoy!

Thunder: Imagine Dragons

Quarter Past Midnight: Bastille

Arsonists Lullaby: Hozier

Cough Syrup: Young the Giant

Basement: Fitz & The Tantrums

Supalonely: BENEE

Iceberg: BORNS

Bud Like You: AJR

Cross Me: Ed Sheeran, Chance the Rapper

Cruel Summer: Taylor Swift

I Hate Everybody: Halsey

Rude: Dillistone, Lili N

Love/Idleness: Wardell

All In: Sun Airway

Style: Taylor Swift

Cool: Dua Lipa

Electricity: Silk City, Dua Lipa

Let’s Sort the Whole Thing Out: Carly Rae Jepsen

when the partys over: Billie Eilish

I Need Help!: Fitz & The Tantrums

Moonshadow: Cat Stevens

Go Slow: HAIM

Fire Meet Gasoline: Sia

Red Eye: Vance Joy

Talk Too Much: COIN

Would That I: Hozier

So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings: Caroline Polachek

Pretty Please: Dua Lipa

Comeback: Carly Rae Jepsen

Burning Bridges: OneRepublic

I Wanna Get Better: The Bleachers

Nasty: Ariana Grande

False God: Taylor Swift

Saving All My Sinning: Lake Street Dive

Modern Loneliness: Lauv

Keeping Your Head Up: Birdy

Falling: Harry Styles

God is a Woman: Ariana Grande

Seventeen Going Under: Sam Fender

The Bones: Maren Morris, Hozier

All The Feels: Fitz & The Tantrums

Point of Surrender: River City Extension

Six Thirty: Ariana Grande

Life is Life: Noah & The Whale

Never Be The Same: Camila Cabello

So it Goes...: Taylor Swift

Pink: Julie Michaels

Obvious: Ariana Grande

Invisible String: Taylor Swift

#playlist #the panem nightlocks series playlist #the challenge playlist #the challenge #the panem nightlocks series #gadge fanfic #gadge #madge undersee #gale hawthorne #college au #thg #thg fanfic

[broken-everlark]

IM STILL AN EVERLARK DAMMIT. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE MY BABIES AND MY LOVE FOR THEMMMMM!!!

Yes, recently I've been in wyler, but everlark still holds most of my heart. I will always love everlark. Just now, that love is shared with wyler.

#everlark #peeta mellark #katniss everdeen #gadge #odesta #clato #my love for everlark & other thg ships will never waver #one of my og ships #fucking love them #stay away from my peeta #katniss x peeta #peeta x katniss #everlark fanfic #everlark loves💚🧡

[imasradiantasthesun]

Chapters: 1/23 Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Gale Hawthorne/Madge Undersee, Katniss Everdeen & Madge Undersee, Madge Undersee & Mayor Undersee & Mrs. Undersee, Haymitch Abernathy & Madge Undersee, Katniss Everdeen & Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch Abernathy & Gale Hawthorne Characters: Madge Undersee, Gale Hawthorne, Katniss Everdeen, Rue (Hunger Games), Thresh (Hunger Games), Cato (Hunger Games), Clove (Hunger Games), Haymitch Abernathy, Foxface (Hunger Games) Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Tribute Madge, Tribute Gale, 74th Hunger Games, Aged-Up Character(s), POV Madge Undersee, Blood and Injury Summary:

Madge knows she will follow in her aunt Maysilee's footsteps. She does everything in her power to prepare herself to avoid suffering the same fate, including enlisting her best friend Katniss in helping her train.

So when her name is called during the 74th Reaping Ceremony, Madge is as ready as she can be. She takes the route to the stage that avoids her father, she steels her features just as practiced, she drowns out Effie Trinket’s exclamation of her fellow tribute’s name. Madge is prepared, and being prepared means being as detached as possible.

What Madge hadn’t prepared for was the low voice of the boy who hates her most to ring out through the square, desperate to volunteer in his younger brother’s stead. Because of fucking course Madge has to go into the arena alongside Gale Hawthorne.

She really should have seen this coming.

