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Peeta Mellark ([personal profile] ourshinycity) wrote2011-08-25 02:41 pm

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Peeta had no taste for danger. He understood why people wanted to go down and explore that city under the ground. He just wasn’t one of them. He’d had more than his fair share of it already.

No. Other people here might be willing to risk their lives for the sake of curiosity and exploration, but he was fine with manning the fort at home. There wasn’t anything wrong with that. It wasn’t born out of cowardice or fear. It was just him recognising that it wasn’t for him. Maybe next time, but not now.

There was a fine layer of flour on his arms and hands, dusting his shirt and smudged on his cheeks. It was familiar. It was comfortable. It was just the right sort of thing he needed. His hands working the dough, he carefully rolled it out before twisting it into elaborate knots. He was so engrossed in his work that it wasn’t until he had finished with about five of them did he look up and realise that someone had entered the bakery. Smiling widely he stepped closer to the counter.

“Hi. What can I get for you?”
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[personal profile] notverywise 2011-08-26 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Watching as he indicated all the different pastries, Jenny couldn't help the slight grin on her face, one that just bordered on eager. It was a simple thing, of course, nothing of any real consequence at all, but there was still something nice about how personal it was, the way he knew about all the different things and was willing to go into such an explanation for her. That was what everyone said, though, about how nice people were. She was beginning to think that it really was true.

"I think I'll go with the chocolate chip scone," she said, glancing up from the case to look at Peeta again. "How does that sound?"
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[personal profile] notverywise 2011-08-27 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Nothing that comes to mind," Jenny said, thoughtful, as she took the scone he held out to her, breaking off just the corner of it and popping that into her mouth. "Gosh, this is wonderful, thank you." She hadn't expected any less, of course — if people had gone through the trouble of building a bakery when the kitchen would have sufficed just as well, it was bound to be because there were people well-suited to run it — but it seemed of note all the same.

Glancing around the room and seeing no one else there, she leaned sideways against the counter, looking at Peeta all the while. "So is business terribly slow, or have I just come at the right time?"