( much, much older than he is and sometimes, that's very evident but other times, she can also come off as very young. the innocent girl that he'd thought scraped out of her was still there. she was just well hidden. )
I'll be sure to give you reminders every so often. When I remember to, at least.
[ she scoffs and gives his side a light squeeze. ] Oh, please. You're practically a baby.
[ 170? that's barely anything. he's still so young in his immortal life. considering she's sort-of-dated-but-not-dated someone over 1,000… it's strange to think of how age seems to matter but not matter when you're immortal. ]
But if you think about how old we were when we turned… I'm only two years older than you. [ 17 and 19. they are so close in age, yet the lives they've lived and the different parts of the world they've experienced have sometimes made her feel so distant from him. she glances up at him with a cheeky smile, ] How does that make you feel that I'm still the oldest and therefore wisest?
( stefan trails off, tilting his head and making a face that clearly says he's not sure about that. he manages to hold that face for a few moments before he laughs and shakes his head. )
You probably adore being the older woman in all things. So you can use exactly that line.
[ she can't help but laugh when he laughs. she really likes his laugh, especially when he's being a dork. ] Is it not true?
[ is katherine fishing for a compliment? no. while they're very nice, stefan's kind words tend to overwhelm her these days. she wants him to keep his compliments in his pants... or maybe tucked beneath his pillow, given he's not exactly wearing anything right now. ]
I can't help but be the older woman. It's not like there's a dating app for immortals who are five centuries old or over.
[ she's glad she can kind of hide her face from him. there are only a few instances where katherine feels very much like the nineteen year old that she is in front of a boy she apparently likes, and that's when he decides to prop her up with a compliment when he may not have intended to.
trying to play it cool, she waits a moment before she even thinks to ask him why (something she's no doubt bound to regret). and when she does, it's with a smile she can't bite back. ] Why do you think I'd be very popular?
( most men were, unfortunately, shallow people and if they saw a woman who looks like katherine pierce, they'd be falling at her feet. and he knows that she could spice up a dating profile as well. )
Everyone would want to know you though I think you would find yourself talking to a lot of people that you otherwise not want to talk to. Ever.
[ even though she had asked for this, it's still overwhelming to hear him call her pretty. when did she stop being an immortal 500 year old and become a teenaged girl again? she blushes and she hopes he's none the wiser to it. ]
I'm sure there are interesting people on there who could hold a conversation, Stefan. [ she scoffs, wanting to bait him into complimenting her again. her own destruction will be caused by herself, urging stefan salvatore to keep calling her pretty. ]
( but he doesn't think there would be people on there who could hold katherine's attention for very long. maybe for a few minutes but she was a woman who had high standards and wouldn't just listen to some man talk about himself for hours on end. )
But, you're more interesting than any of those people that might put a profile on a dating app. And that's a fact.
[ she's clearly made a huge mistake asking him to pander to her desire to be complimented. katherine does her best not to alert him to the fact that she is completely blushing at his words, remaining still against his chest when she wants to turn her face into his side and hide. ]
You're not so bad yourself. [ honestly, he's not bad at all. she's surprised stefan doesn't have more people fawning over him, but she guesses his reclusive nature has worked in her favour of being able to horde him away. she keeps her voice as carefree and light as possible, ] I should make you a Staggr profile thing. You'd be a hit.
[ how is it that she's the oldest one here and yet she's the one who is technologically hip and cool?
and yes... she did look for him on staggr when she was bored back in december and found he wasn't there. it's not necessarily a surprise. she did look for him again in march and was unsurprised to find he still wasn't there. ]
It's a social media thing. [ she shrugs against him. ] You fill in some details about yourself and I guess people can swipe left or right. I think it's more of a friendship thing while DeerlyBeloved is more for dating. [ she smiles, peering up at him, ] You'd need a very cute picture.
