dd leto, district two | cbd2 | finished

He wants desperately to be more than himself. Boy wonder who can't seem to catch a break.

As much as he tries to be grateful for the cards he's been dealt in life — parents that love him, and siblings he'd lay down his life for — it's not like he's close to anything that a prodigal son from District Two should be. No matter how hard he pushes himself, the time he puts in to try to make up for the lessons he can't afford, even working two jobs his senior year, nothing ever changes. The story writes itself.

He always falls a step behind, even running at full speed.

Yeah. It can all get a little overwhelming. Anxiety throws the fastest punch, chest so tight it feels like he might never breathe again. He wants more than anything to be good, to look at his reflection and feel pride. But his smile never quite reaches his eyes, and for all the laughter that rings through his house, the silence that follows is deafening. Perhaps melancholy is a birthright.

After failing to secure a spot among the District Two Wolves, he traced the blackened roots of his family tree to a second chance — a brand new environment with new obstacles to match, mountains breaking down into oceans. A crown clatters against sand, and sunlight shines over the water like a promise to last forever. Hope is fear is peace is home.

Every hero has his day.