✉️ ➡ @divienity ( katherine ), i am who i am. no excuses.
a long, frustrated sigh escaped the cage of lana's tight-lipped mouth. granted she'd done a million exasperating things along her life, but being friends with katherine was reaching the top of the list at lightning speed. although, being fairly specific, it wasn't their friendship in itself that was patience-consuming, but watching the vampire's insecure lack of self-awareness take her to the bottom of the same, dark, stagnate pit of unsuccessful revenge over and over again. 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙿𝚁𝙸𝙳𝙴 𝚆𝙾𝚄𝙻𝙳 𝙺𝙴𝙴𝙿 𝙶𝙴𝚃𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙸𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝚈 𝙾𝙵 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼 𝙿𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝙼𝙸𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙺𝙴𝚂.
“ and who is that exactly, katherine? a cold-blooded killer, a grieving daughter, a selfish bitch or a woman truly content with her life when she goes to sleep at night? 'cause, if i'm being honest, it's getting really hard to tell the difference between all the masks you put on and the real you at this point. ” instantly regretting letting her tongue loose to speak her unfiltered mind, the hunter takes a deep breath and puts that same message in a container she can agree with. “ there's nothing wrong with being confident in who you are, but there's a fine line between that and the kind of arrogance that blinds you to your own mistakes and makes you unnecessarily difficult to work and reason with. from where i'm standing, you're just one step away from crossing that line, so ― you decide whether that's a risk you're willing to take. ”
