( january catch all )

[prescind]

Who: stefan salvatore (prescind) + katherine pierce (manipulative) + amos burton (rocinantes) + wanda maximoff (explosion)
What: new year's things, event things
When: january
Where: all around

Content Warnings: probably some language to start.

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[prescind]

One pair.

( he holds up a finger. )

And I know how many shoes you have. I'll count them again to make sure. And I can recognize shoes that you wear so don't try and trick me.

[manipulative]

[ she lifts her brows and smiles in amusement. ]

You've counted them?

[ aww, stefan! that's the nicest thing anyone's ever done. ]

[prescind]

( no. )

Yes. Because I was amazed at how many pairs of shoes you have and had to see exactly how many you had.

( because jesus, that was a lot of shoes. )

[manipulative]

[ katherine narrows her eyes as she stares at him for a long moment. she can hear your heartbeat, stefan! and she's a little curious…

she crosses her arms against her chest and doesn't bother to hide her amusement. ]

How many?

[prescind]

More than fifty.

( he's comfortable in saying that because he knows it's right. )

[manipulative]

[ she keeps her eyes narrowed before she slowly smiles. ]

That's cheating. But it's correct.

[ she does have a hell of a lot of shoes… ]

And I think for that, I should get to buy two pairs of shoes next month instead of one. [ she tilts her chin upward as she declares, ] As a New Year's little gift.

[prescind]

New Years little gift? Since when do we get gifts for New Years?

( katherine just making up ways for her to get shoes. )

I think just one is a good start to the New Year.

[manipulative]

This year. [ she furrows her brows as she considers her words. ] Next year? The year coming up. It should be a tradition.

[ that he gets her new shoes. or allows her to get new shoes. essentially, katherine should be allowed to get new shoes to rein in the new year.

she points her finger at him. ]

So you're saying yes to new shoes.

[prescind]

I don't think I could possibly stop you from buying shoes at all.

( that was an impossibility and he's not even going to try. )

But we're going to run out of space in this house if you keep buying shoes.

[manipulative]

[ katherine wrinkles her nose. ] Maybe we should have a New Year's resolution where you put all your journals on a bookshelf and I can put all my shoes where you put your journals?

[ that sounds like a great solution to her! ]

[prescind]

Your shoes wouldn't fit.

( in the spot where he's hidden his journals. )

Not enough room.

[manipulative]

Maybe you could take me to this location and we can scope it out together?

[ she smiles much like the cheshire cat. she presses her hands to her chest with eagerness. ]

I know shoes best. You know journals best.

[prescind]

You're really trying hard here, aren't you?

( he knows this game, katherine, and he's not going to fall for it just like that. )

Why can't you just wait for me to give you another journal?

[manipulative]

[ she stomps her foot and pouts petulantly. ]

Because it's going to take forever! I can't wait fifty years to read one journal! I need something good to read.

[ although, she only ever picks up a book at night and often ends up tossing the book to the end of the bed with a declaration of it being rubbish. ]

[prescind]

You can't wait fifty years even if it's fifty years with me?

( wow, is he not entertaining, katherine? )

[manipulative]

No.

[ it's quick, although the way katherine curves her lips upward says another story. she'd wait fifty years, seventy years, and even another five centuries if it was with stefan.

but he can't know that. well, he can't hear her confirming it, at least. ]

I need one now.

[prescind]

That's too bad because you're not getting one now.

( nice try but no. )

It's not time.