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[prescind]

I know. And I know it's not easy but it's not the end of the world, Katherine. You can still...you can still live.

( he sighs, shoulders slumping. )

I came here to help you.

[manipulative]

[ she scoffs and sits up, leaning on her elbow to look at him like he's grown two heads. ] It is the end of the world, Stefan.

[ the fact that he can't see it like that only goes to show how he doesn't know her. none of them do. she shouldn't be surprised. they all believe she deserves this, and maybe she does, but katherine doesn't want to believe in it entirely. ]

I cannot be a human.

[ she says it with far more emotion than she likes. ]

[prescind]

You are human, Katherine, and you are giving up.

( and he's never known katherine pierce to give up. )

Is that what you want to do? Just throw your hands up and decide that you're just going to let death come?

( because that's the feeling he's getting. )

[manipulative]

What else am I supposed to do, Stefan?

[ while katherine wants to lie back on the bed, she remains where she is, all her weight resting in her arm as she presses her hand against the bed. her fingers curl and dig into it angrily, and she knows she can't tear the bedspread like she once could. ]

The moment the people I've pissed off hear I'm human, they're going to come after me and I have no way of defending myself.

[ thanks, elena. ]

[prescind]

Let me help you.

( that's why he was here, that's what he wanted to do. he wants to help her because he can't even begin to comprehend what it must be like for her. )

I came after you to help you.

( so, let him. )

[manipulative]

[ that's not the answer she expected. truthfully, she didn't really know what he'd say. stefan is, after all, compassionate. he wants to be everyone's hero.

she narrows her eyes and looks at him suspiciously. ]

Why?

[ if she's going to trust anyone from the scooby gang, it'd be stefan. he is far more honest and direct than the rest of them, even if he's far more capable of hurting her. ]

Why do you want to help me?

[prescind]

Because I think you need help and I don't want you to be alone during this.

( she hasn't been a human for nearly half a millennia. he doesn't think she's going to be dealing well. )

Because you would help me.

( despite it all, despite everyone going against her, she would help him if their positions were reversed. )

[manipulative]

[ she scrunches up her face. ] Would I?

[ they both know she would. katherine cannot help herself when it comes to helping stefan or damon, but mostly stefan. it had been his brother she had saved so many years ago, an ungrateful brother who isn't here repaying the debt.

she sighs, dropping back onto the bed. her hands fold against her chest as she stares up at the ceiling. ]

I'm not going to ask you to turn me back into being a vampire. I doubt it's that easy.

[prescind]

I wasn't going to offer to do that either. But, I can help you.

( he's sure there's a way to reverse this cure. maybe they can find a witch or a vampire even older than her. but he can help her especially now. )

You've helped me, Katherine. Let me help you but if that's something you really don't want. I'll leave.

( he's not going to force something on her. )

[manipulative]

[ she doesn't want him to leave even though she wants to tell him to go. katherine doesn't want to be alone but she wants to be without company. it's a push/pull she's always struggled with over the centuries and it stems from her lifestyle.

that lifestyle doesn't exactly suit being a human.

after a long pause, she keeps staring up at the ceiling. ]

I need to get to New Orleans. I think there's someone who can help me.

[prescind]

A witch?

( that's who he thought she'd go to when he'd been trying to find her. and it's probably the best bet on figuring this out. )

We can go to New Orleans. I've got some places along the way that we can stop at that I've built up during my life. So, we don't have to always stop at motels.

[manipulative]

[ accepting his kindness is very, very hard for katherine. she looks like she's trying to figure out the best way to turn him down until she realises she shouldn't. if he's going to help her and make it comfortable for her, then… who is she to say no? ]

It could take weeks.

[ so… he has other things to do, evidently. is he really going to erase his calendar for her? ]

[prescind]

Okay.

( he waits for her to say why that's a problem for her because it's not a problem for him. )

I've got time.