#fics #the hunger games #gale hawthorne #katniss everdeen #madge undersee #fanfic #gadge #haymitch abernathy

[fictionfanaticspod]

Chanel’s @literaturelove Favorite Hunger Games Couple:

Gadge🌿🍓🎼🪙

[gale hawthorne & madge undersee]

#fanfic #fanfiction #fanficfanaticspodcast #ff #thg #thg fandom #hunger games #gale hawthorne #Gale #madge undersee #Gale x Madge #Gadge #Madge x Gale #underthorne #podcast #podcastersofinstagram

[always-andshewrites]

Chapters: 12/? Fandom: The Hunger Games (Movies), Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne/Madge Undersee, Haymitch Abernathy/Effie Trinket Characters: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Madge Undersee, Gale Hawthorne, Effie Trinket, Haymitch Abernathy, Primrose Everdeen, Cinna (Hunger Games), Portia (Hunger Games), President Snow Additional Tags: Friendship/Love, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Supernatural Elements, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Psychic Bond, Mental Link, Quarter Quell (Hunger Games), Conspiracy, everlark, gadge - Freeform, Lucy Gray haunts Snow, Ghost communicate through dreams, The Quarter Quell, paternal loss Series: Part 2 of Changing the Game Summary:

Katniss and Peeta made it out of the arena together, but little do they know the games are only beginning. Who can they trust as secrets are exposed and identities are revealed? This is the sequel to "Changing the Game"; a Hunger Games - Catching Fire rewrite. Told in several different character POV's.

#the hunger games #everlark #hunger games rewrite #hunger games fanfic #everlark honeymoon #everlark toasting #gadge fluff

[madlymadeleine]

okay writing a gadge fic rn and im not sure what’s a good chapter length. i tend to write LONG, so like average of 6k words for each chapter - is that too much???

if i split up chapters, I’ll get between 2k-4k words for each chapter and double the amount of chapters. butttt i can probably pump out future chapters faster.

is it better to have faster updates, shorter chapters or slower updates, longer chapters? am i just overthinking??

#fanfic #writing #the hunger games #gadge #maddieyaps #maddiewrites

[thgfanfictionlibrary]

Authors On THG Writing Hiatus Masterlist (10)

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8 / Part 9 /

***Active (on this blog) is defined as a blog/writer who has updated within the past year. Inactive (on this blog) is defined as a blog/writer that has not been updated at all in the past year+. On THG Writing Hiatus (on this blog) is a blog/writer who has updated within the past year but has not posted a fanfic in the fandom in the past year BUT they may return to writing in the future. Lists will be updated as needed based on activity. ***

Created: November 17th, 2023

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SereneCalamity-ff.net

Popular Fic: Combining Fates They were from completely different worlds; he was an over-privileged playboy and she was an angry foster kid with a tendency to smoke too much. But there was something about her that made her stand out. Everlark.

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Popular Fic: Extra Credit Professor Mellark teaches art history at Panem State University. Katniss is a student in over her head in a class she doesn't need to take. When Katniss gets a poor grade on a paper she turns to Professor Mellark for some extra credit only to find her attraction to him overtakes her good senses and her extra credit turns into something more.

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Popular Fic: Girls Night Out Present day A/U. Johanna Mason copes with a breakup the only way she knows how: going on a man-hunt. She brings her roommate Katniss Everdeen with her and the rest is frat party history. Rated M for explicit language, sexual innuendo, and general snarkiness. Written for Prompts in Panem Places Challenge, Prompt: Frat House. (Ships: Jo/other, Everlark, Gadge, Odesta -- also, major death is not any of the main THG characters)

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Popular Fic: Baby Bliss Katniss finds out she's pregnant, how will Peeta take the news? A story of Katniss and Peeta's lives through their first pregnancy. 2 years post-mockingjay. R&R. Boy or Girl? Everlark fluff.

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Popular Fic: Forsaken Panem Fleet's annual raid is coming up and Katniss Everdeen will do whatever she can to keep her sister from being discovered and deserted... Even if it means volunteering to become one of the Forsaken. From her home on Station 12 to being deposited on a possibly hostile planet Katniss was ready for anything. Except perhaps her companion. The boy with the bread who was a hidden illegal just like her sister. Will his utter fascination in all the things he has never seen drag her into dangers she could have never imagined? Probably.

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Popular Fic: The Song Before Dawn Katniss Everdeen doesn’t believe in fairytales. That is, until she meets the strange and hauntingly beautiful creature of the sea, Peeta Mellark. AU. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.”

