deercountry | ( this one's for the moms )

Oh, then there's no room for you to have popcorn and drinks. All mine.

( he picks them back up and starts to walk away because two can play at that game. )

Guess it's movie night alone for you.

Hey!

[ while still slouching against the couch (being without popcorn and drinks and stefan isn't enough to see her rise from the comfort of the cushions, unfortunately), she clicks her fingers sharply at him. ]

Get back here. I might be able to spare some blanket for you.

I think I'm gonna need an actual solid answer before I come back.

( and just because you click your fingers doesn't mean he's gonna come back either. )

So, might or will?

[ katherine clicks her fingers one more time before she settles back into the couch with a pout. tugging the blanket up to her chin, she rests her chin down against it and pulls the side—his side—up. ]

Hurry up. I'm getting cold.

[ there's your answer, stef. ]

Wow, finally. Thank you.

( and now that he's invited, he moves to slip underneath the blanket with her and sighs once he settles down. )

Has anyone ever told you that you're very demanding? Have I told you that?

[ when she lowers the blanket, she gives him only a portion of it. this is what he gets for denying her, after all. ]

Yes.

[ she tucks the blanket comfortably around her before slipping her hand beneath it to palm his thigh. she smiles devilishly. ]

Almost all the time. And yet, you give in to my demands regardless.

Because you would pout and act like the world was ending if I didn't.

( and you know it's true, katherine. )

I wouldn't wanna be the cause of your rampage.

[ she snorts. ]

What "rampage" do you think I would go on, Stefan?

[ she turns to look at him, ensuring the blanket is tucked nice and comfortably around her. ]

With you, I never know. You're very unpredictable.

( he shrugs and reaches for some popcorn, tossing it into his mouth and smiling at her. )

And before you start saying you don't rampage, you do. I've seen these rampages with my eyes.

[ she scoffs and shakes her head. tugging the popcorn towards her, she tries to hold it far away from him. ]

That's bullshit and you know it.

[ she doesn't go on rampages.

she goes on killing sprees. huge difference. ]

No, it's not!

( he grabs for the popcorn, trying to use his longer reach to snag it. )

I've been witness to your very violent rampages, Katherine. You're very good at them.

[ nope.

she twists around so that he'll have to lay over her to even reach the popcorn. katherine's partly regretting tucking herself so tightly in the blanket; it's restricting her movement to scurry away. ]

You are a liar.

[ she ensures to twist away from him and does her best to stifle her laugh. ]

I've known you for centuries! You've gone on rampages. Maybe you don't call them that but they're still rampages.

( katherine, don't make him lay on top of you to grab the popcorn because he will. )

[ but maybe that's exactly what she wants???

katherine grits her teeth and shakes her head. ] You've only known me for half of your life, if a little more. What you know is a lie.

[ then, she tilts her head up haughtily and declares, ] I'm a lady.

You are a lady.

( and he leans over and tries to snag the popcorn from her, laughing. )

But you're a very vicious lady when you want to be.

[ katherine preens at the compliment. anyone else might scoff and feel offended, but katherine... she likes being called vicious, especially by stefan. despite being happy with that, she does keep her body twisted away from him out of pure spite. ]

And do you enjoy that viciousness?

[ there really is only one answer here. ]

When it's directed at me, yes.

( and when it's directed at others too and she's not trying to take out people he cares about. but that's in the past. )

I do enjoy it.

[ she laughs, flushing lightly, and smacks him lightly on the chest. still keeping the popcorn far away from him, she regards him with narrowed eyes. ]

Are you saying that just so I will share my popcorn with you?

Yes, that's exactly why I'm saying it. That's the only thing I want.

( he makes a face at her. )

If you didn't have popcorn, I wouldn't be complimenting you.

I knew it.

[ she tucks her popcorn close to her and far away from him. but it doesn't last for long. slowly, katherine rights herself and sits the popcorn in her lap—an easy enough distance for him to reach it—and eyes him playfully. ]

You can have some... for a compliment.

( stefan reaches over to grab some popcorn while saying: )

I like the way you hold popcorn.

( she said a compliment, she never said it had to be a good compliment. )

[ she rolls her eyes. while she's tempted to pull the popcorn away from him, she keeps it on her lap as she grabs a handful and pops it into her mouth. ]

Go on.

[ surely, he's not going to be satisfied with only a few kernels. ]

Go on?

( he laughs and shakes his head. )

Aren't we going to watch a movie? I would hate to distract us from that.

[ she shakes her head. sitting up a little straighter, she pouts and slowly moves the popcorn away from him. ]

We can watch the movie after you've complimented me a few hundred more times.

[ it's a cinematic requirement, after all. ]

Katherine.

( he sighs and shakes his head. he wasn't going to compliment her a few hundred more times. )

I love you and I adore you. Can we please watch the movie?

( those were the only compliments she was going to get for awhile. )

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