Peggy sees it coming before it happens. Long years of street fighting in District 10 would do that to her even if the Hunger Games hadn't happened. She rolls with the punch, turning her face so his fist bruises her rather than breaks anything--although to be frank, she's not sure if Jason could break anything except his own hand, with a punch like that.
As she turns her face to look at him again, she has to bite her tongue to keep from asking after hand. Seriously, that punch must have hurt him far more than it hurt her. Hopefully the servants will be able to coax him into icing it later.
She sees Linden approach. She shoots him a warning look, Let me handle this, before meeting Jason's eyes calmly. She will give him one free punch, but the next time she's going to have to restrain him.
"Since the 74th Games," she says, her voice completely even despite the rage in his face. It's very possible that a decade of friendship is over, and that's painful, but she can mourn it later. She's just going to give him the one thing she owes him right now. The truth. "Katniss gave the Districts hope that the Capitol could be defied. The rebellion reached out to many people who had reason to be angry at the Capitol. I was one of them."
There's one snippet of truth she'll continue to withhold. That Bucky was the one to approach her, that he is still alive. She cares about Jason, maybe even loves him as friends do, but she loves Bucky too much to trust anyone in he Capitol with the knowledge of his survival.
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As she turns her face to look at him again, she has to bite her tongue to keep from asking after hand. Seriously, that punch must have hurt him far more than it hurt her. Hopefully the servants will be able to coax him into icing it later.
She sees Linden approach. She shoots him a warning look, Let me handle this, before meeting Jason's eyes calmly. She will give him one free punch, but the next time she's going to have to restrain him.
"Since the 74th Games," she says, her voice completely even despite the rage in his face. It's very possible that a decade of friendship is over, and that's painful, but she can mourn it later. She's just going to give him the one thing she owes him right now. The truth. "Katniss gave the Districts hope that the Capitol could be defied. The rebellion reached out to many people who had reason to be angry at the Capitol. I was one of them."
There's one snippet of truth she'll continue to withhold. That Bucky was the one to approach her, that he is still alive. She cares about Jason, maybe even loves him as friends do, but she loves Bucky too much to trust anyone in he Capitol with the knowledge of his survival.