WildcatPAcer-ao3

Popular Fic: 1 Moment Can Last Forever ""Hey." It takes me a minute to realize that the greeting actually came from me. That I've stopped right behind him, my books hugged to my chest." What if Katniss let go of her pride and thanked Peeta for the bread right off? Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly… Friends-to-lovers, over years. A no-arena Everlark slow burn to end all slow burns!.

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Popular Fic: Alone in a Crowded Room After suffering a serious injury at the hands of his mother, Peeta begins treatment with Mrs. Everdeen. When Katniss is asked to help with his treatment things take an unexpected turn.

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Popular Fic: Into the Woods This was written ages ago for Everlark Birthday Gifts. I can't remember the prompt/ request but they asked for smut and so smut I gave.

#masterlist #everlark fanfiction #thg fanfiction #everlark #thg #writing-hiatus authors #writing-hiatus #writing-hiatus authors masterlist

[cranberry-cosmo]

can somebody make a tragedy/angst gadge fic inspired by dancing with our hands tied by t.swift pls

#gadge #gale hawthorne #madge undersee #folklore is a gadge album #and many more taylor swift songs #gadge fanfic

[d3ndroica]

Big Apple 8

Part 1     Part 2      Part 3     Part 4     Part 5     Part 6      Part 7

Friday morning, Madge headed to work with an extra spring in her step. Maybe because it was Friday and there was an afternoon holiday party at work. Or maybe because she had weekend plans with Gale. There was a constant fluttering in the pit of her stomach, half anticipation and half anxiety. In the morning she threw herself into the minutiae of lab work. She had a quick meeting over lunch confirming the expected schedule for the holidays - Madge had a few days off including Christmas. The lab’s holiday party was a casual thing starting at 2pm. Madge had finished most of her lab work in the morning, and as she checked email her mind wandered. Saturday dinner with Gale loomed in her mind. A Date! Okay, maybe a date. They hadn’t really specified, but Madge was feeling optimistic.

To help distract herself from the inevitable overthinking, Madge texted with Thom. He had been super grumpy since his show ended and she figured she could kill two birds with one stone, cheering him up and distracting herself. She convinced him she would come to his place for dinner and a movie or something. He only agreed because it was “totally gross” out and he had practically no disposable income, but at least he agreed.

The holiday party was, well, a bit awkward. Even though she’d done a few happy hours, having the bosses and other people she didn’t know put a damper on the party spirit. But there was wine and free food and a group gift exchange in which Madge scored a new travel mug and coffee shop gift card, so it wasn’t all bad.

She showed up at Thom’s after work with frozen pizza and ice cream. As usual, Thom proved to be an excellent distraction from whatever was on her mind. They watched a stupid comedy and made snarky comments through the whole thing. When the movie was over Thom switched over to Real Housewives and before Madge realized how late it was, she was half asleep on the couch, so she just stayed the night. Saturday was cold but clear. Madge was bundled up on the subway, reading a book on her way home when she got Gale’s message. She had to fish for the phone from her coat pocket and take off her gloves to unlock it. Gale 10:51am can’t make it tonight something came up sorry :(

Madge 10:54am OK. Everything OK?

Gale 10:55am Yeah OK. rain check?

Madge 10:57am Yeah np

Except, of course, it was a problem. Why, she wondered. He hadn’t explained, and she hadn’t asked, but it felt like rejection. Something came up, which could mean anything at all, or nothing. The idea of a rain check was little consolation.

Madge tried to make new plans. Well, she texted Rue about doing something, but Rue had a performance. She’d be free on Monday, so Madge agreed to meet up then. Madge also emailed Delly a sad diatribe about men being stupid, but mostly she felt like the stupid one. Ugh. So she wound up spending Saturday night doing laundry, watching Sex and the City streaming online, and getting drunk on cheap wine. She glared at her phone but did not text him. She’d decided that since he had canceled the plans she’d initiated, it was up to him to re-engage. Sunday she finished her holiday shopping. Delly called to commiserate about their lack of dating lives. That evening, Madge called her dad, catching him up on work and the city - everything except Gale. She didn’t talk about her dating life with family if she could avoid it. Her dad spent about 20 minutes describing the latest episode of Midsomer Murders he’d seen, practically scene by scene, except he kept mixing up which characters were which, so Madge was left with a  bizarre muddle of people who may have been blackmailing and/or sleeping with each other.

