deercountry | ( CLOSED ) I DON'T WANT A LOT FOR CHRISTMAS.

[ yes.

katherine shakes her head. ] No.

[ she looks up at him expectantly, slightly cocking her brow. ] Will you show me?

( he doubts you truly need to know but —

it's not going to hurt him if he has to show her. so, he shrugs and let's himself fall backwards into the snow. it's cold but he'd layered up for this reason. )

Following me so far?

[ katherine does her best not to smile too widely as she watches him drop into the snow. standing over him, she wraps her arms around herself and nods.

but then she stands on the tips of her toes and searches for something in the snow around him. ]

But I can't see the angel.

[ please, stefan. do her this one honour. this is her christmas gift. ]

I'm not done yet.

( this was just the first step, katherine. so impatient. )

Then, we extend our hands and our feet out to the sides like we've been knocked down and flailed our way to the floor.

[ she bites her bottom lip to try and stop herself from smiling or laughing—or perhaps both. it shouldn't surprise her that stefan would so earnestly take to showing her how to do a snow angel. that's him, after all.

and she intends to take advantage of his kindness. ]

Are you going to do that?

Obviously I am.

( and that's exactly what he starts to do, moving his arms and legs up and down to make the impression of angel wings and the gown of an angel.

once that's done, he pushes himself up and takes a look at it. )

See?

[ katherine bursts out laughing. pressing her hand to her mouth, she almost doubles over. she fans her face as she looks at him and shakes her head. ]

I can't believe you did that!

[ honestly, of all the things stefan wouldn't do... she expected making a snow angel so willingly would definitely be on that list. ]

Show me the arm thing again.

What, I had to show you!

( and he doesn't even mind the laughing. he just grins proudly and gestures to his snow angel. )

No no, you have to make one before I show you anything else.

[ she opens her mouth and then promptly closes it, scrunching up her face as she does so. ]

I forgot.

[ she gives him a simple shrug before she laughs loudly. seems like you'll just have to show her again, stef. ]

You're a liar.

( why you always lying, katherine? )

Your memory is better than mine.

Is it?

[ she shakes her head as she scrunches up her nose again. ]

I need to see you do the arm thing again. I only saw it once, and to have a good memory, it's good to see things repeated again and again.

[ and again. and again.

katherine smiles. ]

Nope.

( he sounds very pleased about his decision. he shakes his head. )

Not a chance. You do it and then I'll show you again.

[ glaring at him for a few seconds, katherine huffs and rolls her eyes. turning on the spot, she drops into the snow beside him and lies back. spreading her arms out, she ensures to smack him in the chest. she doesn't begin to sweep them back and forth like wings.

she looks at him. ]

I'm doing it.

[ she knows she's not. ]

You're not.

( stefan crosses his arms and shakes his head. )

That is not doing it.

[ katherine gasps, knowing that she's laying it on a little thick now. she turns her head toward him and furrows her brows as she feigns confusion. ]

But my arms are out? That's what you did, isn't it?

[ she wiggles her fingers but doesn't begin sweeping her arms. ]

No, it's not. You're really pressing your luck, huh?

( stefan laughs though. he knows what she's doing. )

Trying to get me to do it again.

[ katherine purses her lips as she looks at him in confusion. ]

What luck? I'm just asking for you, a very wonderful teacher, to help me learn how to make a snow angel by doing it again. [ she's slow to widen her smile. ] Repetition is the only way I'll learn.

[ she is, after all, old. ]

And I am doubting you because I think you already know how to make snow angels and you're just trying to pull one on me.

( she is old and she's also smart. )

I don't think I'm wrong. You just want to laugh at me.

But I'm not laughing.

[ right now. she makes a point of pressing her lips into a thin line to show that she's not laughing at all. ]

Why won't you show me? [ she cocks her brow as she begins to pout. ] Don't you want me to learn how to make the best snow angels?

I just showed you.

( he motions to the snow angel that's on the ground. )

It's right there, Katherine. You can clearly see that I have shown you.

[ since they're on the ground, it helps katherine's case when she looks at it and squints. she furrows her brows in confusion. ]

I can't see it. I think you need to do it again. [ she looks at him earnestly. ] Or maybe hold my hand this time.

If I hold your hand, are you going to make a snow angel too or you just going to hold my hand and make me do it?

( again!! )

[ well... she was going to hold his hand and make him do it again, but considering that's the obvious play, she'll... do the unpredictable thing.

katherine does have the audacity to roll her eyes at him as though he's inconvenienced her—and he has!

she mumbles, ] I'll do it as well.

Hold my hand.

( he reaches out for her and wiggles his fingers. )

Come on, let's make snow angels. It'll be cute. We could get Aleksander out here to make a snow angel dog too.

[ while katherine doesn't look impressed in the slightest, she does place her hand in his. squinting up at the sky, she doesn't move. she considers his proposal for a moment before turning her head toward him. ]

You do know his angel's just going to look like a ditch in the snow, right?

[ but the idea is really, really cute. ]

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