#katherine: bettertodiethantocrawl (crutchie)

[orchestrahearts]

Crutchie tucked the uneven, choppy edges of her hair under her cap as best as she could, getting dressed as quietly and quickly as she could. She hadn’t gone back to sleep after the nightmare that led to her sawing off her hair in a fit of panic and pain. Maybe there had been short nap on the bathroom floor, but it hadn’t lasted, and as she snuck out of the lodging house at least an hour before anybody else would even wake up, she knew today was going to be a long day. 

Thankfully, she had gone with Jack to the Pulitzer mansion once more recently to see Katherine. She didn’t know how she managed to find her way safely, but she did. She didn’t even know Katherine like the others did. Katherine was a stranger, but somehow, the idea of her seeing her panic was somehow more bearable than Jack or Race or Davey seeing it. So here she was, standing at Katherine’s gate, hoping and still trying to shake the panic off from the night terror that haunted her so very deeply.

Katherine was up early as she was every morning. She needed to be at the Sun early, but with the time it took to dress and prepare, she had to be up even earlier. Most mornings she was out of her house by sunrise and this was another of those days. She didn’t mind being up early, she liked seeing the sunrise every morning on her way to work. 

Opening the door to her house, she was surprised to see someone standing at her gate.

“Hello?” she called, walking closer. She couldn’t tell who it was in the dark. As she drew closer she realized it was one of the newsies. Once she was up to the gate it looked like Crutchie. She didn’t know her as well, since she was trapped in the refuge for a good deal of the strike, but she looked different. “Crutchie? What are you doing here?”

[sparksofdaylight]

‘ so , has the romance started yet? ’ crutchie to jack about katherine

"Please- the romance ain't never stopped," Jack insisted as he puffed out his chest and adjusted his hat. "One-a these days, that line's gonna work on her. Jus' you wait!'

[orchestrahearts]

💘 | @betterto-die-thanto-crawl liked the thing — for Crutchie

“Come on, I have you for the whole day,” Katherine grinned, somewhat dragging her friend down the street but still trying to be sensitive of her pace. She’d made plans for the entire day and she wanted to get to it.

[orchestrahearts]

“ Are you mansplaining my power? “ to Katherine.

wednesday.

“How can I be mansplaining to you?” Katherine asked, smirking.

[orchestrahearts]

“Wish I looked like you.” (for Katherine, from a self-conscious Crutchie... could stem from some gender stuff... yeehaw!)

the hunger games.

“Why?” Katherine asked curiously. “I love the way you look.” Aside from the obvious visual social difference, Katherine and Charlie were so different in appearance. They were both small but where Katherine was lithe, Charlie was more sturdy from years of getting herself around New York, a stack of papers on her back. Katherine’s hair was dark and perfectly styled while Charlie’s was a shade of red. Her skin was pale and pristine where her friend’s showed the years of work she’d done.

[orchestrahearts]

Charlotte shook, dirty and ragged, where she sat huddled in the middle of more finery than she had ever seen in all her life. Beneath all the fear and loss and numbness, there was a realization that she didn't fit in with the finery, what with her hair falling violently out of its braids and her pants and shirt so covered in patches that they were more patch than whatever they had started out as and  She was covered in dirt, and was sure there were some bleeding scrapes somewhere; goodness, one of her sleeves had nearly been torn off when it caught on a branch as the captain of the guard prodded his horse to go ever faster on their way out of the forest she called home and back to the city. 

She was lucky, and she knew that. She wasn’t being left to the guards and she wasn’t being locked away to fade into nothingness in a cold, dank cell. Instead, she waited in the princess’ chambers, waiting to find out what was to become of her now.

Katherine wasn’t sure what to expect with this rebel girl she’d taken for a new servant. It’d been an impulse decision. The captain of the guard had kidnapped this girl from her home outside the kingdom and she couldn’t just let him toss her to the guards to do with as they pleased. Instead, she had her brought to her chambers where she waited now. 

She stood at her door, considering what to do next. Taking a breath, she opened the door and entered her chambers. There was the girl, battered and covered in dirt.

