( — march catchall )

[rocinantes]

Who: katherine pierce, amos burton, stefan salvatore, wanda maximoff
What: event stuff and other sundries
When: march
Where: all around trench

Content Warnings: language

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[rocinantes]

How often are you kissing people?

( what kind of hobbies did you have there, wanda? he laughs. )

Got a really active social life, huh?

[explosion]

Don't kiss shame.

[ she narrows her eyes playfully and shakes her head at him. ]

And don't be jealous, either. I am a good kisser and you are not. [ she shrugs. ] That sucks for you.

[rocinantes]

Fine, then don't kiss me ever again.

( a simple solution, isn't it? )

I wouldn't want to put you through the horror.

[explosion]

[ wanda cocks her brow as she looks at him. ] Is that what you want?

[ the singing plant continues to hum, undisturbed by the conversation at hand. now would be a good time for it to start singing a specific song from the little mermaid. ]

[rocinantes]

( oh, he walked into that one, didn't he? he makes a face. )

Is that what you want?

( he can try and not answer. )

[explosion]

[ oh, no, mr burton. we're not playing that game. ]

I asked first. And since it's always ladies first… [ she gestures with a sweep of his hand to take the floor. ] It's rude to leave a lady waiting on an answer.

[rocinantes]

Since when is it always ladies first?

( avoiding the question, yes. )

[explosion]

[ the beginning of time, amos. while wanda thinks about insisting that it's the same everywhere, even in space, she refuses to go on this tangent. instead, she regards him squarely. ]

You don't want to kiss me.

[ while she keeps her tone purposefully neutral… there is a little disappointment threaded through it. ]

[rocinantes]

I didn't say that.

( presumptuous. )

I'd assume you don't want to kiss me.

[explosion]

[ then what did you say, amos? it'd be so much easier if she just read his mind, but wanda's trying to turn over a new leaf. ]

I don't want to kiss you if you don't want to kiss me.

[ so. ]

[rocinantes]

Are we talking seriously now?

( because that's what it feels like. )

[explosion]

[ wanda thinks to parrot him back, but she inhales deeply through her nose and resists the urge to hide behind that rather exasperating wall. it used to work with pietro. ]

I guess so.

[ glancing at the humming plant, she wrings her hands together before she looks at amos. ]

So, do you?

[rocinantes]

I don't...I haven't really thought about it too much because I just assumed that you wouldn't want to kiss me.

( because why would she? )

[explosion]

If you think about it now... what would you say?

[ probably no. that's the answer, isn't it?

this is a conversation she's had with vision, once. it'd been just as awkward. she and vision were much like newborn foals trying to learn to walk. it's strange to think that with someone who has lived as much as amos that same feeling is happening again. ]

[rocinantes]

If I think about kissing you now?

( he's been trying not to so he doesn't get his hopes but but...now she's telling him to think about it and he shrugs. )

Of course I'd want to do it again.

[explosion]

[ so, it wasn't awful, even if wanda has made it a point to tease him endlessly to, well… do the equivalent of pulling his pigtails to prompt him to notice her. ]

Then you should.

[ she tilts her chin up ever so slightly and doesn't look away. ]

Because I want you to.

[rocinantes]

You...do?

( forgive him for being surprised. he hadn't expected that. he licks his lips a bit. )

Really?

[explosion]

[ where someone might chuckle incredulously and blush, wanda doesn't laugh as if taken aback. this is a new and strange territory, and when she had been in it so many years ago, she'd fumbled inside of it along with vision. but amos isn't vision, and so the fumbling's just on her end.

she wrings her fingers together to stop herself from running away... not that she'd be able to. her feet are stuck in place. ]

Is that so hard to believe?

[rocinantes]

It's just —

( he doesn't know how to say this without potentially making it sound like she's the problem because she is not.

it's all him. )

You just deserve better.

[explosion]

[ she thinks about joking in the context of kissing—and what's what they're talking about on the surface: kissing.

although she knows what he means. the same could be said of him. she's captured hundreds within a mere thought. she'd killed several floors of innocent people by accident. her only relationship has been with a synthezoid who didn't know any better. ]

I deserve what I get and what people are willing to give me. [ she shrugs as if that's it—and it is. ] I'm no better than you.

[rocinantes]

Yes, you are.

( don't fight him on this, he will fight to the death and die on that hill. )

You are so much better than me.

[explosion]

[ wanda doesn't need telepathy to see where this conversation is headed. while she knows some of amos' past and is aware of his hot-headedness, she doesn't think any less of him. it's impossible to.

she tilts her head to the side and smiles kindly. ] Do you really want to get into a 'who is better than who' debate? I feel like there will be no winner.

[rocinantes]

Probably not.

( that smile is kind of terrifying, honestly. he sighs. )

I honestly didn't think you'd want to do that with me again.

[explosion]

[ wanda bites back her "why?", suspecting it'll only prompt him to revisit the circular conversation she's tried to nip in the bud only moments ago.

shy, she shrugs and looks away. ] It wasn't that bad. [ although, she will continue to claim he's a shit kisser for the foreseeable future. ]

You could use some practice, but… [ she smiles at him before she glances away. ] I… have been thinking about it a lot.

[rocinantes]

I could use some practice?

( he chuckles a little at that. )

What, you want me to go practice on my hand in front of a mirror?