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Who| Sam Wilson and YOU! All of you!
What| Sleep issues and trying to settle post-arena
Where| Various spots in the Tribute Tower/over the Capitol
When| After the end of the arena and through the first week after, mostly before Panem Nightly
Warnings/Notes| Prompts for specific locations under the cut! Nightmare and PTSD-talk likely, probably mentions of violence and death
Late Nights in District 5
It’s probably not a secret that Sam hasn’t slept much since getting back from the arena, the same way that he can pick up the signs that he’s not the only one with sleeping problems in District Five. Some nights, he doesn’t even try - he either doesn’t return back to the floor at all, or when he does, he heads straight for the couch or the kitchen.
The nights he is there, he can be found in the common areas at all hours of the night, watching bad Capitol TV with the volume on low, in the kitchen making snacks, or even occasionally catching a few minutes of sleep on the couch before he jerks awake again.
In the Training Center
He’d been in the training room a lot before the arena, sure, but it’s even worse now. Whenever he has downtime that he can’t fill up by something else, Sam ends up here, going through a workout, practicing with whatever weapons are available, or just attacking the punching bags.
When he’s alone, he goes all out, sets up a playlist full of fast-paced, heavy workout songs and just loses himself in them.
When there’s other people there, though, he goes slower, reduces the pace so he can maintain a conversation, if they’re the type that will put up with him when he attempts to strike up one.
Out and About in the Capitol
Now that the curfew’s gone, most mornings he goes outside for his run. He hasn’t found a path he likes enough yet to make it a regular one, so he alternates routes through the parks and on the sidewalks.
When he’s done, sometimes he lingers in the Capitol, going shopping or just wandering around to get a better feel for the city, keeping an eye out for anyone he knows. Or anyone who looks like they might be a Tribute, instead of another… interestingly dressed Capitol citizen.
For Close CR
Some nights, he just can’t stand the thought of being alone. All right, a lot of nights, and he’s not too proud to seek out company when he needs someone else’s presence to pull him out of the thoughts that get stuck in his head.
Even if he does feel a little guilty at the late hour, but he figures they could tell him to get lost if they actually are sleeping, and don’t want to be disturbed.
So he when he can’t sleep, he makes his way to rooms that aren’t his, knocks quiet but firm on the doors of the people he considers himself lucky to call his friends.
(Starter prompts for specific threads in the comments!)
What| Sleep issues and trying to settle post-arena
Where| Various spots in the Tribute Tower/over the Capitol
When| After the end of the arena and through the first week after, mostly before Panem Nightly
Warnings/Notes| Prompts for specific locations under the cut! Nightmare and PTSD-talk likely, probably mentions of violence and death
Late Nights in District 5
It’s probably not a secret that Sam hasn’t slept much since getting back from the arena, the same way that he can pick up the signs that he’s not the only one with sleeping problems in District Five. Some nights, he doesn’t even try - he either doesn’t return back to the floor at all, or when he does, he heads straight for the couch or the kitchen.
The nights he is there, he can be found in the common areas at all hours of the night, watching bad Capitol TV with the volume on low, in the kitchen making snacks, or even occasionally catching a few minutes of sleep on the couch before he jerks awake again.
In the Training Center
He’d been in the training room a lot before the arena, sure, but it’s even worse now. Whenever he has downtime that he can’t fill up by something else, Sam ends up here, going through a workout, practicing with whatever weapons are available, or just attacking the punching bags.
When he’s alone, he goes all out, sets up a playlist full of fast-paced, heavy workout songs and just loses himself in them.
When there’s other people there, though, he goes slower, reduces the pace so he can maintain a conversation, if they’re the type that will put up with him when he attempts to strike up one.
Out and About in the Capitol
Now that the curfew’s gone, most mornings he goes outside for his run. He hasn’t found a path he likes enough yet to make it a regular one, so he alternates routes through the parks and on the sidewalks.
When he’s done, sometimes he lingers in the Capitol, going shopping or just wandering around to get a better feel for the city, keeping an eye out for anyone he knows. Or anyone who looks like they might be a Tribute, instead of another… interestingly dressed Capitol citizen.
For Close CR
Some nights, he just can’t stand the thought of being alone. All right, a lot of nights, and he’s not too proud to seek out company when he needs someone else’s presence to pull him out of the thoughts that get stuck in his head.
Even if he does feel a little guilty at the late hour, but he figures they could tell him to get lost if they actually are sleeping, and don’t want to be disturbed.
So he when he can’t sleep, he makes his way to rooms that aren’t his, knocks quiet but firm on the doors of the people he considers himself lucky to call his friends.
(Starter prompts for specific threads in the comments!)
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He snorts a little as he finishes pulling out everything he needs, standing back to let Julian inspect it as he gathers up kitchen tools. “That’s something you only get to find out when you want to be a member.”
Sam hands Julian a block of cheese, setting the grater on the counter next to him. “Good enough. You grate while I slice up these onions.” He moves over to the cutting board, starting up his slicing before he asks, “You have chefs, back at home?”
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“That’s not fair. I’ll never know now.” Julian picks up some of the ingredients to give them a closer look, then after a few moments sets them down with a nod of approval. “But that’s okay. There’s tons of cat club secrets you don’t know about.”
Julian sets down the Chex mix reluctantly, and then gets to grating, movements a little slow and awkward but they at least get the job done. “Of course. The chefs made almost all my meals since I was a kid. Why bother cooking when you can pay someone else to do it.”
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He tries not to think about how hard that means the next arena’s going to be for him.
“You could find out if you ever decide to convert to the bird side,” he teases as he dumps his onions into a pan to get them simmering.
“Because cooking’s fun, man. And it’s an easy way to impress people.” He grins a little. “Course, I wouldn’t know about being able to pay people to do it for me. What do your parents do that means they could have a personal chef?”
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“It’s… fun? Eating is fun, but I didn’t think cooking could be.” He glances between the grater and the pan where Sam’s cooking the onions, looking confused as to what the fun part exactly is, but it doesn’t take him long to go back to being smug as he adds on, “I don’t really have to worry about impressing people, either. I’m already a very impressive person.”
“My dad owns a security system business, but he owns a lot of other things too. Hotels, malls, golf courses, anything he thinks is deserving of his attention, really.” There’s a hint of pride to his voice as he answers, glad to have any excuse to be able to brag about his dad. “Our last name was pretty well known, back home.”
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Then he gives a little laugh. “You don’t, huh? Well, maybe impressive is the wrong word. But It usually makes people happy, when you make them sometime. It’s relaxing, and it’s almost like magic, getting to see the end result from what you put in it.”
That’s about what Sam expected as an answer. The more important stuff is what Julian didn’t say - the pride in his voice, and the fact that he didn’t mention his mom. “All of that must keep your dad pretty busy.”
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Julian nods. “People do like getting things.” That much makes sense to him, at least, even if he’s not so sure whether it matters if you make it or not. “Like magic? You really like cooking that much?”
“It does. He's always worked a lot.” If he didn’t, they wouldn’t have had the money they did. That’s what he told Julian, even when Julian got his abilities and was confined to the house. Julian thinks he might have been okay with having less money if it meant he got to see his dad more. But he doesn’t say that, instead he says, “He still tried to make time for me, and he made sure to always send me whatever I wanted.”