She probably shouldn’t be as soft as she has been on this girl, these rebels wanted to be rid of her father after all, but she couldn’t help it. She knew her father was a harsh leader, he was often a harsh person. She was sure that sometimes what people in the kingdom needed was some support as opposed to punishment.

“So you’re the one all this trouble has been about.”

[orchestrahearts]

@betterto-die-thanto-crawl ❤️’ed — for Charlie

Several weeks had passed since Charlie had told Katherine about the dreams she was having. She was still avoiding Jack everywhere they went, which remained hard, given the tight quarters they shared most of the time. After yet another awkward evening spent stuck in between them, Katherine decided it was time to talk to Charlie.

The door swished open to her quarters, and as she expected, Charlie was inside. “Hey, can we talk?”

[orchestrahearts]

“I want a friend. And a pet.” Charlie to Katherine... SW au. (droid time?)

into the woods we go again, we have to every now and then.

“Nooo,” Katherine groaned, looking back at the droid Charlie had brought. “I don’t want to have to deal with a droid on my ship.” She hated having to talk to droids. They always either beeped which she didn’t understand (she never could understood binary) or they were just so… obnoxious. It was probably a dumb reason to not want droids on her ship, she knew they could be useful, but what was she supposed to do every time she got stuck on the ship with them?

[orchestrahearts]

“Do you see the man with evil eyes?“ for katherine

the legend of zelda.

“Yeah, who is that?” Katherine asked, eyeing the the guy across the room. She didn’t like the look of him, but there were lots of people she didn’t like the look of. “Should I get the ship ready?” she asked, eyebrow raised.

[orchestrahearts]

“You’re the fairest maid I’ve ever met.” from Crutchie to Katherine

enchanted.

“Am I?” Katherine grinned, dramatically striking a pose. “What about all those ladies you see at the Bowery?” she asked playfully.

[orchestrahearts]

[ intrude ] one muse walks in on the other while they’re treating their own wound.  for Katherine (but like... Crutchie's the hurt one...)

nonverbal memes.

Katherine felt a guilty pang when she saw Crutchie. This was entirely her fault. She was the one who insisted they go to that suffragette rally. She was writing another article about the protests and dragged Charlie along when things went sour. People began busting them up, and Katherine had run, trying to keep Charlie in toe.

“Charlie, I’m so sorry. I never should’ve brought you with me.”

[orchestrahearts]

“I’ll protect you.” for Katherine from Crutchie

soft things.

“I know you’ll try,” Katherine replied. Charlie always tried and often helped. Whatever it was she was doing, it did protect her. Both her and Jack. She’d seen it, even if she didn’t understand it. “You don’t have to, though.”

[orchestrahearts]

💘 | @betterto-die-thanto-crawl liked the thing — for Crutchie

“I have something for you,” Katherine said, a grin on her face as she held a small box behind her back. It wasn’t anything too spectacular, but she still liked the idea of giving something to her friend, just to show how much she mattered to her. 

[orchestrahearts]

❝ don’t you dare talk to me like that. ❞ (this could be taken any number of ways... teasing... angsty... you pick) to katherine from jack at cowboynewsie

andor — @betterto-die-thanto-crawl

“I’ll talk to you the way I want to!” Katherine snapped. “You can’t just tell me what to do and expect me to just do it.” She made a frustrated groan, tugging on her bangs. That’s exactly what other people expected of her. To be some good, obedient girl but that wasn’t her. 

[orchestrahearts]

Send me   ‘ ✋🏻 ‘   for my muse’s reaction to yours running their fingers through mine’s hair from Crutchie to Katherine

touch my girls hair.

Katherine giggled when she felt Crutchie run her fingers through her hair. It was likely soft and it bounced when she reached the tips. She took good care of her hair and took careful time to get it to curl just right. As a result the brown ringlets had a nice spring to them.

[orchestrahearts]

❛ Promise me we’ll always be friends ❜ to Katherine from Crutchie

friendship.

“Of course we’ll always be friends.” Why wouldn’t they be? Did Katherine seem like someone who’d just leave Crutchie behind when she got tired of her?