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( CLOSED ) THEY'LL NEVER TAKE MY POWER.

Who: Stefan and Katherine + Amos and Wanda.
What: Getting into shit in August.
When: August.
Where: Everywhere.

Content Warnings: Scales on skin. Magic; reality manipulation; mind control; paranoia.

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[ katherine cocks her brow as she regards him with very obvious amusement. waiting a few moments for him to admit that he's full of shit, she shakes her head. ]

That's a lie and you know it.

You admit you have weird ears and I'll admit that I've brooded a time or two.

( she would never do it. )

[ crossing her arms against her chest, katherine gives him a very obvious once-over before she looks up at him again. ]

You first, broody.

[ truth before lies. ]

Not a chance because you and I both know that if I go first, you will not admit anything.

( it's true, katherine. )

You'll let me do it and then refuse to say anything else.

Bullshit.

[ she furrows her brows and regards him like he's grown a second head. she would never!

and not that she was thinking about it—because she was not—but she won't be doing that now! ]

I'm a woman of my word, Stefan. [ with her arms still crossed, she gestures for him to continue. ] Go on. Lead the way.

And I'm a man who's been with you for a long time and I know how opportunistic you are about things.

( so, he is not going to be going first. he shakes his head. )

Ladies first.

[ she shakes her head and sets her jaw. ]

I invited you first, so...

[ she gestures with her hand again and crosses it once more against her chest. ]

I wouldn't want you to brood [ she smiles. ] about going second.

I don't brood.

( he's not going to let her slip that one by. )

And I defer your invitiation.

You don't brood and I don't have a slightly alarming shoe obsession.

[ katherine makes a show of rolling her eyes. slapping his chest gently, she walks around him and drops onto the middle of the bed. leaning up on her elbows, she cocks her brow as she smiles. ]

Liar.

So, if I'm a liar, does that mean you are too?

( because that shoe collection was more than alarming. )

We're going to need another room for the shoes soon.

You say that like it's a problem.

[ she cocks her brow again. while katherine's very well aware that her shoe collection is a very alarming thing, she thinks it's good to have a hobby. it's a sign that she's normal or something. ]

Besides, I wasn't lying. [ tilting her head up a little smugly, ] I recognise that I have very exquisite taste in shoes and a very rare understanding that a shoe can make or break an outfit.

No one's paying attention to shoes.

( that's his story and he will always stick to it. they're just shoes. )

They're there to cover your feet. That's it.

[ she rolls her eyes. stefan's clearly ignored all of her lessons about shoes and their importance... even though he does match the correct shoe to the correct pair of pants or shirt these days. ]

So, all your compliments about how nice my shoes are were bullshit?

[ watch out, stef. you're going to wish you were covered in scales. ]

That's not what I said.

( that's putting words into his mouth, katherine, and that's not very nice. )

Just because I don't see the point of having as many shoes as you do doesn't mean that I don't think your shoes are nice.

[ she smiles. ]

So you think they're very, very nice?

[ she holds her hands behind her back as she twists on the spot. she looks like a halo is about to pop up above her head. ]

Nice enough for their own room?

No.

( he is not giving shoes their own room, no matter how cute she is. he draws a line there. )

We could use that room for other things. Not shoes.

[ katherine doesn't let that cause a dip in her smile. at the end of the day, her shoes are going in that room no matter how many times the gentleman doth protest. ]

Like?

I don't know.

( why was she putting him on the spot? )

A pool room.

[ because it's fun.

she cocks her brow and laughs. ]

A pool room. [ crossing her arms against her chest, she regards him with a look of incredulity. ] I didn't realise you wanted to play pool so badly.

It was just an example.

( and the first thing that came to mind. stefan shakes his head. )

I don't know, a room for Aleksander. A study, an office, a reading room, a game room, something else.

A game room.

[ all of these sound utterly normal and the rooms one would want if they were going to settle down. and she supposes that's what they're doing—settling down. ]

Where we play, what? Video games?

[ katherine can't help but curl her lip up at that. ]

You gonna shoot down every single thing I suggest?

( it's not gonna be a damn shoe room, katherine! )

[ yes. ]

Until you say something that actually matches the decor of the house, yes. We're not having another room for your journals, Stefan.

What about an office? You have a business, Katherine.

( wouldn't an office be helpful? )

[ she opens her mouth and furrows her brows, pausing for a moment. ]

I have an office at work.

[ but she doesn't sound as confident as she did before. while katherine is someone who likes to change things at times and considers herself a little more hip than stefan... she never considered that. ]

I don't need another one.

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