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Insufferably. I keep telling him not to get attached until the DNA test is finalized, but he won't listen.

The only reason we're even discussing who he has or hasn't fucked is because it's front page news. For your information, before this, your son was in love.

( our son. but, he needs to twist that. your. he's yours too.

was Hawkins in love with Teo? he assumes, being approached, that it was mutual. mutual enough for the boy to make an effort. he heard him out, anyway. the guy had guts. came to him and everything. but not to Katherine. it felt real and sounded messy. he didn't exactly give his blessing, but he didn't shoo him off either. )

I'm not going to pretend I know what's going through our son's head, but I thought he was pretty close to something. I was wrong. I won't be again.

Edited 2025-06-01 21:34 (UTC)

He always did live and die by the idea of family.

I don't like her either.

Not with that drab little doctor that was hanging off his every word, he wasn't.

[sigh, fine, yes, she does pay attention to things. not out of love or real care, but - insurance? protecting the family in some way? whatever.]

...Who? And why on earth would they be in love with an immature brat like Teo?

Though - it would at least be good PR to have him seem like he's dating someone instead of fucking the first available man twice his age who looks his way and tainting our Sangiovese supply.

Spill it. Do I need to do some meddling?

[well. at least they still have some common ground. it's hard to outright hate stefan when things like this come up.]

Have you told him that? Coming from me - he thinks I'm jealous that it's taking away time from us. Which isn't entirely untrue, but I know when I see a ploy.

( Stefan didn't know it was still possible to take his breath away. Hit him hard, and then spin it. Operate.

The first part, he chuckles at. No, not the doctor, god not the doctor. They really do have to stop requiring his presence at charity events...

The second part sets his jaw. He raised him to be an immature brat. Right? And then she spins a second later - her Lady Macbeth machinations turning like a grind of gears. It makes his head spin.

There's a fire there he misses when it's in tandem with his. But he'd never admit it. And they both want to do well by Teo. Even if her want is deeper down. )

He's at least younger than Dr. Goodsir.

( but not by much. )

Hawkins Fuller. The tennis phenom. Remind me if he coached Teo at one point, because I can't find the connection beyond, some event or another. He practically asked for his hand in marriage. It caught me off guard. I think he thought it was "traditional" and "old school," but where I come from, you meet the parents prior.

I did everything but give my blessing. The ball was in his court, as it were.

I hate to think that whatever Hawkins attempted drove Teo into someone else's arms. And that video better not be them celebrating their newfound union.

I don't know what I'd hate more.

( and she can go to her own son. ask him questions. but no, she should not meddle.

as for damon and their soap opera. )

I told him to hold the line, to present a united front. And then he all but melted in his seat. I think he thinks she's adorable. And secretly, he always wanted a sister to dote on, like it's filling some sick fantasy.

I'll talk to him, too.

She's coming, by the way. As is her husband, who I'm going to get to know. Anything she isn't telling us, he might.

[she'd never admit it, but it's times like this she maybe, just a very tiny of a sliver of a percentage - misses stefan. it's the rush of someone being able to keep step with her, to know exactly how vicious to be and come to the same conclusions she does instead of giving them the benefit of the doubt. but that's exactly why her sweet damon is the better half: because he's not nearly so conniving or capable of coming up with the same things that protect this family - all of them. he's more content to sit back and take it as it comes, to be the first to give someone the shirt off his back. it's why katherine can be bitch enough for them both.

still - there's a little bit of a twinge. a thrill maybe.

but pause: googling this guy.]

Ooh. He looks delicious. If he's passing up on that he's even more immature than I thought.

Between you and me, there's no way that video is recent. All the drinking and partying - Teo's been slacking on his skincare. And those barrels - the ones in the back. We sold them months ago. Whatever game he's playing - it's not a very good one.

...Thank you.

Husband. Hmmm. Should we try good Salvatore, bad Salvatore?

To be fair, I haven't been given an update. I'm staying out of it. Unless he puts out another sex tape.

And in that case, I wouldn't rule out rehabilitation. Or an exorcism. We can recruit Jenevelle or Emmrich.

You think he released it?

An inspired idea.

Well I'm not going to ask him. This guy looks too goody-two-shoes for anything more than a kiss on the back of the hand. Actually - I take it back. Someone might say the same thing about Damon, and he kisses a lot more than that.

What are we, in the 1800's, Stefan? No exorcisms. They probably just want money from desperate saps and that's the last thing we've ever been.

I wouldn't put it past him. You're the one who said he wanted attention.

I'm calling good cop. On the husband.

Edited 2025-06-02 00:28 (UTC)

Please, Katherine, I'm also eating lunch.

( Across the cafeteria? Probably. Or, she finished and he arrived after. His eyes are cast downward. )

I thought you liked their saging.

He may be impulsive and promiscuous, but I draw the line at self-destructive enough to do that. He didn't.

Fine. I do menacing and unnerving better, anyway.

Don't choke. Or do - you'd save me the effort of picking out an outfit when we get back to court.

I know someone better for it. Exorcisms aren't on his list though.

He may as well have at this point. Lucky for all of you, I've got Plan B and C in motion.

If that's what you want to tell yourself to sleep better, Stefan, be my guest.

Just be sure not to look like too much of a reverse engineered gold-digger at the funeral. Be sure to watch your hemline. A tasteful veil. And who can forget your come-fuck-me heels.

Really. Who?

And what do plans B and C entail.

I sleep fine, la mia vedova.

You're giving an awful lot of thought to this, Stefan. Almost like you miss having those come-fuck-me heels around your shoulders.

August. You probably don't know him.

That's for me to know and you to catch on when I'm already at J.

I'd never pretend we weren't happy once, or satisfied. But, no, I'm not looking for a repeat performance.

August, Roza's current husband. Does exorcisms. How proud that makes me that he could be legally linked to our newfound sister.

Just make sure you don't embarrass your son in the process.

Good. Neither would I.

[which part?? who can never be sure.]

I told you. Good Salvatore, bad Salvatore. His taste is in question at the moment.

No promises. He'd deserve it.

Ciao, il mio piccolo squartatore.

Then it's settled. We avoid mutually assured destruction.

You know what I think of the occult. I don't need a reason to like the man.

So would you, mio maledetto. 🩸

And now the diver is back in the picture. Is our son on The Bachelor now?

You know - him and the doctor, they're kind of a similar type. Long hair, looking unemployed...

He's playing a game, obviously. Don't tell me you thought whatever birthday lecture was a real heart-to-heart.

I know what he's trying to do. And I'm letting it happen. All the better for us to at least know who he's traipsing around with before he comes to his senses.

I remain in Hawkins corner. He's the only one of the three that has fire in him. Passione. He can hold his own on and off the court. The timing is insanity. He may actually be insane. But I'd rather he be with someone crazy about him and crazy than hired to distract us or used to annoy us.

Edited 2025-06-03 03:50 (UTC)

I doubt they're really traipsing around where it counts. Some clumsy rubbing it in our faces, like we were born yesterday.

Teo's going to fuck it up. Better hope this guy's ability to forgive is as strong as hitting balls.

I liked the touch of them having "fallen" into the lake during their picnic. And the light vandalism from the broken vase.

I do miss when he tried harder at gathering enough pigs blood to throw at the senator.

He's resilient. I like to believe our son understands the severity of breaking someone's heart. He watched us break each other's. And Guiseppe, ours.

Edited (hard, oops) 2025-06-03 04:31 (UTC)

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