deercountry | ( the dog days are over )

I don't throw a fit.

[ instead, she acts cute and looks away like the stubborn woman she is. ]

I kindly and very passionately ask you to look away. There's a very big difference.

It's a fit.

( because she never asks him nicely. she always gets mad about it. he shakes his head. )

A tantrum, if you will.

[ pressing her lips together in a comically huffy fashion, katherine shakes her head as she regards him with some amusement. if she tells him it's not a tantrum, he'll insist as much... and then she knows where this will lead.

to a not-fit. ]

You're ruining the dinner you so kindly planned for me, Stefan.

You know what would make me stop harping on it?

( he eyes her. )

Maybe say that you do blush and don't always hide it from me.

[ she rolls her eyes and cuts into her food. this is not a conversation she wants to be happening. the last thing katherine wants to do is admit she blushes.

but... ]

Maybe I do blush. [ she shrugs. ] But I'm not telling you why. You'll be annoying and ruin a good day if I tell you.

Why is it a secret?

( he doesn't understand how you work, katherine, but he's not going to stop pressing it. )

Why should it be a secret from me of all people?

Because.

[ she regards him sternly despite knowing he's not going to drop this. stefan may be soft, but he's sometimes like a ravenous dog with a bone. she's begun to learn he's much like that when it comes to her and the bones she does throw his way.

she shakes her head. ]

It's stupid.

It's not.

( stefan shakes his head and then reaches for her, bringing her closer to him so he can kiss her. )

Nothing you do is stupid.

[ she regards him with a pointed look, but katherine doesn't intend to keep the stubbornness up for long. she sighs and glances down at her plate. she thinks to tell him something else, but... katherine's grown comfortable being honest with him.

she states matter-of-factly, ] I worry that if you see it enough, you'll grow tired of it.

[ yes, stupid. ]

Katherine.

( he laughs quietly and then shakes his head, stepping closer to he and reaching to cradle her fae with his hands. )

That could never ever happen. Never.

How can you be so sure?

[ she cocks her brow as if she's speaking of something based on fact. katherine knows by now that if stefan commits to something, he's committed.

but she's also katherine and she knows that she can be a lot of work sometimes. ]

Katherine.

( he doesn't like that question. he frowns. )

I can be sure because I'm sure. Because I love you.

[ katherine knows it's silly, and the moment he doesn't say it, she knows he knows it's silly. but even someone as confident as her is sometimes plagued by very ridiculous insecurities.

at least he doesn't laugh. ]

You what?

[ she peers up at him and playfully furrows her brows as she feigns confusion. tilting her head to the side, she shakes her head ever so gently. ]

I didn't hear that bit.

I can't understand how you didn't hear it considering I tell it to you like ten times a day.

( but if she wants to hear it again... )

I love you, Katherine Pierce. Blush or not, I'm always going to love you.

[ oh, that just makes her heart go all a flutter.

katherine pokes out her tongue, but her attempt to appear disgusted is severely undermined by her very pleased smile. peering down at her plate, she smiles innocently. ]

And what about Katerina Petrova? Don't you love her?

Yes, I do.

( stefan rolls his eyes because she knows he loves katherine and katerina and whoever else she might be. )

Adore her, actually.

[ she allows herself to smile happily at that rather than hide it. after what they've spoken about today, she thinks maybe she'll give him this one win for now. ]

You're a charmer, you know. First, you make me dinner. Now, you're practically reciting poetry. You'd be the entire package if it wasn't for your square head.

[ she smiles sweetly at him. ]

( it catches him off guard and he laughs before he shakes his square head. )

You want me to get plastic surgery, see if I can't make it more oval for you?

( he laughs and tilts his head at her. )

[ katherine makes a show of eyeing him noticeably, trying to imagine him with a more oval head…

and she decides, with a disgruntled purse of her lips and shake of her head, that wouldn't be entirely good at all. ]

No. [ she scrunches her nose even more. ] Luca inherited your square head and I'd like him to have something that makes him look like his father. [ her gaze lifts up to his hairline. ] Hopefully he doesn't inherit your forehead.

What's wrong with my forehead?

( it wasn't square or anything, katherine. you were just picking at his features now. )

It's fine. There's nothing wrong with my forehead.

Other than it's a little on the square side?

[ she holds her hands up and mimics a large square. pursing her lips, she drops her hands and hums. ]

It is a little broad.

And yours is a little vee shaped.

( two could play that game. )

Like an arrowhead.

[ for a split second, katherine narrows her eyes in annoyance. she's quick to smile and tilt her head up as she preens beneath the backhanded compliment. ]

A cute arrowhead, of course.

[ no, that was not a question. ]

Has anyone in their life ever described an arrowhead as cute?

( he's pretty sure the answer is no. )

You're reaching.

[ she's slow to smile and look at the back of his head pointedly. ]

You'd be the first. How does it feel to do something for the first time, hm?

[ and, if he plays his cards right, the last. she sits smugly in her chair and digs into her dinner happily. ]

Edited 2022-04-12 10:55 (UTC)

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