Monday rolled around all too quickly. Madge felt forlorn, a cold dreary Monday and still nothing from Gale. She had a busy day scheduled in the lab, prepping her new cell cultures. She was determined to be sure everything was pristine this time around. As she was breaking for lunch, she ran into another lab tech, Vinayak, whom she’d chatted with at the holiday party. He was watching some viral video a student had made for their biology class about cell reproduction processes - Madge had to appreciate it, it mentioned apoptosis! She got sucked into a short conversation with him and some other coworkers about it and other biomed social media. When she finally got back to her desk she checked her phone and found a series of messages waiting. Rue had messaged with a suggestion for a dive bar to meet at before the movie. And Gale had texted. Finally. Gale 11:23am hey

Gale 11:29am you free tonight?

Madge 12:41pm Sorry :( have plans Been stuck in the lab Maybe tomorrow?

Madge sighed. The more she thought about it, she realized she was angry at him. Did he think Monday night plans were just as good as Saturday? And why was it always the same day, couldn’t he make plans a few days out, give her some warning? She hadn’t really thought about it before but now it occurred to her that he had only ever made plans on the same day with her - never in advance. She wasn’t sure if that was supposed to tell her something about him - or about her. And he was mostly MIA on weekends which seemed, if anything, not promising. The whole things left her feeling grumpy. She was happy that she had enough of a life to not be at his beck and call (not a fair accounting but whatever, she still considered herself new to the city and for once she had plans so she could at least feel good about that). She was also annoyed that she wouldn’t see him.

Still, she was determined to have fun tonight, meeting up with Rue to see the latest Wonder Woman movie. Returning to the lab after lunch, Madge struggled to get through all the steps of the day’s protocol. After a hectic afternoon, Madge managed to be only a little late meeting Rue at a dive bar, just in time to take advantage of the cheap (and weak) happy hour specials before the movie. Madge barely even had time to look at her phone. They talked about the holidays - Rue’s shows were scheduled throughout so she would be in town working through all the holidays. She asked about Madge’s work. Madge started explaining her day, but gave up when she saw Rue’s blank look. They moved onto other topics before walking to the theater. The movie was entertaining, and they made vague promises of getting together again soon before each heading home.

Gale 1:03pm tomorrow should be ok I have a meeting til 5 then free

Madge 6:20pm Sounds good. I should be able to get off early tomorrow

Gale 6:41pm U up for morningside? Could eat nearby?

Madge 10:34pm ok Any ideas? Or just meet at subway stn?

Gale 10:39pm sure just meet 116th st subway @ 6?

Madge 10:50pm Soudns good ….so I just did the thing where I turned on the computer and started scanning the exact same feeds I’ve been looking at on my phone 😩😫

Gale 10:52pm 😆 home now?

Madge 10:54pm 👣🍿🎵

Gale 10:59pm long day?

Madge 11:04pm soo long It was hard But good, you know?

Gale  11:06pm you know i said day not date right? you didn’t send a going home with someone emoji

Madge smirked at her phone.

Madge 11:07pm You think if I were with long hard & good I would be on my phone?

Gale 11:08pm well good isn’t mindblowing so it depends if you want 🍆 or 💏

Madge 11:09pm It can’t be both? (Unless you’re accusing me of ethnic cleansing bc those people are weirdly yellow)

Gale 11:09pm  ok you’re alone so want to explain what was long, hard, and good for you today? inquiring minds want to know 😉

Madge 11:10pm Just another busy day curing cancer ;-)

Gale 11:11pm I heard it’s more complicated than that

Madge 11:12pm Well that’s what makes it so hard

Gale 11:14pm lol, guess i have to give you that one sounds stimulating 😎

Madge 11:16pm So - how was your day?

Gale 11:17pm well not as long or hard as yours 😉

Madge 11:18pm Well It’s not about the length of your day but what you do with it ;-) 

Gale 11:20pm 🙊 I’ll try to remember that looking forward to 2moro

Madge 11:21pm Me 2 :)

Gale 11:22pm 👍

Madge hesitated, typed, it’s a date, and told herself to press send. She wavered. She wanted him to say it was a date. Why couldn’t he say that? She knew he could see that she’d been typing. She deleted the words she’d written.

