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

[manipulative]

Who: Katherine + Stefan | Wanda + Amos.
What: December things.
When: December.
Where: Around.

Content warnings: Monsters, PTSD, mind control and drowning.

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[explosion]

[ wanda frowns and looks to the car then back to amos. that clearly isn't the answer she had been expecting.

when she looks at the car again, she gestures toward it easily and without a slip of magic. ]

Won't it be ruined by all the snow?

[rocinantes]

You planning on opening the doors or the hood?

( because then yes, it would be ruined. )

[explosion]

[ wanda gives the car a sidelong glance before she looks at him. does she need the car? no. considering she can teleport to and fro... but the car is special to her as it's the one thing that she's gotten to own for herself. ]

Would it still be okay even if I didn't open the doors and hood?

[rocinantes]

Probably. I don't think a little snow's gonna wreck the thing. But even if it did —

( he glances at her. )

You could fix it, couldn't you?

[explosion]

I could...

[ wanda looks at the car and then back to amos before she scratches her cheek. in some ways, it's comforting to know that she's seen as a powerful being... but even wanda knows she can't save everything and everyone. ]

But sometimes I can't fix things. I don't want the car to be ruined and I can't fix it.

[rocinantes]

It's not going to be ruined.

( unless they get buried in snow and the snow caves in the roof. but he's not going to say that. )

Just don't drive it. Let it be.

[explosion]

[ wanda chuckles. ] I can't drive it. It's buried in snow!

[ wrapping her arms around her chest, she looks at him earnestly. ]

Will it really be okay covered in snow?

[rocinantes]

Yeah, it'll be fine. They're built to withstand this kind of thing.

( at least he assumes so. automobiles aren't his specialty. )

Really worried about your car, huh?

[explosion]

[ she shrugs as casually as she can and glances at the car in the hopes of conveying such casualness. she doesn't want it to be ruined. so many things in her life have fallen apart and turned to ash... even when she cared greatly for them. ]

It's one of the only things I've ever owned. I don't want it to break.

[ she glances at him and then the car again. ]

[rocinantes]

It's not going to break if you just leave it alone.

( he looks at her and then nods. )

Trust me, all right? I've kept spaceships from falling apart.

[explosion]

But have you done that in the snow?

[ she asks it kindly and accentuates it with a slight arch to her brow and a small smile. she supposes space can be very cold... and very hot. the one time she had been on his ship, she hadn't thought to take note of the temperature. wanda wishes she had now. ]

[rocinantes]

No, I've done it in deep space with a bunch of other ships firing at us.

( much more difficult than the snow. )

[explosion]

[ is it, tho?

wanda looks to her car and then back to amos, studying him for a moment. if he says the car will be okay, then she has to believe that it will be. she nods to concede and keeps her arms wrapped around her. ]

If it has frostbite in the spring, you'll come fix it.

[ that wasn't a question, which becomes more evident with her pleased grin. ]

[rocinantes]

Cars don't get frostbite.

( he's not that dumb, wanda. )

[explosion]

[ how do you know, space weirdo?????

she huffs, shifting on her feet as she looks at him like he's a giant gnat. ]

The Trench snow might give it that. [ you never know!!!! ] Would you come and check on it every now and then?

[rocinantes]

If it's not pissing down snow, I can probably do that.

( but he's not going to freeze his ass off for it. )

Once a week, maybe?

[explosion]

[ she smiles, glancing away for a moment. she's pleased with that. she'd be pleased with once a month. all she wants is to make sure that this car, which has survived the drop from deerington to the trench, survives. and she trusts amos to help her break her bad luck in keeping anything whole.

she nods. ] Thank you.

[ and wrings her hands together. ]

Your ears are very red. Are you cold?

[rocinantes]

Well, kind of.

( he shrugs. )

It's fucking cold out here.

[explosion]

Did you want to go inside?

[ she twists on the spot, gesturing with her fingers toward the house. she smiles at him, the tip of her nose a pale red. ]

Or we can stay out here and watch the snow.

[rocinantes]

Are you going to worry about your car the entire time we're inside?

( because the car will be fine, wanda. )

[explosion]

[ she bites her bottom lip and curves the corners of her lips upward. she looks like she's up to something—and perhaps she is. ]

Will it annoy you if I do?

[rocinantes]

No, but I'll have to ignore you if you do.

( just as an fyi. )

[explosion]

[ she cocks her brow in amusement. well, that presents a very interesting challenge. ]

You could never ignore me.

[ wanda stands taller and tips her chin upward in determination. ]

I am unignorable.

[rocinantes]

Who told you that?

( if he needed to ignore someone, he could do it. )

They lied.

[explosion]

My children.

[ she widens her close-slipped smile, cocking her brow slightly. will he say her children lied? it's quite possible that they did—they did favour her quite a lot—but wanda likes this trap she's set up for him. ]