( and maybe he wanted to be away from mystic falls for a little while so he could breathe. )

[manipulative]

[ she inhales deeply through her nose to steady herself from wanting to sharply ask him why. why does he want to help her so badly? why does he want to give up so much just to help her after everything she's done? katherine knows not to look a gifted horse in the mouth too much. ]

If you want to go back to Mystic Falls at any time, you'll have to find another car.

[ she's keeping his car until she sees this through. perhaps a part of her wants to have a reason to go back and gloat. ]

[prescind]

Any reason you stole my car specifically and not some random person's?

( that just seems targeted, like she wanted to get his attention for some reason. )

Damon's was right there too.

[manipulative]

[ she scrunches up her face as if she's tasted a lemon. ]

I don't like his car and I don't like his company.

[ it's as simple as that. katherine has briefly weighed up which brother she would tolerate chasing her and there's some poetry to it being stefan. it doesn't matter to her that it's exposed she had a plan to be followed—she knows both salvatores love their cars a scary amount and only one was bound to follow her, anyway. ]

[prescind]

( he laughs, a quick exhale and then shakes his head. )

Were you expecting me to come after you?

( since she'd apparently been judging who'd be better company for her. )

[manipulative]

It's what you do, Stefan.

[ she looks at him with a rather open expression. while it may reveal her vulnerabilities in hoping that he would be coming after her, it's who stefan is. she'd much rather take his car than damon's. his company is at least palatable. ]

You ride in on your steed and rescue people. I don't need to be rescued, I need to be cured.

[prescind]

I'm not here to rescue you, Katherine.

( his words come out slightly sharper this time and he shakes his head. )

I'm here to help you. That's it, that's all. No matter what ulterior motives you think I have, you're wrong. I'm here to help you.

[manipulative]

[ pushing herself up to sit on the bed, she stares down at him. ]

Why?

[ she arches her brows pointedly at him. all she wants to do is pin him down with her glare as if she's an actual vampire capable of physically overpowering him again.

she's still right; he wants to save her. he wants to be her hero. why else would he be here, offering to help her? sometimes, she wonders if he can actually help himself. ]

That's the one thing I can't figure out.

[ no matter what he says, she still won't be happy with his reasoning. ]

[prescind]

Why do you need a reason, Katherine? I'm here, I'm here to help you and isn't that important?

( why does he have some specific reason to be here? )

I'm here, Katherine. Let me be here.

( let him help. )

[manipulative]

[ because everything comes at a price. being taken under klaus' wing had cost her life and trying to help stefan and his friends had cost her vampirism. she never gets anything for free, it's a lesson she learned a century into her long, immortal life.

she wants to tell him that, but she doesn't think he'd understand. someone's clearly knocked him pretty sharply on the head. ]

Fine.

[ she's reluctantly letting him in. she shows this by lying back down on the bed, hands clasped on her chest as she peers up at the ceiling.

shrugging, she mutters, ] I still don't know why you'd waste your time, but it's your time to waste.

[ bitterly, she thinks, at least he has it. ]

[prescind]

( stefan sighs, rubbing a hand over his eyes and through his hair before he peers down at her. )

I'm sorry you hate it so much but I'm here. And I want to help so stop arguing with me.

( he'd leave if she asked him to. )

Now, I'm going to get us something to eat that's better than chips. If you run off and take my car, I'll find you again. Just so you know.

[manipulative]

[ she rolls her eyes, even though she does enjoy the promise of him tracking her down. no one has cared enough to do so. ]

Fine.

[ she ensures to say it grumpily, still not looking at him. on second thought, she is hungry. she hasn't had anything decent to eat since breakfast, and that had been in the early hours of the morning. ]

Whatever you're getting, I want the side to be a salad.

[prescind]

Fine.

( he could do that. he rolls off the bed and onto his feet, straightening his shirt and looking over at her. )

What kind of dressing?

( it's such a mundane conversation to be having when nothing about this situation is mundane. )