cassiopeia/katarina
[Pre-transformation Cassopeia, tw for implied incest.]"I won’t get married,” Katarina insists, glaring at her sister as if Cassiopeia is about to drag her up the aisle. For emphasis, she brandishes the hairbrush as if it is one of her beloved daggers. “I won’t.”“Then I will,” Cassiopeia answers. She catches her sister’s wrist and kisses Katarina’s calloused, scarred knuckles instead of pushing her sister’s hand down; she has always better understood how to make a man disarm himself.There’s fury in Katarina’s eyes and Cassiopeia can hear the words her sister won’t speak (you promised, us two forever, you said you would always be there for me), held back as much by pride as the knowledge of how useless they would be.“One way or another, dear sister, this will end,” Cassiopeia tells her impulsive, headstrong, foolish sister.Katarina kisses her desperately, as if she can force the words back into Cassiopeia’s mouth, and Cassiopeia is not surprised.