Oliver/Katie

Pairing
Pairing:	Oliver Wood/Katie Bell
Alternative name(s):	Kativer, Koliver, Bellwood, Katie/Oliver, OW/KB, H.M.S. Keeping the Chase
Gender category:	het, m/f
Fandom:	Harry Potter
Canonical?:	no
Prevalence:	rare
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Oliver/Katie is the het pairing of Oliver Wood and Katie Bell from the Harry Potter fandom.

Canonically, Wood was Katie's captain on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and several years older than her at Hogwarts. Despite the fact that Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet are closer to Wood in age, Katie is the team member most commonly shipped with him.

On Archive of Our Own, Oliver/Katie is the second most common pairing for Katie, after Flint/Katie. It is far lower on the list for Wood, who is more commonly shipped in slash.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Almost all fics involve Quidditch in some capacity.
• Fluff and feelings realizations are common.
• Angst, especially to do with the Second Wizarding War or Katie's stay at St. Mungo's, also appears.

Example Fanworks

Fanfiction

• Ripples in the Wake by idea_of_sarcasm: In the aftermath of the war, 'pureblood' doesn't mean quite what it did in the past.
• Pictures of You by MandyinKC: Oliver Wood has carried a torch for Katie Bell since her 15th birthday, but has never done anything about it. He thinks now might be the right time to change that, but will the war get in the way?
• the calm before by medric: "All I ever wanted was this, you know. Quidditch. You. A house."
• Wings Over The Battle by Vampiric_Charms: Oliver Wood visits Katie Bell after she is taken to St. Mungo's during book six.

Fanart, Graphics, &c

• Let me help- colored by MaryBleis (2012)
• Oliver Wood and Katie Bell by lemonpie-art (2012)
• some oliver wood x katie bell polaroids by dinspearle (2021)

Archives and Links

• Katie Bell/Oliver Wood works at Archive of Our Own
• Katie + Oliver works at Fanfiction.net
• katie x oliver and oliver x katie tags on Tumblr