Madge 11:25pm my long day is catching up with me  See you tomorrow

Gale 11:26pm goodnight Madge set down her phone and thought about what she would wear the next day. She took a shower, washed and dried her hair. She pulled on comfy flannel pajamas and laid down for bed. And laid there. Awake.

Madge 12:13am Hi

Thom 12:15am Yo

Madge 12:16am Seeing GH tomorrow

Thom 12:17am 👍🔥  r u 2 DTF

Madge 12:18am NO We’re not even dating

Thom 12:19am nedn fuck him then u’ll know

Madge 12:21am Can you be serious for one minute? We’re supposed to go to morningside park Is that a terrible idea?

Thom 12:22am u rly worried?

Madge 12:23am I barely know him and we’re going for a nighttime stroll in a strange park. If this were a horror movie I’d be saying how dumb I was

Thom 12:24am STOP UR NOT IN A MOVIE anw he’s mr consent 100% ggg

Madge laughed out loud at that - mostly at herself. She didn’t even know where that had come from but Thom as usual managed to calm her while bordering on TMI.

Madge 12:25am lol Sorry

Thom 12:26am npgf now go 2 bed b ;)

Tuesday morning she opted for a shorter workout than usual, allowing some extra time to prepare for that night. She could not even pretend she thought this was going to be casual. She was still a little annoyed at him, but having a little advance warning was better than none. She could at least pick out her outfit knowing she’d see him.

She wondered what would happen. She knew she could be in for a big disappointment, but she couldn’t help hope. As distracted as she was, work was helpful for keeping her occupied. She was still determined to get the labwork right. She managed to push most of the thoughts of Gale to the side as she peered into her microscope to observe her lab cultures.

They sent a few texts midday, not much more than confirming the night’s plans. Before she knew where the time had gone, it was 6pm and she was packed with a thousand other strangers on the train, protecting her small allotment of breathing room from the other jostling passengers, speeding towards … something. She came through the turnstiles and he was there. Leaning on the wall, head bent down toward his phone, his eyes were skimming the turnstiles. For her. Her heart beat a little faster. How long had it been? He looked good. He was clean shaven; he wore a beanie with a Knicks logo pulled down low over his head.

Was this happening? She ran her fingers through her hair and walked over. Gale smiled when he saw her and tucked his phone into a pocket. His “hi” was warm. Madge’s mind chased the question whether it was a friendly warm or something more. If she had been hoping for time to stop, it didn’t - their eyes met for a moment and then suddenly he was adjusting his scarf and leading her toward the subway exit far too quickly.

She had done a cursory web search to see what food was nearby. Maybe Gale had too, or maybe he just knew the neighborhood. As they left the station he said, “Well, there’s seafood, a beer garden, or middle eastern right on the corner. There’s other stuff nearby. What are you in the mood for?”

“How about middle eastern?” she suggested. “I haven’t had a good falafel in ages.” Madge had already checked out their website.

“Falafel?” From his dubious tone, she guessed it wasn’t what he’d expected her to choose. 

“Is that okay?” She quirked up an eyebrow and looked at him. She had assumed he would be okay with his own list.

“Sure,” he agreed, seeming amused.

They quickly spotted the middle eastern cafe across the street, with a cute storefront. Gale took that extra stride as they approached the door and held it open for her. As he stepped through after her, Madge rubbed her hands in the warmth of the cafe.

They were led to a small table along the wall, and quickly shed their coats and scarves. They sat, Madge facing the inner restaurant and Gale facing the window, coats draped over chairs. Sitting across from each other, Gale asked Madge about her day. Whether real or imagined, the gleam in his eye led her thoughts directly to the long and hard convo … Shit, was he trying to be dirty or was it just her? It was going to be harder to keep her head clear with him right here in front of her. Madge saw the waiter coming to fill their water glasses and opened her menu as if to remind herself where they were. She was sure her cheeks flushed as she rambled something about her workday. When she asked about his day, Gale talked briefly about work, about working through bugs in their code, and a customer who kept changing their priorities.  

The menu choices looked pretty standard by Madge’s experience. They decided to share the appetizer sampler which included hummus, baba ghanoush, grape leaves and the like. Madge added falafel; Gale picked chicken shawarma. It wasn’t long before they’d put in their order with the young waiter.