( the friendship one he could...kind of see even if he preferred making friends in his own way but he doesn't know if he wants to do the dating thing. the last time he'd tried, he'd ended up abandoned and left behind and now he was...
he doesn't know what he is with katherine but he's something. )
Yeah. [ she says it lightly like it's not a big deal. ] I made it back in December when I was bored one day. [ she was very bored throughout december. she had no friends, no one to talk to, and no one to... well... do what she's doing with stefan. she had partly made it out of loneliness, too, but she doesn't want to admit that to herself. ]
The DeerlyBeloved one was made for me. I think it just generates on its own. [ she shrugs. she's not technically inclined nor does she really care about it. she'd logged in, it created itself, and she hasn't really bothered to look at it since.
but she does briefly let herself wonder what he thinks of it. maybe he doesn't care. she doesn't believe stefan would think of her in the same way as damon has come to over the years. ]
Have you made any friends with it? Or gotten any dates, I guess?
( stefan hasn't really gone looking so he doesn't have much of an opinion on either of them. he didn't even know she had them until just now. he hadn't gone looking for hers or anyone's so while he's curious, that's about all he is. )
I think I've done okay without either one of them. I've made...friends.
[ he can rest easy now... even though she doesn't particularly think he's asking out of any misplaced jealousy. ] I meet most people by saving their asses. [ and having hers be saved, but she has the good sense not to mention that. she does think he'd worry. ]
I remember. You've made a handful of female friends. [ not jealous at all btw; her tone does not imply it, even though it does shift and sound a lot lower and annoyed. it's good he has friends... it might do him some good to have a male friend, though. ]
( yes, he had made a handful of friends and yes, the majority of those friends happen to be female but he doesn't know what about that would make her tone go from what it typically sounds like to one of annoyance. )
Why do you sound like that? ( he's just going to come out and ask because he doesn't think she'll tell him without prompting. )
[ katherine frowns, looking confused. then, as innocently and perplexed as possible, ] What did I sound like?
[ she knows what she sounded like and she doesn't care to respond to his question about it, because then it means she has to face the fact that she is jealous that he has female friends.
she's turned into that person. sort of the person she was before but… more high school whiny… like caroline. god, she doesn't want to be that person. she doesn't care as long as none of them are stripping their clothes off with him. ]
( she definitely hadn't sounded happy and he'd been able to clearly hear a difference in tone. and he doesn't think katherine would slip from one tone to another without knowing. )
[ nothing is really all right. she's naked in bed with stefan salvatore and he's naked in bed with her, and she wants to be naked in bed with him tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that. if she thinks about it too hard, she runs the risk of actually ruining this. ]
I'm fine. [ this time, her tone isn't annoying at all. she even smiles to relay the fact that she is. she doesn't want him to think she isn't. stefan having friends is a really good thing... it's good he has friends outside of mystic falls. ]
I'm just glad that you have friends that aren't from Mystic Falls. [ she tilts her head to the side, purposefully nuzzling into his side, and ensures her tone is very teasing, ] Have I mentioned that recently?
( she's deferring and he knows he is but he doesn't feel like pressing the subject especially when she's tucked against him and it feels as good as he does. he's selfish and he doesn't want to ruin that with a potentially uncomfortable conversation. )
What's wrong with my Mystic Falls friends? ( he laughs quietly as he says it, turning his face to look down at her. ) They're nice.
[ peering up at him, she rolls her eyes. ] Did you forget who your friends are in my amazing company?
[ clearly. who can blame him? truthfully, all his other friends are pretty forgettable... except for lexi, of course.
tapping her fingers lightly against his side, she shifts so that she can rest her head a little higher on his shoulder. ] Your friends are either very old, undead beings or they're literal teenagers. [ she shrugs, wanting him to physically feel how she's not exactly judging. she's in no place to, anyway. ] It's good you've expanded your social circle and met new people. You'll learn about different life experiences and things, and maybe finally be convinced to never go to school ever again in your long life.
( the school thing, that is. he laughs, giving his head a shake. if it's not his hair, it's the fact that he'd gone to school numerous times. he supposes there are worse things she could pick on him with so he doesn't really sound all that irritated. )
Going to school isn't that bad. I like learning.
