[ He isn't cute he is charming and eloquent. Except when he isn't, which happens whether he wants it to or not.
He watches her open the box, silent for the moment. It was a very personal gift to give, even more so than the painting. Klaus has no trouble with art, or bragging about it, but the necklace is another matter entirely. Her question gets a huff of laughter in answer, and he turns away in order to work on opening the bottle she'd brought with her. ] Among other things. More so for the reasons why you're such a good therapist - there are some traits people are just innately gifted with.
[ Finally opening the bottle, he's pulling open a cabinet nearby for some glasses. ]
[Notably, cute is not mutually exclusive from either charming or eloquent. Cami might be able to make a case for him being all three at once, in fact, which is certainly better than being none of those things at all.
Once the box is open and the lid set aside, Cami traces the shape of the rune with a fingertip. The sound of his laughter is nice—all of this is, in fact. Anyone from the outside looking in might actually think them two normal people getting ready to share a bottle of wine and toast the holiday. But of course they are anything but normal; certainly Klaus is. An ancient, immortal hybrid, very possibly the most powerful creature their world has ever known, unstoppable save for few limitations and killable by an even smaller number. He has in his time been vicious, unspeakably cruel, guilty of horrors that would no doubt haunt Cami to know of.
Maybe that same outsider, when given a little more detail, would tell Cami to set aside the necklace and go. Steve had said as much earlier: that this relationship would be a bad idea—and Cami had in fact agreed with him.]
Innately gifted with insight. Well, that just makes what I have to ask really ironic. [Because good idea or bad, Cami needs to know the truth about this, all of it. She can’t continue to deny her feelings, but she also can’t let them blind her. Klaus is a dangerous person, capable of things Cami would barely tolerate in anyone, much less a friend—much less someone who she saw as more. Whatever is developing, they need to take control of it, define it for themselves before either of them gets in too deeply. She doesn’t want to be hurt, of course, but Cami also doesn’t want to hurt him by letting things get out of control.]
I need to know what I am to you, Klaus. [Therapist, friend, something more. She asks gently, her words question rather than accusation.] What are you hoping is going to happen between us?
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He watches her open the box, silent for the moment. It was a very personal gift to give, even more so than the painting. Klaus has no trouble with art, or bragging about it, but the necklace is another matter entirely. Her question gets a huff of laughter in answer, and he turns away in order to work on opening the bottle she'd brought with her. ] Among other things. More so for the reasons why you're such a good therapist - there are some traits people are just innately gifted with.
[ Finally opening the bottle, he's pulling open a cabinet nearby for some glasses. ]
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Once the box is open and the lid set aside, Cami traces the shape of the rune with a fingertip. The sound of his laughter is nice—all of this is, in fact. Anyone from the outside looking in might actually think them two normal people getting ready to share a bottle of wine and toast the holiday. But of course they are anything but normal; certainly Klaus is. An ancient, immortal hybrid, very possibly the most powerful creature their world has ever known, unstoppable save for few limitations and killable by an even smaller number. He has in his time been vicious, unspeakably cruel, guilty of horrors that would no doubt haunt Cami to know of.
Maybe that same outsider, when given a little more detail, would tell Cami to set aside the necklace and go. Steve had said as much earlier: that this relationship would be a bad idea—and Cami had in fact agreed with him.]
Innately gifted with insight. Well, that just makes what I have to ask really ironic. [Because good idea or bad, Cami needs to know the truth about this, all of it. She can’t continue to deny her feelings, but she also can’t let them blind her. Klaus is a dangerous person, capable of things Cami would barely tolerate in anyone, much less a friend—much less someone who she saw as more. Whatever is developing, they need to take control of it, define it for themselves before either of them gets in too deeply. She doesn’t want to be hurt, of course, but Cami also doesn’t want to hurt him by letting things get out of control.]
I need to know what I am to you, Klaus. [Therapist, friend, something more. She asks gently, her words question rather than accusation.] What are you hoping is going to happen between us?