Soon after the drinks arrived Gale asked, “So when are you going home for Christmas?”

“Hmm? Oh, yeah,” she said. “Not til next week, my flight is Tuesday. I hope the weather doesn’t mess up my flights or anything. I’m just going for a few days - visit my dad and see a few friends. You?”

Gale shook his head. “Still need to get tickets. I’m going, I just don’t know the details yet.”

“Really? Isn’t it kind of late for that?”

“Well, I’m just catching a train. I’ll figure it out this week.”

Madge shook her head, amazed at how cavalier he was about leaving Christmas travel details to the last minute. “What about work?” she asked. As odd as it seemed, he had to know what he was doing; unlike her, he had done this before. He had lived here a lot longer than her.

“I took some time off,” he shrugged. “And i can work remotely if i need to.”

“Must be nice,” she answered.

Talking about Christmas plans led to talking about family. Gale talked about his more than she expected - two college aged brothers she had trouble keeping straight, and a twelve year old sister. He seemed extremely protective and fond of them. The waiter came and went, bringing appetizers and main courses. Gale asked about her family and hometown, things she usually didn’t talk much about.

She told him about her dad’s obsession with British crime dramas. ”We always watch a few when I’m home, except half the time he falls asleep in the middle, so I don’t know what the point is,” she laughed.

One side of Gale’s mouth twisted up in a half smile and their gazes held. “What do you do if he falls asleep?” He popped the last stuffed grape leaf into his mouth.

Madge shrugged. “I still watch it. I mean, by then I’m usually hooked anyway.”

“Are you sure he’s the one who’s obsessed?” he asked with a smirk.

They dawdled over the last crumbs on their plates until Madge asked the passing waiter for the bill. Turning back to Gale she asked, “So how far is Morningside from here?”

“A couple blocks. But we don’t have to go tonight,” Gale hedged.

“No I want to,” Madge countered. “I mean, that was the plan right? And a walk would be nice.”

“Okay, then,” Gale agreed, but he didn’t seem as enthusiastic as Madge had expected. A little doubt worried her thoughts.

After Madge paid the bill, they pulled their coats on and headed for the street. “Thanks for dinner,” Gale said.

“Well I did owe you,” she answered. “But you’re welcome.”

Outside the sky was that strange shade of purple caused by orange city lights reflecting off the dark clouds overhead. The streetlights lit their way down 116th street to the park. Madge shivered against the cold and pulled her gloves on as they walked.

“We could do the park another time,” Gale offered. “If it’s too cold.”

“Shut up,” Madge said, eyeing the darkness ahead of them. “I’ll be fine once we’re walking.”

Other than her toes, because her boots that could both look good and can handle walking were not well insulated, and her nose, she did warm quickly. She kept her hands in her pockets,mostly because Gale’s hands were in his pockets. Now that they were on their way, Gale seemed relaxed.             

As they approached the park, Madge’s uncertainty grew. She felt her awareness of the dark shadows ramping up and her heartbeat picking up the pace.

“Do you do this a lot?” she asked.

“No,” he admitted with a grin. A jogger with a dog passed by.  

“I’m all for trying new things but are you sure this is safe? Because it seems kinda crazy. And I would really like to not wake up dead in a ditch somewhere tomorrow.”

“Trust me, we’ll be fine,” he shrugged off her concern. “Give it a chance and if you want to leave, just say so and we’ll leave. Buddy system, remember?” On her own, Madge thought the buddy system sounded awfully platonic, but somehow he made it sound flirtatious.

“Right,” she said.

There weren’t many people around, just a few figures here and there who all appeared to be on their way somewhere. Gale headed to the left when they entered the park. There were street lamps here and there providing pools of light enough to follow the path easily. You could see the buildings on either side of the park, the ones to the west towering over them from the top of a steep and tree-covered hillside. They walked together past the dog run where a few stragglers were still chasing each other. Their owners stood off to one side, chatting to pass the time while watching the dogs. Gale raised an arm in a friendly gesture; one of the dog walkers reciprocated. When they reached a fork in the path, they turned further into the park and north again. 

Other than being dark off the path, the park seemed fairly innocuous. Madge’s nerves began to calm down. “So is this your favorite park?” she asked. 

Gale shook his head. “Nah. It’s too small. But I like it. It feels homey.”