( even if he'd learned almost all there was to know and lived through a lot of it as well. )
Why not college? [ she looks up at him pointedly, ] College men are hot. Not to mention, actually considered to be men.
[ just saying! does he not see how he's narrowing his horizons and opportunities by going back to freaking twelfth grade? why does he want to hang out with children so desperately? the football jerseys are pretty hot, but other than that, she doesn't get it. college, she can understand a little more. ]
You could pull off being a professor. You'd be like Indiana Jones, minus the whole… adventurer and exciting secret life.
I had no idea that Katherine Pierce was a career counselor.
( he chuckles, shaking his head. he doesn't think he's going to go back to school, high school or college, for awhile if again but it's amusing to hear her try and steer him away from high school. )
I'm not going to go to high school or college. I'm not really interested in doing that here.
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( much, much older than he is and sometimes, that's very evident but other times, she can also come off as very young. the innocent girl that he'd thought scraped out of her was still there. she was just well hidden. )
I'll be sure to give you reminders every so often. When I remember to, at least.
( hey, he was old too. )
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[ 170? that's barely anything. he's still so young in his immortal life. considering she's sort-of-dated-but-not-dated someone over 1,000… it's strange to think of how age seems to matter but not matter when you're immortal. ]
But if you think about how old we were when we turned… I'm only two years older than you. [ 17 and 19. they are so close in age, yet the lives they've lived and the different parts of the world they've experienced have sometimes made her feel so distant from him. she glances up at him with a cheeky smile, ] How does that make you feel that I'm still the oldest and therefore wisest?
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( stefan trails off, tilting his head and making a face that clearly says he's not sure about that. he manages to hold that face for a few moments before he laughs and shakes his head. )
You probably adore being the older woman in all things. So you can use exactly that line.
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[ is katherine fishing for a compliment? no. while they're very nice, stefan's kind words tend to overwhelm her these days. she wants him to keep his compliments in his pants... or maybe tucked beneath his pillow, given he's not exactly wearing anything right now. ]
I can't help but be the older woman. It's not like there's a dating app for immortals who are five centuries old or over.
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( the kind that could not handle katherine pierce. they were probably very nice people with normal lives and katherine would stomp all over them. )
You'd be very popular but I think you'd also break the bones of about half of those that replied to you.
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trying to play it cool, she waits a moment before she even thinks to ask him why (something she's no doubt bound to regret). and when she does, it's with a smile she can't bite back. ] Why do you think I'd be very popular?
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( most men were, unfortunately, shallow people and if they saw a woman who looks like katherine pierce, they'd be falling at her feet. and he knows that she could spice up a dating profile as well. )
Everyone would want to know you though I think you would find yourself talking to a lot of people that you otherwise not want to talk to. Ever.
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I'm sure there are interesting people on there who could hold a conversation, Stefan. [ she scoffs, wanting to bait him into complimenting her again. her own destruction will be caused by herself, urging stefan salvatore to keep calling her pretty. ]
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( but he doesn't think there would be people on there who could hold katherine's attention for very long. maybe for a few minutes but she was a woman who had high standards and wouldn't just listen to some man talk about himself for hours on end. )
But, you're more interesting than any of those people that might put a profile on a dating app. And that's a fact.
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You're not so bad yourself. [ honestly, he's not bad at all. she's surprised stefan doesn't have more people fawning over him, but she guesses his reclusive nature has worked in her favour of being able to horde him away. she keeps her voice as carefree and light as possible, ] I should make you a Staggr profile thing. You'd be a hit.
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( you know who hasn't kept up with the social media of deerington? stefan, that's who. he has an inbox and that's enough for him. )
What's a Staggr?
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and yes... she did look for him on staggr when she was bored back in december and found he wasn't there. it's not necessarily a surprise. she did look for him again in march and was unsurprised to find he still wasn't there. ]
It's a social media thing. [ she shrugs against him. ] You fill in some details about yourself and I guess people can swipe left or right. I think it's more of a friendship thing while DeerlyBeloved is more for dating. [ she smiles, peering up at him, ] You'd need a very cute picture.
