( this one's for the moms )

[prescind]

Who: stefan salvatore (prescind) + amos burton (rocinantes) + katherine pierce (manipulative + wanda maximoff (explosion)
What: event + other shenanigans
When: may
Where: all over the place

Content Warnings: possible nsfw, language, violence

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[explosion]

I wanted you to think that.

[ she presses her lips together as if that's completely plausible. amos should be going along with her lie! the fact that he isn't is absolutely atrocious. ]

It's not fun being unsurprised all the time. Even telepaths need to pretend to be surprised from time to time.

[rocinantes]

Uh huh.

( he does not and will not believe her. )

Sure fine, you wanted it and you knew it was coming. I believe you.

[explosion]

[ she beams happily at that. see? no more tears. no more happy-sadness. wanda beams brightly like she wasn't sad at all. tilting her chin upward, she regards him smugly. ]

Good.

[ clasping her hands in front of her, she twists her fingers. ]

You can come in if you want... but you must maintain your belief.

[rocinantes]

I don't wanna interrupt anything. You were waiting for the mail?

( not that the mail would bring her anything exciting but here, it also could bring something like that. )

I don't have to stay or anything.

[explosion]

Pfft, no. [ she shakes her head. ] No one sends me mail.

[ she had wanted to tease him about the fact that he'd spontaneously appeared on her doorstep. a phone call could've sufficed, but instead, he was here. that meant something in the book of amos.

opening her door wide, she looks at him expectantly. ] Unless you have somewhere else to be?

[rocinantes]

Yeah, no. No, I don't have anywhere to be.

( you know how many friends he has, wanda? you and one other person.

once she opens the door, he moves to step inside. )

I'm sure someone sends you some mail.

[explosion]

[ she shakes her head. ] I get none. Not even junk.

[ and that's kind of sad, really. wanda likes getting mail. she wishes she had tasked westview's postman with delivering mail many times during the day.

with a flick of her wrist, she closes the door. she leads him down the hallway. ]

It's a good thing that you're here. My car has been making a sound.

[ and while wanda could've fixed it, she wanted him to do it. ]

[rocinantes]

What kind of sound?

( and his face says 'why didn't you fix it with your magic?' because he knows she can. )

Is it still running?

[explosion]

No.

[ and if it was running just a few moments ago before she very sneakily stopped it from doing so, well... he won't be able to tell.

wanda shakes her head and furrows her brows as she appears a touch concerned. ]

It is making a dying sound. It's very sad.

[rocinantes]

And how did that happen? What'd you do to it?

( obviously it had been something she'd done while driving. it's the only explanation. )

[explosion]

[ wanda turns around and gasps, laughing as she smacks her hand to her chest. she appears very affronted... and very guilty. ]

What I did to it? I did nothing!

[ she sure did something. ]

How could you say such a thing?

[rocinantes]

Because no one else is driving the vehicle.

( and she looks incredibly guilty in the way that she's trying not to look guilty at all. )

So, either it's shoddy craftsmanship or something happened.

[explosion]

Are you implying I am a bad driver?

[ he'd be right. despite being decent at driving, wanda much prefers to teleport or fly… not that amos needs to know that.

she shakes her head and tuts. ]

If the craftsmanship is shoddy, it is because of the mechanic.

[rocinantes]

I didn't put the car together. I just keep it running.

( and it was running fine before this whole thing. )

Where's the car?

[explosion]

In the garage.

[ she narrows her eyes slightly as she observes him for a moment. how can she remove the blame from herself? even though she is the culprit... ]

Did you really want to see it?

[rocinantes]

Do you want me to try and fix it?

( if she wants him to try and get it running then yeah, he'd have to see it. but if not...

he shrugs. )

I don't have to see it if you wanna start walking around town.