“Homey?” Madge was dubious. 

“Well, yeah. You’ve got playgrounds and b-ball hoops, baseball fields, the dog walk. You’ll have to see it in the daylight sometime,” Gale said.

Madge pursed her lips, annoyed.

Gale must have realized it.  “Sorry I bailed on Saturday,” he said quietly.

“Uh-huh,” Madge replied, noncommittal. The silence stretched between them as she debated whether to ask more. Her mouth was dry. “So … what happened?”

With a rueful sigh Gale answered, “um, well. It’s not a good story. My roommate Jimmy had stomach flu last week. As in, literally immediately after we talked about getting together, he starts puking his guts out. And doesn’t stop. I was kind of hoping it was just food poisoning or something. But then it hit Carlo on Saturday morning. I figured I was next.”

“Oh,” Madge said, wrinkling her nose and, to be honest, trying not to laugh.

“It wasn’t pretty,” he added. “I basically spent the weekend watching sports in my room and cleaning everything in the apartment. I figured if we came Saturday I’d ruin it by getting sick. Or something. It didn’t matter - I never got sick, but still - guess I got lucky. They’re both fine now, anyway.”

“Oh, that’s good,” she agreed. “So ...  um. Why didn’t you say so?”

“Sorry,” he sighed. “It’s not exactly, you know, a pleasant image. I was going to email you … but I don’t have your email. So that plan kinda fell apart.”

“Oh,” she said. “Well I’m glad you’re okay. And at least we’re here now.” She was mostly relieved that it was a decent reason. Still, if she had only known, the last few days would have been easier, at least. But, complaining now seemed silly -she felt immature, and didn’t want him to know she’d felt so insecure and jealous over it. She had no right to feel those things.

“Yeah, we are,” Gale agreed, his mouth curving into a smile as he looked back at her - she hadn’t even realized she’d slowed down. He reached out a hand to her. “C’mon, then.”  She took it, feeling his heat through the fingers of her gloves.

Up ahead there was water on their left, between the hillside - no, the cliff - and the path. Madge eyed the water as they walked. She joked, “My roommate knows where I am and who I’m with. So, you know, you can forget about any plans you had to slash my throat and toss my body in the water.” The cliff face across the water looked imposing in the dark, a hulking shadow.

“What?” Gale shook his head. “Wow that would make me the worst buddy ever.”

“I’m just saying, logically, it’s a bad idea,” she argued, trying to sound matter of fact.

“Oh, thanks,” Gale answered. “Is that supposed to make me feel better? I think you’ve been watching too many crime dramas with your dad. And come on,  Slash your throat? Seems unnecessarily messy.”

She laughed.

“Besides this is no place to dump a body. It’s not THAT remote,” he scoffed.

“Oh, thanks, that’s comforting,” she answered, still laughing.

“Well when you said you were afraid to go in city parks alone in the dark I had no idea you would accuse me of being a knife-wielding maniac.”

“I never said maniac,” she protested.

“It was implied. If you can’t trust your buddy who can you trust?”

“I trust you,” She grumbled. “But -”

“But what?”

“You want to talk about implications, how about this? What are the implications of me being alone with you in a strange park at night. I want to see the park and I’m sure it’s great but it’s really not why I’m here. If you want to be buddies that’s fine, but -”

He cut her off, saying, “I thought it would be romantic.”

“What?”

“The park. I thought it would be romantic. A walk through the park, moonlight, holding hands.“

Madge stepped in close. She tilted her face to his and kissed him. Her lips moved against his, soft and slow. He responded, and she felt his arms wrap around her.

She smiled against his lips.

“Romantic, huh?”

#gadge #nyc-verse #my-fanfic #my fanfic #gadge fanfic

[thgdiscovery]

THG Discovery: Discover Monday

Welcome to week 4 of THG Discovery! I can’t believe we’re done with our first month already. Hopefully, everyone found some new material to enjoy and found some new blogs along the way. Thank you again, and enjoy this month’s last week of THG Discovery!

Creators

Remember, if you’d like me to showcase another work of yours, put it in an ask, and I will answer it with a link to that work. If it is a story posted on Tumblr or a site other than AO3/ FFN, please DM me ( @eiramrelyat ) the link.

