restroom | ( open general rp post )

You're a little klutzy today, aren't you?

( stefan chuckles and then puts the forks back before retaking her hand. )

Do you want to see the rest of my house or would you like to just drop stuff to pick up?

[ that's a rather enticing offer... katherine would like to see just how long it takes for him to grab her by the hips and help her pick something up. narrowing her eyes, she considers her options and decides she doesn't need to choose. ]

Why not both?

[ he has other things to drop around his house, right? she's seen he has throw pillows, books, a lamp… ]

Do you have a problem with that?

No, not at all.

( she'd just have to be careful or he might end up interrupting the tour for some...other things. )

I just don't want you to throw out your back with all this bending.

[ that's the point.

she arches her brow at him and folds her arms against her chest. the expression she wears is one that implies he's very much in danger, even though the only danger he's in is him bending her over and breaking his own hip. ]

Are you implying I'm old?

Aren't you?

( she was six hundred years old, after all. that's pretty old but she wears them well. he smiles and even reaches around to give her ass a smack. )

Come on, we have more of the tour to enjoy.

[ katherine gasps and laughs, completely taken aback by the smack on the ass. she smiles up at him, partly incredulous, as she grips his hand tightly in hers and gives him a shove when she'd very much rather pull him close and do him on his kitchen bench.

she has time. she'll break it in for him.. ]

Then take me on this tour, guide.

I'm trying but you're just being so clumsy and klutzy that we keep getting delayed.

( but he pulls her along into another room close by. it's a sitting room of a sort. there's comfortable sofa and chairs and bookcases lining the walls. there's a big picture window to let in the sun. )

I like this room.

[ she brushes by stefan, letting go of his hand absently as she steps into his liked room. she walks over to the picture window and looks out at the house's surroundings she'd only gotten a glimpse of when she'd pulled up on the driveway. ]

I can see why.

[ if he had shown her this room first, she wouldn't be standing naked in front of it. it would've been very difficult to try and pull her away from it. ]

Your home away from home is very beautiful.

Thank you. I don't really bring people here. It's one of the few places that I've kept secret from everyone.

( damon doesn't know about it and he'd never told elena. katherine was it. he smiles at her and shrugs. )

I just liked having a place where I could be alone, if I needed be.

It's very you.

[ unlike the boarding house, where everything stefan is drowned out by everything damon. here, he's not suffocated by his brother.

she turns around and walks back to him, reaching for his hand. ]

I like it. And I like that you trust me with your secret home away from home.

( his fingers slip around katherine's and he smiles, giving her hand a squeeze. )

It's not much but it's nice to have some place to go when I really need the privacy.

( he shrugs. )

I'm glad you trusted me enough to come out here.

[ she inhales deeply and shrugs, pulling a face that says well… ]

You asked. It's kind of hard to say no to you.

[ one of her very rare achilles heels. katherine is so grateful that this friendship with stefan wasn't just a farce to try and get the one-up on her.

she squeezes his hadn't and steps into him, resting her other hand on his bare hip. ]

Are there other rooms in this house you want to show me?

Bathroom. Have I shown you the bathroom? It's...you'll like it.

( he grabs for her hand again, starting to tug her along back upstairs towards the master bathroom.

opening the door, she'll find a room that's large and surrounded by windows that let light in. there's a big sunken in tub in one corner, a large shower in another and a sink and toilet in granite against one wall. )

This might be too nice for me.

It's definitely too nice for you.

[ definitely too nice for simple stefan salvatore who seems like the type who would be happy with a studio apartment as long as it was lined with bookshelves. this bathroom is more her style, the katherine pierce who she's crafted herself to be.

she looks around at the space and slowly steps into it, holding his hand loosely behind her before her fingers grow slack and she lets go of his hand. ]

This is so not you. [ it's not said to be cruel. ]

It kind of came with the house. I couldn't really say no because I wanted the rest of the house.

( stefan shrugs, letting her go off and explore the bathroom a little more thoroughly. )

It might not be me but I still use it sometimes. The shower's nice after a long day. Haven't really used the bath.

[ she twists to look back at him, eyebrow arched in amusement. ] Well, I need a bath. I've been travelling all day.

[ she drove for an hour or so and was late, anyway. for her story to work, she'd been travelling all day.

after all, he did give her this opening. ]

All day.

( he knows that she's stretching the truth but he's going to give this one to her. )

By all means, feel free to take a bath. Would you like me to get you something? Wine, cheese, a book?

You can draw it for me.

[ does he think she's going to do it all by herself when she has him here? if he leaves to go fetch her a bloody book, then she feels like she's lost the game.

she walks over to the bathtub and traces her fingertip lighting against the lip. she looks at him innocently. ]

Please?

All right.

( stefan comes closer, moving to pull open a small cabinet and taking a few bottles of soap and bubble bath. he holds it up to her and then hands it to her. )

I don't have a lot of bath products so hope that's okay.

( it was citrus scented and would give her a decent amount of bubbles. he'd tested it in the sink once just to make sure it worked. )

[ he'll clearly need to change that if she's to be coming here more often.

she holds the bubble bath and eyes the back of it, reading over the description. opening it, she sniffs the top and pulls a face that says not bad. ]

Did you buy this to never use it?

[ that... sounds like stefan. ]

I...well, if you have a bath, don't you have to have bubble bath?

( even if it never got used, he could say he had it and it was around if someone ever did come here that wanted to take a bath. )

And if anything, I could have used it for something or other. Soap or seasoning or something.

[ leaning forward, she reaches over the tub to switch on the tap. she looks at him over her shoulder with an amused smile and shakes her head. ]

You're cute, Stefan.

[ standing at her full height, she sniffs the bubble bath once more before she pours some of it in. it's probably little too much, but she's excessive. something tells her he doesn't know how much bubble bath to put in. ]

Are you telling me you've never had a bath here?

( he shrugs, wondering if he should feel embarrassed about that or not. it's just...he didn't come here all that often and when he did, he just took showers. )

No, I've never had a bath here before. That's what I'm telling you.

( he wasn't much of a bath guy period. )

Baths are Damon's thing.

Maybe it can be our thing.

[ katherine smiles at him, knowing that, despite what he says, he'll be in the bath with her. how can he resist? hadn't he invited her over just for this?

placing the bubble bath on the floor, she leans over the tub to swish her hand through the water. she turns the tap to make it a touch hotter. ]

Our thing?

( he repeats the words, an undercurrent of desire there before he glances at her. )

You want me to take a bath with you?

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