( CLOSED ) MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME.

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Who: Katherine and Stefan | Wanda and Amos.
What: October stuff.
When: Spookytober.
Where: Around Deer Country.

Content Warnings: Dead people.

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I'm not ticklish. I'm just a sensitive person.

[ incredibly delicate, very kind, etc. etc. isn't that what ticklish people are? gentle people? she thinks that's her to a t.

she tries to shift subtly away from him again. ]

There's a difference.

[prescind]

Is there?

( stefan let's her fingers go and then smirks at her because he can feel her moving and shifting. )

If there's a difference, why don't you stay still and let me test it out?

( would you let him do that, katherine? )

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[ katherine rolls her eyes, annoyed at him. she shifts and glares at him pointedly, and keeps her wine glass tucked comfortably between her fingers. ]

I have to get comfortable, first.

[ she makes a show of wiggling before she ultimately stays still. with her legs folded beneath her, she sits up tall and glares at him. ]

[prescind]

Why are you glaring at me, Katherine?

( oh, he knows why. )

What did I do?

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Nothing.

[ she doesn't stop glaring at him, not even when she lifts that wine glass to her lips and takes a sip. he's in so much danger. ]

Can't I look at you?

[prescind]

You're not looking, you're glaring.

( stefan reaches down and brushes his fingers against her stomach, smiling. )

Stop glaring. I like you better when you don't glare.

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[ although she does shift a little, katherine continues to glare. she even narrows her eyes more to make it a point: she's glaring. ]

And why don't you like me when I glare, Stefan?

[ although she cocks an eyebrow, she continues to glare just for good measure. ]

[prescind]

Because it typically means you're mad at me and I don't like when you're mad at me.

( duh, katherine, duh. )

And right now, you're drunkenly mad. It's an interesting combination.

[manipulative]

I'm not drunk.

[ so, she's just mad, then. but katherine doesn't feel mad. she's just mad he thinks she's drunk. she's not drunk!

she narrows her eyes and lifts her wineglass, but doesn't take a sip just yet. ]

I'm happy. Why can't I be happy and glare? That's a thing.

[prescind]

Why would you be happy and glaring?

( that doesn't make sense, katherine. even drunk, you should know that. he laughs and reaches up to tap her chin. )

I think you saying that just proves you're a little intoxicated.

[manipulative]

Or...

[ she smiles, narrowing her eyes even then. she relaxes and stops her fake glaring. ]

I'm doing it because it's annoying you and you're frowning. [ she brushes her fingers against the skin between his brows. ] Cute frown lines.

[prescind]

( stefan shakes his head and rolls his eyes. )

Are you going to let me up so I can get something else to drink?

( he can't really move with her sitting on his lap. not that he minds her sitting there. )

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[ katherine inhales deeply and sighs, smiling at him as she considers his question. she could and she will, but she won't do it immediately. very reluctantly, she shifts off of his lap to sit right beside him. ]

I think you should get me something to drink.

[ she shakes her wine glass before she tips it back and empties it. ]

This wine is very nice.

[prescind]

( stefan can't help the laugh that slips out before he moves to his feet. there's a shadow close by that he doesn't realizes he's pulled into himself. nothing happens. not yet. )

You want something else to drink?

( why is he not surprised? )

Maybe water?

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[ katherine makes a disgusted face. water? really? no; she doesn't want water. she wants something with flavour. ]

Wine, please.

[ she holds her empty glass up to him to take and smiles as she does so. see? no glaring. he likes this face, doesn't he? ]

I can have all the water I want some other time.

[prescind]

I think you've gone through a bottle or two already.

( he sighs and takes her glass though because he's going ot get her wine and he knows it. )

Water would be better.

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[ arching her brow, katherine peers up at him expectantly. is he really going to pass judgement on how many bottles she's had? don't think she hasn't counted the number of bourbon bottles he's gone through.

so, she starts to glare at him again. it's really the simplest solution to getting what she wants. ]

[prescind]

Fine, fine, fine.

( he holds up his hands and shakes his head. he surrenders. he goes into the kitchen to get away from her glaring and to get her another bottle. )

Any specific kind you want?

[manipulative]

Red.

[ the white doesn't hit the right spot, but the red sure does. also looks like blood. katherine sometimes likes to be a little on the nose when it comes to being a vampire drinking something that looks like blood.

while he's gone, she decides to sit in his spot on the couch and lie out against the cushions. he can move her legs if he wants to take a seat. ]

Goes with my outfit.

[prescind]

Red. Should have known.

( again, there's more shadows that he notices and he steps into them, watching them move into him again. he doesn't pay much attention to them or to the fact that he seems to blur, almost disappearing for a moment before becoming solid again.

he grabs a bottle and then a glass and pours it before coming back out to her. )

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[ katherine doesn't make a move to push herself up and off the couch. lying with her head against the arm, she closes her eyes and rests her hands against her chest. she hears him coming. she's ensured that she can identify stefan's footsteps amongst the many that seem to pervade the trench.

she smiles when he seems to be approaching. ]

I've been thinking... if you want me to drink water, I'll only drink if you're naked.

[ that's how she wishes to be served. ]

[prescind]

Is that so?

( stefan laughs before he hands her the glass but he keeps the bottle in his possession. he wants to be able to pour her more at his pace. he doesn't know how she's getting drunk but he doesn't want to overdo it. )

Is that just water or all drinks that aren't alcoholic?

( because he could give her juice or something in lieu of water. )

[manipulative]

[ pinching her lips, she peers up at him and gives him a very slow and obvious once-over. that's actually not a bad idea at all... she thought it was overkill to ask him to wear nothing if she chose an alcoholic drink. considering how much they drank... ]

All non-alcoholic beverages.

[ it takes her a little to say "alcoholic"; she doesn't want her words to slur together too much. ]

Will you do that for me?

[prescind]

I'll consider it. But just remember this: you might be older and stronger but you're also drunk right now and I'm not. I can make sure you don't keep drinking.

( he wonders if drunk katherine is going to lead to hungover katherine. that would be quite the thing. )

You can't drink all night. You're going to feel terrible in the morning if you do.

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That's why you're here.

[ she smiles and reaches out for him, not quite as sharp in her reaching for him as she would be if she was sober. she smiles and laughs lightly, and peers up at him without any masks or burdens. ]

You'll take care of me and make sure I do nothing embarrassing, won't you?

[ that glare he doesn't like? it begins to form. ]