Everlark

Writer: @drivebyanon​— A Little Piece of Heaven (Rated E); What Lies in Between (Rated M); The Shackle Unbroken (Rated G)

Writer: @lovely-tothe-bone​— Wild Horses (Rated G); The Sun Will Rise (Rated T); Singing in The Meadow (Rated G)

Writer: @thetruthisinthetooth​— Seven days in sunny June (Rated M)

Artist: @iminnerdvana​— peeta and i grow back together; everlark kisses; A day in the meadow

Writer: @katnissdoesnotfollowback​— A Case of the Honeymoons (Rated E); The Baker & The Hunter (Rated M); 12 X 12 (Rated T)

Writer: @elricsister​— Making Toast (!babies) (Rated T); Death, Time, Love (Rated T); Peeta’s Holidays Escapades (Rated T)

Writer: @jennagill​— Take A Shot at Love (Rated M); funny how a melody sounds like a memory (Rated T); Flip Cup (Rated T)

Writer: @mtk4fun​— The Wedding of the Year (Rated T); In The Hollow Of His Hands (Rated T/ Mrs. E & OC); Run, River, Run (Rated T)

Hayffie

Artist: @sophie-maybe-lucy​— untitled;  Katniss, The Vampire Slayer

Gadge

Writer: @rumaan​— Mission: Engaged (Rated G); The Dating Game (Rated T); And the Day Goes On (Rated T)

Blogs/ Mutuals: 

@chocolateshipcookieblog​ ( THG/ Hayffie) @lavender-evelopes​ (Everlark) @old-lady-here​ (everlark) @waitingformydandelion​ (everlark) @everlarkrainbow​ (Everlark) @thehungergamesposts​ (THG/ Everlark)

Your THG Discovery Admin

@eiramrelyat​

#everlark #hayffie #gadge #everlark fanfiction #everlark fanart #everlark blog #hayffie fanart #hayffie blog #gadge fanfiction #gadge blog #thg fanfic #thg #fanfiction #fanart #fic rec #fanart rec #blog rec #week 4 #thgdiscovery

[awhiskeyriver]

Literally in love with The Tutor. There are so few modern odesta fics, thank you for writing such a fantastic one!!!

Aww omg thank you so much! It is so fun to write. I love that this series has allowed me to branch out and write stories about characters I haven't before. I plan to do it in the future again with my hockey series as well as the motorcycle club fic I wrote forever ago that I plan to re-upload which I may turn into a series for the other characters, because I have story lines for them as well.

#anon #ask #fanfic #odesta #so expect more odesta in the future! #and gadge #and of course everlark #the tutor #the panem nightlocks series

[broken-everlark]

Sorry the holidays have been busy lately and I'm so sorry I haven't updated anything lately🥺😭😔

#everlark #peeta mellark #katniss everdeen #gadge #odesta #clato #ao3 #thg fanfic

[barkilphedros-hat]

Clarke: *rejects Warren’s advances for very good and valid reasons*

Warren: Clarke is…evil? Clarke is unyielding? Clarke is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to take my anger out on the blacksmith’s apprentice. I can no longer thrive in this household.

#I continue to make memes of my own shitty fanfics #IN9 #inside no 9 #the trial of elizabeth gadge

[fictionfanaticspod]

Gadge🍓🌿🎼🪙

#fanfic #fanfiction #fanficfanaticspodcast #ff #thg fandom #hunger games #thg #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #Gadge #Madge and Gale #Gale x madge #madge x Gale #gale hawthorne #madge undersee #underthorne

[wilder-minded]

Hi! I'm Riss :)

I post my fanfiction writings, currently a Gadge fic I have been working on for a few years.

My interests include: Criminal Minds, The Hunger Games, the Office, MCU, and the occasional personal post.

I write for The Hunger Games currently, but may expand. Lets be pals!

My AO3 profile.

Masterlist

Slow Fire Burn

The Hunger Games partial AU. Gale x Madge.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

#about me #criminal minds #the hunger games #gadge #twilight #the office #mcu #fanfic #ao3

[hawtnip]

Pretty Dresses

Six times Madge Undersee wishes to wear something else, and one time she doesn't.

(a fic started in 2012 and finished in 2021 because nostalgia is a bitch, now on AO3)

#gale hawthorne #madge undersee #gadge #thg fanfic #thg fic #i feel stupid and contagious don’t look at me