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( the friendship one he could...kind of see even if he preferred making friends in his own way but he doesn't know if he wants to do the dating thing. the last time he'd tried, he'd ended up abandoned and left behind and now he was...
he doesn't know what he is with katherine but he's something. )
Do you have one?
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The DeerlyBeloved one was made for me. I think it just generates on its own. [ she shrugs. she's not technically inclined nor does she really care about it. she'd logged in, it created itself, and she hasn't really bothered to look at it since.
but she does briefly let herself wonder what he thinks of it. maybe he doesn't care. she doesn't believe stefan would think of her in the same way as damon has come to over the years. ]
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( stefan hasn't really gone looking so he doesn't have much of an opinion on either of them. he didn't even know she had them until just now. he hadn't gone looking for hers or anyone's so while he's curious, that's about all he is. )
I think I've done okay without either one of them. I've made...friends.
( somewhat. )
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[ he can rest easy now... even though she doesn't particularly think he's asking out of any misplaced jealousy. ] I meet most people by saving their asses. [ and having hers be saved, but she has the good sense not to mention that. she does think he'd worry. ]
I remember. You've made a handful of female friends. [ not jealous at all btw; her tone does not imply it, even though it does shift and sound a lot lower and annoyed. it's good he has friends... it might do him some good to have a male friend, though. ]
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( yes, he had made a handful of friends and yes, the majority of those friends happen to be female but he doesn't know what about that would make her tone go from what it typically sounds like to one of annoyance. )
Why do you sound like that? ( he's just going to come out and ask because he doesn't think she'll tell him without prompting. )
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[ she knows what she sounded like and she doesn't care to respond to his question about it, because then it means she has to face the fact that she is jealous that he has female friends.
she's turned into that person. sort of the person she was before but… more high school whiny… like caroline. god, she doesn't want to be that person. she doesn't care as long as none of them are stripping their clothes off with him. ]
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( she definitely hadn't sounded happy and he'd been able to clearly hear a difference in tone. and he doesn't think katherine would slip from one tone to another without knowing. )
Is everything all right?
( did she disapprove of his friends? )
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I'm fine. [ this time, her tone isn't annoying at all. she even smiles to relay the fact that she is. she doesn't want him to think she isn't. stefan having friends is a really good thing... it's good he has friends outside of mystic falls. ]
I'm just glad that you have friends that aren't from Mystic Falls. [ she tilts her head to the side, purposefully nuzzling into his side, and ensures her tone is very teasing, ] Have I mentioned that recently?
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What's wrong with my Mystic Falls friends? ( he laughs quietly as he says it, turning his face to look down at her. ) They're nice.
( sometimes. )
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[ clearly. who can blame him? truthfully, all his other friends are pretty forgettable... except for lexi, of course.
tapping her fingers lightly against his side, she shifts so that she can rest her head a little higher on his shoulder. ] Your friends are either very old, undead beings or they're literal teenagers. [ she shrugs, wanting him to physically feel how she's not exactly judging. she's in no place to, anyway. ] It's good you've expanded your social circle and met new people. You'll learn about different life experiences and things, and maybe finally be convinced to never go to school ever again in your long life.
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( the school thing, that is. he laughs, giving his head a shake. if it's not his hair, it's the fact that he'd gone to school numerous times. he supposes there are worse things she could pick on him with so he doesn't really sound all that irritated. )
Going to school isn't that bad. I like learning.
( even if he'd learned almost all there was to know and lived through a lot of it as well. )
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[ just saying! does he not see how he's narrowing his horizons and opportunities by going back to freaking twelfth grade? why does he want to hang out with children so desperately? the football jerseys are pretty hot, but other than that, she doesn't get it. college, she can understand a little more. ]
You could pull off being a professor. You'd be like Indiana Jones, minus the whole… adventurer and exciting secret life.
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( he chuckles, shaking his head. he doesn't think he's going to go back to school, high school or college, for awhile if again but it's amusing to hear her try and steer him away from high school. )
I'm not going to go to high school or college. I'm not really interested in doing that here.
( so lucky her. )
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