FIC: ST RPS -- Tribute (1/2)

Title: Tribute (1/2)
Author: the_deep_magic
Artist: temporalranger (see all art here)
Pairing: Pinto
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 17,247
Warnings: angst, morbid (nonsexual) themes, slightly exaggerated age difference (though everyone’s legal), virginity
Disclaimer: The Hunger Games universe belongs to Suzanne Collins.  Risa, Agathena, and Spengler are mine.  Chris and Zach belong to each other themselves.
Summary: Hunger Games AU – He should have been safe.
A/N: My contribution to this year's rpf_big_bang.  Thank/blame therumjournals for this – she Twitter-prompted (Twompted?) an HG prequel AU, and then beta’d for me like an awesome enabler ;o).  No spoilers for The Hunger Games, and you don’t need to be familiar with the books to read this.

( He’d had his life all planned out – maybe not a glamorous or particularly prosperous one, but a long one. )

FIC: ST RPS -- Tribute (2/2)

Title: Tribute (2/2)
Author: the_deep_magic
Artist: temporalranger (see all art here)
Pairing: Pinto
Rating: NC-17
For warnings and more notes, please see part one

( As torturously long as the day had been, that night seemed terrifyingly short. )