( 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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[manipulative]

Yes!

[ she laughs. hasn't that been obvious with her constant demanding? does he think that's just a cute part of her personality?

it is. ]

I think I'm owed at least five journals.

[prescind]

Unfortunately for you, a lot of my journals are back in Mystic Falls.

( he shrugs. )

Only have a few here.

[manipulative]

[ katherine looks at him expectantly, undeterred. ]

And those ones would be all about me.

[ she smiles giddily and swings her legs back and forth behind her. ]

[prescind]

Not entirely but — mostly.

( he had to write about some other things, katherine. )

And no, you're not going to read those either.

[manipulative]

[ she deflates, pursing her lips as she smacks her hands against the bed and drops her feet soundly onto the covers. all of her excitable energy disappears as quickly as it comes. ]

Why not? I thought we didn't keep secrets, Stefan.

[prescind]

Why would there be secrets in those?

( maybe it's just his feelings, katherine. ever think of that? )

No secrets in them, just me talking about what's in my head and all.

[manipulative]

And what is in your head?

[ she lifts her legs back up and rests her chin in her hands as she peers up at him with a smile. give her an inch… ]

You should dictate your next journal entry right now.

[prescind]

Or I could not.

( because no. her persistence makes him laugh though. )

Why are you so curious?

[manipulative]

Because I'm interested in you.

[ katherine smiles up at him and scrunches her nose. sometimes, the answer is just that simple. ]

And I want to know everything there is to know about you.

[prescind]

Thought you would say that you already knew everything about me.

( and that wouldn't even really be a lie. )

Taking that back?

[manipulative]

[ katherine smiles and makes a show of rolling her eyes. ]

I've left some things to the imagination, Stefan. Otherwise, I'd get very bored.

[ duh! she rests her chin on her hands and swings her legs back and forth in the air. ]

Like… what you did yesterday. I don't know that.

[ she was, after all, busy shopping! ]

[prescind]

That's minutiae.

( and therefore not that important. he rolls his eyes. )

You don't need to know that. There's knowing a lot about me and then just knowing too much.

[manipulative]

Why don't I need to know that?

[ she smiles up at him. she doesn't particularly want to let this go now that he insists that it's minor and not important. katherine can be like a dog with a bone when she wants to be. and she wants her story! ]

What did you do? Ooh, something secretive?

[prescind]

Katherine.

( stefan makes a face, rolls his eyes. )

You weren't gone that long. I was here. I took the dog for a walk, wrote some in my journal, cleaned.

( minutiae. )

[manipulative]

[ it's interesting how much he got done in such a short amount of time! ]

What did you clean?

[ there's a lot of dust in the high spaces, stefan! ]

[prescind]

Your shoes.

( he hadn't, he just wants to see her reaction. )

Thought they could use a shine.

[manipulative]

[ katherine narrows her eyes as she stares up at him. it's bait, she knows it's bait. her shoes are kept in pristine condition. when she walks in mud, she cleans them until they're shiny.

she shifts on the bed and continues to swing her legs back and forth as her own stubborn display of not taking the bait. ]

Is that what you wrote about in your journal?

[ the real reason why she even asked the question. ]

[prescind]

About cleaning your shoes?

( stefan pauses, thoughtful, before he shakes his head. )

Not important enough for my journal.

[manipulative]

[ she gasps loudly, looking quite affronted at such a slanderous comment. ]

Take that back right now!

[prescind]

Or what?

( he meets her gasp with a lift of his eyebrows and then laughs. )

What are you gonna do?

[manipulative]

[ she'll shave off all your hair while you sleep.

wait, that's bad for her.

she smiles at him sweetly. ] It's best I don't tell you. I wouldn't want you to think badly of me.

[prescind]

Uh huh.

( she's not going to do anything. )

If I didn't think badly of you already, I don't think I will. I think you're safe.