( 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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[manipulative]

I don't.

[ she scrunches up her nose and shakes her head. ]

I don't know what my snoring sounds like. Considering I'm asleep when I apparently snore...

[prescind]

Your snoring sounds like snoring.

( he's helpful. )

Loud and like a motorboat. I'm sure you can imagine what that sounds like.

[manipulative]

[ with a pitiful pinch to her lips, she shakes her head. ]

I don't. Will you please demonstrate it to me?

[ please, stef. show her what a motorboat sounds like. ]

[prescind]

( he opens his mouth like he's going to do just that and then shuts it again and shakes his head. )

Nah.

( he adds a sweet smile just to really drive the point home. )

[manipulative]

[ katherine grins big and wide. settling back into her chair, she crosses her arms and looks very smug. ]

So, you're lying. I don't snore at all.

[prescind]

No, you do. I just don't feel the need to demonstrate.

( he's gonna die on this hill, katherine, so be ready. )

You snore and it's loud. Sometimes, you drown even Aleksander out.

[manipulative]

[ she snorts. stefan salvatore is going to have to do a lot better than that. ]

Nothing can drown out that dog, Stefan. Not even the horn of a truck.

[ aleksander was within a volume realm of his own. he took after his father that way. ]

[prescind]

Wow, you're smearing poor Aleks now?

( how awful, how terrible, he can't even defend himself. )

I'm going to make sure he snores right in your ear tonight and you have a wet nose in your face when you wake up.

[manipulative]

[ she laughs and shakes her head. ]

Whatever happened to you being very possessive and sensitive over the fact I cuddle the dog more than you? [ she frowns as she regards him with playful seriousness. ] Are you no longer insecure?

[prescind]

No.

( he knows that she loves him and that she loves aleksander. maybe she cuddles aleksander more but she also probably gets more hair in her mouth than he does. )

I've never been insecure in my life.

( ha ha. )

[manipulative]

[ she cocks her brow at that. rolling her shoulders, she observes him for a long moment. ]

So... you won't mind if I spend today with Aleksander, then?

[ if he's not insecure and all, you know. ]

[prescind]

If you want to.

( stefan shrugs a shoulder. )

But Aleksander isn't the one who has Mother's Day plans for you. But if you'd rather spend it with him, sure. I'll table my stuff till next year.

[manipulative]

[ she sighs quietly. of course, he has to pull out the stefan card. it's the card that encompasses his journals and his kindness... and when he does let her go and buy shoes without an "a building dropped on you" comment. ]

What kind of plans are these?

[ please say it involves journals. ]

[prescind]

You don't get to know them before you make that choice.

( he shakes his head. )

If you want to spend the day with Aleks, that's fine. But just know that I had things we were going to do.

[manipulative]

I don't get a hint?

[ katherine pouts as she regards him. she bats her eyelashes and appears as innocent as they both know she isn't. that's not fair! that's not fair at all. she deserves a clue. this is, after all, a day about her! ]

Just one hint, Stefan. Please.

[prescind]

You wouldn't give me a hint.

( so no, he's not going to give you a hint, katherine. )

Would you? No, you would give me the opposite of a hint, you know. You would give me something that would point me in the other direction.

[manipulative]

[ and?

she pulls a face and laughs lightly. ]

It's still a hint. I'm a very giving person, Stefan.

[ it's a good thing no one has asked katherine how giving she truly is. leading him in the opposite direction so that he's surprised is a nice hint. ]

[prescind]

( stefan leans forward, tapping his fingers against his forearm before he shakes his head. )

Nah.

( nah, he's not going to do that. you can deal with it, katherine. you're strong. )

[manipulative]

[ she's going to punch him in his square forehead so hard. ]

And if I actually choose not to spend the day with Aleksander? Will you finally tell me?

[ she's still going to spend the day with aleksander... she'll just call him to join in on their plans. ]

[prescind]

If you spend the day with Aleksander?

( stefan pretends to think about it, tilting his head one way and then to the other before he shakes his head. )

No. No hints.

[manipulative]

If I don't choose to spend the day with Aleksander.

[ which... she will. because he is their dog-son and aleksander is cute and sits on stefan's feet.

but he needn't need to know that. ]

That's what's started this whole holding out on me.

[prescind]

If you don't choose to spend the day with Aleksander then yeah, you'll find out.

( he smiles slowly at her. )

So, what's it gonna be?

[manipulative]

[ she purses her lips as she makes a show of considering her answer. ]

I won't spend the day with Aleksander. [ she smiles smugly. ] I'll spend the night with him.

[ all snug in all that fur. ]

[prescind]

I guess I'll sleep on the couch.

( where she would inevitably join him because whatever she might say, she likes sleeping with him. )

It's a nice couch, I'll stretch out since you'll have the bed.

[manipulative]

You're so considerate.

[ she blows him a kiss to tease him. ]

But why are you talking about tonight when it's early in the morning on Mother's Day and you, by your own rules, have me all day until Aleksander has me all night?