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An Ode To Our Sunset. by Soobe
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Hunger Games (Movies)
30 Jan 2026
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"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the glorious reaping of district twelve!"
My hands clasp around Jane's as Effie in her strange sense of style peered down on us, her brick-like jacket resembling somewhat of a chess board with its alternating cubes. I feel a gentle squeeze, an attempt at comfort in such a harrowing moment; I cant help but pray, please not me, not Jane, not Mike. Her thick boots echo as she crosses the wooden stage to that sinful clear bowl. That bowl that carries the name of my loved ones and my own. My name is in their eighteen times, Jane's eleven and Mike's the normal five; If anyone were to be spared I am grateful it'd be him. Time slows as those manicured fingers caress the paper slips pulling out the first name.
"William Byers."
My name. My stupid name. I feel frozen as I hear a gut-wrenching sob escape Jane's mouth as our hands loose each others. Every eye is on me as I walk through the never-ending crowds in which I don't look up. Not at Jonathan, Ma or Lonnie. Not at Jane or Hopper or Mike or anyone from school. I know nobody will volunteer that's not what we do in twelve so I accept it; walking up to that stage I know in a few days I will die.