deercountry | ( CLOSED ) ARE YOU MINE?

[ maybe he's expecting some incredible explanation, but katherine has only one sole reason: ]

I was horny.

[ she purses her lips and shrugs like it's that easy—and it is. she'd decided she wanted to have a dual bath when she was horny, and so she made it happen. ]

And I wanted to relax. But mostly I was horny and wanted to see you naked and wet.

Aren't you always horny?

( laughing, stefan steps forward and slides his hand underneath her shirt, palming her hip and scratching at her skin. )

I thought you woke up horny.

( he smirks at her. )

I wake up next to you, Stefan.

[ that's her answer and that's the truth. she's the happiest she's ever been with a side dish of horny.

she doesn't step away from him. katherine exhales quietly, relaxing at the mere gentle press of his fingers against her hip. ]

It's simply a natural reaction to that.

So full of compliments.

( laughing, stefan reaches for the bottom of her shirt and starts to tug it upward. hadn't she been the one to suggest this. he pulls it up and over her head, tossing it aside. )

Or are you trying to make me blush?

[ she doesn't stop him from undressing her. she smiles, resting her arms back against her sides as she stands before him in her jeans and her bra. thankfully, her feet are bared. he won't be forced to remove her heels tonight. ]

Are you blushing?

[ she narrows her eyes thoughtfully and leans a little closer, studying his face. he has such a handsome face. ]

No.

( he makes a face when she looks at him that closely and then shakes his head. )

No, I'm not blushing. You haven't said anything to make me blush and no, that's not an invitation.

I'm half-naked and you're not blushing.

[ she tsks beneath her breath. of course, she doesn't think he's suddenly turned off by her. stefan not blushing is a stefan who, at least, is gearing up to blush until he combusts.

katherine pinches his cheeks lightly to bring forth a delightful pink tinge. ]

There. Perfectly rosy.

[ she gives the tip of his nose a little tweak, too. ]

I've seen you half naked before, it takes more than that to make me blush.

( he makes a face when she pinches his cheeks and then rolls his eyes. )

Really?

Yes, really. I used to pinch my cheeks all the time before I saw you.

[ it's a little confession she knows reveals a very old hand of hers. she had liked stefan and she had wanted to appear attractive to him... and she thinks she was.

she smiles at him and tilts her head to the side. ]

You didn't notice?

What?

( that both surprises him and makes him laugh. no, he had not noticed that but he wonders if that's true or if she's just teasing him. )

Did you really?

Yes.

[ she laughs, embarrassed. despite noticing so much about her, stefan's missed so many things. he's never had to make his cheeks nice and rosy to try and lure in a man. he's always been the baited fish.

she smiles and lifts up her shoulder, downplaying her embarrassment. ]

It's how you wooed a man. My womanly wiles.

You don't think you could have wooed a man without the rosy red cheeks?

( stefan's pretty sure he wouldn't have cared about her cheeks with everything else. )

I don't know if you needed those. You have everything else.

No.

[ and that's the difference between him and her. she needed the rosy cheeks to appear like the men in her presence affected her. stefan did not. even though his cheeks were perfectly rosy whenever he was in her presence.

she pokes his shoulder. ]

I have everything else?

[ fishy fishy. ]

You're fishing for compliments.

( tut tut, katherine. )

You know you have everything else.

But what does that entail, exactly?

[ katherine feigns an innocent look, furrowing her brows tightly together and biting on her bottom lip. there are so many things that could mean. she has every shoe in the trench. every jacket...

speaking of: ]

Are you talking about shoes?

Oh my god, you have more shoes than you know what to do with.

( they were going to have to get a new house to store her shoes. )

I don't understand how you can have so many damn shoes.

[ she scrunches up her face. ]

I know what to do with them. I wear them.

[ and while she may appear like she's taken him literally, it's all part of katherine's ploy. she's teasing him. she loves her shoes and she loves how he's always so concerned about how many she has.

she needs a few more. ]

I have seduction shoes. Shoes for shopping. Shoes for walking. You need the appropriate shoe for things, Stef.

Seduction shoes?

( he is never going to understand this thing with her and her shoes. he shakes his head and then laughs. )

You don't need seduction shoes. You can go barefoot and I'm seduced.

[ she chuckles and cocks her brow, her smile widening. that's food for thought... and explains so much about stefan. she never thought he'd be a toe guy, ]

Really?

[ resting her hands on his shoulders, she bends her leg at the knee and picks up her foot as high as she can. it's quite the feat, but she manages to turn her foot around so he can see the sole of it. ]

These seduce you?

You seduce me. Every part of you seduces me. I've been under your spell for years now.

( stefan reaches and catches her legs, fingers rubbing against her gently. )

I'm yours.

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[ she chuckles. ]

You're being very sweet.

[ too sweet. it's beginning to make heat rise to her skin, particularly her cheeks. katherine likes feeling in control, and when he says that, well... she doesn't feel as in control as she would like. ]

How about you come into the bath with me before the water freezes over?

You just want me to stop talking so you don't blush.

( a smile flickers across stefan's face and he steps closer to her, moving to drop a kiss on the top of her head. )

Is there space for me?

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