KATHERINE ‘KATIE’ DECKER ( SHE/THEY ) is a DEMIGIRL, TWENTY SEVEN year old TATTOO ARTIST who has been living in Moorbrooke for TWENTY FIVE YEARS. They were born on DECEMBER 13 and right now, they are currently residing in OAKLEY COURT. It has been said that they look suspiciously like ZENDAYA and if they had to choose a song to describe themselves, they would choose EVERYTHING IS EMBARRASSING by SKY FERREIRA.
tw for family member death, drunk driving
FULL NAME: katherine alexandra decker
NICKNAMES: katie, kat
SEXUALITY & PRONOUNS: bisexual (strong female preference), she/her
ROMANTIC STATUS: single
BIRTHDAY: december 13
ZODIAC: sagittarius sun, scorpio moon, sagittarius rising
PETS: a golden retriever service dog named rudy
HOMETOWN: moorbrooke, maine
CURRENT LOCATION: moorbrooke, maine
OCCUPATION: tattoo artist, certified body piercer
SIBLINGS: margaret ‘maggie’ decker ( twin , deceased )
PARENTS: cassandra decker ( mother , deceased ) , adrian decker ( father , living )
PINTEREST: link here
katie doesn’t remember much about the time before , but she imagines it with such fondness it hurts . her earliest memory is that afternoon : she & her twin sister , maggie , only five years old , playing in the park . she remembers the matching outfits they had been put in , & the mirror image pigtails that pulled their hair away from their faces . the warmth of the sun & the cushion of the lush grass . then , the drive home . the screeching of tires . crunching metal . then , the worst of all : the moments of silence before the screams .
she and her father , adrian , were the only two who returned home to their house that evening . katie doesn’t remember a lot about her mother , but she imagines a charming and warm person . the memory of maggie , however , crushes her daily . people don’t really understand the particular brand of pain that comes with losing a twin . maggie was half of katie’s soul , after all . how do you continue on living when you’re not even a whole person ? the answer is simple when you’re five years old : you just do . and every day , you look in the mirror and see a person your sister never got the opportunity to be . that sting never lessens .
her father was the only one who was ever able to console her . katie leaned on him very heavily throughout her early childhood , and despite his own grief that he carried , adrian never made katie’s feelings seem like a burden . once an outgoing and social kid , she quickly became closed off . her friendships faded and play - dates stopped completely . at a certain point , adrian became katie’s only friend . she was miserable , and he knew it : so together they began searching for an outlet for her .
sports were a non - starter . soccer , gymnastics , dance , volleyball , she moped her way through every single practice . a breakthrough came when she was gifted an art kit for her twelfth birthday . it was like the clouds parted and the sun shone again for the first time since that fateful day . katie threw herself into art , and in mere weeks her bedroom was wallpapered with different sketches and paintings . she had a natural talent for it , too : some of the things she created were raw and beautiful to the point of being almost unnerving .
despite the grief that so prominently colored her childhood , katie was a surprisingly well - adjusted teenager . her social life returned after a while , and by fifteen she had a small but solid group of friends . she never learned to drive ( having a panic attack the first time she got behind the wheel was enough for her to refuse to ever learn ) , but between her skateboard & her licensed friends it never became a problem . she found herself comfortably lying to her father about where she was spending her time , and though she felt guilty about the dishonesty she knew that the repercussions would be disastrous if her protective father found out about the group’s favorite pastimes .
their summers & weekends were a blur of cigarettes & cheap alcohol , spray paint murals & abandoned buildings . they were beautiful chaos , and katie felt so alive when she was with that group . less numb . they gave her a sense of purpose she couldn’t put into words . katie also discovered tumblr in her early teens , and there she found a home for her art . her edgy poetry , paintings , sketches and photography were posted for the world to see . she quickly gained a large following in her favorite ‘ aesthetic community ’ , becoming one of the most followed people in the soft grunge tags in 2014 . her friend group all knew this , too , and at the time it was the coolest thing they had ever seen .
however , when senior year of high school came around katie made a startling discovery . other people ..... actually knew what they wanted to do . she had procrastinated and procrastinated , college applications were left uncompleted and essays unwritten . she was completely directionless . after graduation , when her friends all parted ways to become the people they were always meant to be , katie stayed in moorbrooke . she did some freelance art work , but the lack of structure and routine sent her into a spiral . it took an particularly intriguing episode of a certain competition reality show for the idea of becoming a tattoo artist to finally take root in her brain . once she gets locked on to something , nothing could possibly deter her . she did her research , got an apprenticeship , and quickly grew a portfolio of work that she was very proud of .
she had been fighting tooth & nail to carve out a space for herself in the shop she was an apprentice at . her work was great , her clients loved her , but none of it would ever enough . the owner of the place refused to rent a spot to katie , simply because she was young and a woman . this didn’t sit well with her , and for a brief period of time , she even considered moving out of moorbrooke to find a less discriminatory environment . luckily , this was right around the time vincent pierce moved to moorbrooke and opened up squid ink . it was a match made in heaven , and katie was relieved that she didn’t have to leave her father alone in her hometown just to have a career .
these days her free time is spent doing artwork & selling the originals and prints online . her presence on tumblr turned her into a niche microcelebrity , so there is a decent amount of interest in both her tattooing career and her personal artwork .
katie is diabetic and her service dog goes with her everywhere!
her tattoo styles are mostly neotraditional and ‘glitter’ tattoos. she thinks they’re fun
her music tastes are very dated but she’s unapologetic. you can take away the 2014 tumblrcore playlists over her dead body thanks !
a freshman generation of degenerate beauty queens........ i would love connections from her friend group from hs
