SIT DOWN, FRANKENTEEN.

rules + verses + biographical info , also linked in the description , found here.

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main points of canon divergence found here ( and also in the bio linked in the description ).

where else can you find katie?

@riveir​ : river barkley of netflix’s the politician , headcanon / au - based ( primary )

@girlgilmore : rory gilmore of gil.more girls ( secondary )

@redbedroom : peyton sawyer of one tree hill ( teritary )

@worldsalight​ : multi - muse ( low activity )

important things to note under the cut.

           ❛— sort of? you’re still in charge of the glee club while schue’s gallivanting in washington, aren’t you? i know things got weird for a hot second, but, i dunno.❜ she pauses, shrugging as her eyes drop to inspect her cuticles. ❛when i came back, you seemed to really like doing it. thought you might’ve been a little more pumped about finding your niche.❜

           there’s a softness to her words that’s a little unusual, but not unwelcomed. ( maybe living with berry and hummel was making her totally lame. ) still, her lips turn up as the focus shifts. ❛anything’s better than lousiville, ❜she states easily. ❛that place was a hell hole full of dead dreams and a bunch of freakin’ nobodies. but here? ❜she nods.❛ i’ve finally found my people. i scored an awesome gig bartending at coyote ugly, and i make a stupid amount in tips from people who don’t know any better.❜

“no, no, i am,”           he cut in, quickly. and he was. for all the time he’d spent the year prior feeling so desperate and hopeless, thinking himself doomed to selling hot dogs outside madison square garden for a time and subsequently overwhelming himself trying to wrap his head around the responsibilities of one day owning burt’s tire shop, it was really awesome to feel like something was finally falling into place. but, of course, there was a caveat; he’d learned his lesson more than once by now about jumping into things head first. “i just know that teaching is a lot more complicated than that, y’know?” finn shrugged a shoulder, almost dismissively. “coaching glee club’s one thing, but being able to teach for real is ... a long way away.”

THERE  WERE  MILITARY  OFFICERS  THE  DAY  OHIO  MET  ITS  END.                    In  they  marched,    guns  akimbo,    a  flurry  of  khaki - coloured  uniforms  among  the  DISCONCERTED  crowd  of  the  living.    She  didn’t  know  whether  they  made  it    better    or  worse,    or  if  more  people  would  have  died  if  they’d  simply  been    left  to  it.    Everything  was    CHAOTIC  ;  nothing  was  set  in  stone.    People  fled  their  homes,    the  streets  became  rife  with  looters  and  bandits.    She  doesn’t  need  to  remind  him  of  that.    The  entire  state  was  there,    whether  they    s u r v i v e d    or  not.

                    ❛❛    Is  it  because  of    your  dad  ?   ❜❜          Hands  fondle  a  box  of  old  cigarettes  ;  she  flips  the  lid,    snaps  it  shut  again,    repeat.    They’ve  been  sitting  in  her  pocket  for  days    ————    a  remnant  habit  from  her  time  with  the  Skanks.    She’d  agreed  to  kick  the  habit  when  she  rejoined  the  New  Directions,    but  she  doesn’t  see  the  POINT  now.    Fingers  push  the  lid  open  once  more,    neatly  sliding  one  out  from  its  casing  and  pressing  it  between  her  lips.    She  lights  the  end,    takes  a  DRAG,    s i g h s.           ❛❛    There  are    worse    jobs,    I  suppose.    Imagine  working  in  the  supermarket  when  all  the    CRAZIES    came  to  take  their  share..   ❜❜

he only gave a nod in response to her question,           eyes lowered, watching his fingers pick at callouses on the opposite palm           a habit he’d picked up as of late, when he was feeling especially fidgety or when his mind was particularly far off or when he was upset about something he felt he couldn’t actually talk about. maybe some combination. finn couldn’t really explain it, as was the case with most things these days ( and with more things than had been normal for him before ), but he seemed to have developed quite a few of these physical idiosyncrasies, something oddly but ultimately futilely therapeutic about them. this time, it was mostly prompted by the juxtaposition of what he knew of his father to the memories he has now of the officers that had come to ohio, the ones who’d so frighteningly seemed to be harbingers of the apocalypse. the ultimate truth to that only made it churn his stomach even more.

“ why  would  you  be  embarrassed  about  a  doctors  appointment ? ”  she   questions  the  jock,  brow  raising  in  curiosity  and  wonder.  glee club,  she  had  never  thought  about  joining  it  before,  singing  was  never  her  forte.  “  glee  club ?  i –  i  don’t  know,  i  don’t  think  i’d  be  a  good  fit. ”

            her eyes narrow as she stares at finn, unable to make out what would cause him to drop by like this. ( last she heard, he and rachel left things a little… uneasy. despite being here for kurt – which was another thing altogether – she can’t imagine it’s easy to tip toe around the loft in case she bursts in with her new boy toy. )

            either way, she simply shrugs.❛ good, ❜ she states. ❛there’s literally no more room. considering you can’t even fit on hummel’s weird, misshapen couch, you’re better off cozying up in your childhood bedroom. ❜ ( it’s not a direct insult, but it’s a moment to reflect on the fact that she’s made it out. ) ❛still teaching, then? ❜ she adds, allowing a minute of peace. 

“uh, sort of, i guess,”           finn answered with a shrug. he wasn’t sure what he was doing really counted as teaching; he didn’t have an actual class, nor a salary, and the team still all called him ‘finn.’ even though it probably would have been weird to hear people he’d shared classrooms with not even a year ago call him something like ‘mr. hudson,’ he still didn’t think any of that were indicators that what he was doing was actually teaching.

           there’s admiration in her eyes as she watches him navigate his way through her own personal struggles. ❛all kittens were returned safely to shelters, or given to family friends,❜ she assures, giving him a slight nod.❛ it was just an example, anyways – i can be slightly over critical of my own choices, is all. so i wanted to make sure that you knew ahead of time, i guess. ❜a beat, a little embarrassed. ❛in case you were disappointed.❜