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[stefanged]

"It's Stefan. Leave a message."

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[manipulative]

[ stefan salvatore really, really sucks, pass it on. ]

[ katherine's response isn't one of hesitation, but she waits before she sends her message on. her dream had been so vivid with that little girl in her arms and stefan lingering in the background. although she knows it isn't true at all, the distance and inability to recognise her, let alone trust her, is something she's dealt with over and over. how many times has he questioned her before she's broken underneath all that pressure? ]

[ that dream hadn't been him manipulating her, but she feels like she has been moulded out of her sharp and unbreakable shape without her realising. ]

And you want me to know.

[ she'd ask if this is an invitation, but katherine pierce knows one when she sees one. it's not because she's five hundred years old, it's because no one's really offered where they are to her these days. spots like parks are often hideaways, locations she discovers upon further investigation. ]

[ it's been awkward between them. she doubts stefan's taken a peak inside of her dreams; since he's become a ghost to her, she's considered doing it to him —
but that niggling thing called trust has stopped her. ]

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[stefanged]

Of course.

If you know where you are, and where I am, doesn't space feel that much smaller?

[ he feels like he's lit a match, especially after his waltz within a dream with her. How many more times can he hurt her (hurt him) before he learns to turn back? Even he doesn't know.

When he's gone this far? He also knows that maybe he's past the point of no return. Still, he should always give her the option to leave, to start a Stefan-less life should she choose. ]

But the choice is also yours.
I'm sure there's another mall calling your name.

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[manipulative]

[ that space he speaks of feels that much more suffocating when put into that perspective. but of course, this is katherine pierce, and being close to anyone who doesn't show distaste toward her can make the walls close in. ]

[ she doesn't answer for a long time. spending that time weighing the pros and cons — if she goes, it means something, although she doesn't quite know what that means, and if she doesn't, that persistent feeling of loneliness will remain with her, and katherine doesn't want to be alone in space. ]

Don't stand me up.

[ the space mall can wait for another rainy day. ]