Oliver begins as a toy. A distraction that comes in a well-toned package. He has something she wants, but wrapped up in that well-toned package is a hard muscle of stubbornness. So, Katherine stays in the city to wear it out, to run her claws all over the skin so she can get to the heart of the problem and fix it.
But she becomes attached, as always, and feels a little too much and a little too little for other things that used to mean so much more. She's Katerina, at times, a vulnerable girl who is so naive she can't see what's right beneath her nose. Most of the time she's Katherine, so guarded and well-put together that Oliver shouldn't be able to see through the cracks of her armour.
Thea does, though, and it's what grates Katherine's nerves so much.
It's not love, nor is it infatuation, nor is it what Katherine's so used to. It's something she doesn't want to define in fear of it turning around and chasing her through the woods again. It's a well-deserved vacation, she says, from all those centuries of running from Klaus, but Katherine, for all intents and purposes, starts unpacking those suitcases.
headcanon ‣ katherine + oliver
for mellie; katherine + oliver
Oliver begins as a toy. A distraction that comes in a well-toned package. He has something she wants, but wrapped up in that well-toned package is a hard muscle of stubbornness. So, Katherine stays in the city to wear it out, to run her claws all over the skin so she can get to the heart of the problem and fix it.
But she becomes attached, as always, and feels a little too much and a little too little for other things that used to mean so much more. She's Katerina, at times, a vulnerable girl who is so naive she can't see what's right beneath her nose. Most of the time she's Katherine, so guarded and well-put together that Oliver shouldn't be able to see through the cracks of her armour.
Thea does, though, and it's what grates Katherine's nerves so much.
It's not love, nor is it infatuation, nor is it what Katherine's so used to. It's something she doesn't want to define in fear of it turning around and chasing her through the woods again. It's a well-deserved vacation, she says, from all those centuries of running from Klaus, but Katherine, for all intents and purposes, starts unpacking those suitcases.