Fic: Who I Am 3/? (Desperate Housewives - Katherine/Robin)
Title: Who I Am
Author: Femvamp
Fandom: Desperate Housewives
Pairing: Katherine/Robin
Spoilers: Based on spoilers for Season 6 Episode 18 "My Two Young Men"
Posting: passion & perfect if they want it everyone else ask
Rating: PG - if that.
Note: This is my attempt at a multi part fiction for this pairing. Based on Spoilers for the next episode “My Two Young Men” So if you haven’t seen the spoilers don’t read or hell its just based on the spoilers anyway so what the hell.
A/n: I'm not sure I like this chapter, which is why it took me a couple days to post and its also why the actual date is kinda short. I don't write romance very well. (Not a romantic bone in my body.)
Katherine sat on her couch reading a book and waiting for Robin to get home from work. She had spent most of the day getting ready for their date. She tried not to be nervous but a great deal road on the success of the date. She had failed Robin on too many occasions and now she had to prove to her that she could be what Robin wanted her to be.
Katherine was quite aware of the irony that Susan was the one who helped her get ready for her date. Just a few months ago Susan and her were at each others throats chasing after the same man, not that Katherine ever really had a chance. Mike had always belonged to Susan; Katherine had just been a temporary stand-in. She just wished she had realized that before things had gone has far as they did; before things had ended with her in a mental hospital.
Susan had helped her pick out a dress and had talked her down from several panic attacks. None of the dresses she owned seemed to be good enough but finally Susan found one in the back of Katherine's closet; a satin blue dress she had never worn. Susan made her try it on and it still fit and it fit her perfectly; better then when she bought it. She had originally bought it in an attempt to seduce Mike a few days before she had stabbed herself. It was in the back of her closet because she liked the dress but couldn't bring herself to wear it until now. She did look good in it though and maybe this was why she kept it.
Susan had left a little before six to make her husband and son dinner. After Susan left there was nothing for Katherine to do but wait for Robin to come home. She finally walked in the door and Katherine felt her heart beat a little faster. She hoped that Robin hadn't changed her mind about the date.
"Hi, Katherine." Robin smiled as she walked in the door, "What time is dinner?"
"The reservation is for eight."
"So I have time to shower and change?"
Katherine nodded simply. Robin left without any more conversation. She wasn't exactly sure what to expect and she understood that maybe Robin was a little nervous as well. Thing had been awkward between them before Robin left for work but at least now they would have time to talk. Katherine continued to read her book until Robin came down the stairs dressed and ready for their date. When she looked up her breath nearly caught when she saw Robin in a dark black dress and what she recognized as stiletto heels. She just had never seen a pair as "stilettoey". She briefly wondered if Robin had ever stripped in them but then quickly took her mind away from that very dangerous place. The last thing she needed to do was think about sex. Sex wasn't the problem. Sex had never been the problem.
"You look wonderful," Katherine said once her mind had gotten out of the gutter.
"Thank you." Katherine blushed as she realized that Robin might be looking at her the same way she had been looking at Robin, "You look nice too."
Katherine gulped at the look she was getting from Robin, "So date….Food…..Talk….Lets go."
Robin just smiled, "Yes lets."
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Katherine tried to keep the butterflies in her stomach at bay as she walked into the restaurant with Robin at her side. She smiled pleasantly at Stefan as he talked with both of them amicably and made it a point to take them to what he called his best table. Bree had been right the restaurant was cozy without being overly pretentious. She had wondered for a moment if Stefan had known that Robin and her were on a date until he showed up with a bottle of wine and told them it was on the house and then winked at her conspriously. Katherine again smiled and tried hard not to be embarrassed.
"It's ok to be nervous." Robin whispered.
Katherine for a moment thought about denying how nervous she really was but then thought better of it "I'm only a little nervous."
Katherine tried to focus on all the things she was not nervous about. All the things she was sure about and not all the things she wasn't sure about. She tried to focus on Robin's smile. She tried to focus on everything except the part of her that was telling her to run like the coward that she is.
She focused on Robin talking about her day. It never ceased to amaze her how Robin could turn an average day into an adventure. Robin talked about her day and Katherine almost forgot how close she came to losing her. She almost forgot that she almost let her walk away.
Katherine was almost disappointed when dinner was over and it was time to go home. She thought about asking Robin to do something else with her but the words didn't come and then she saw that Robin was tired after a long day at work,
Katherine wasn't sure if she should be disappointed or not that she was alone in bed that night. Robin had made it a point to tell her that maybe it was still too soon to use sex as a crutch and that they should still try dating for awhile and Katherine had readily agreed. It was just difficult knowing that Robin was a hallway away.
She stared up at the sealing both happy with the way the day went and a little sad. She had hoped that a night out would put things back together again. There was just something about the way Robin looked at her that made her worry. Robin still wasn't sure if Katherine really wanted her or was just using her for sex. Katherine knew she deserved that.
She realized too late that she had spent too much time worrying what people would say; what people would think, when she should have only worried about what Robin saw and thought. She had let her own fear control her like she had with Mike. Yes, the fear was different and it had affected her differently but the outcome had been the same….almost the same…because she still had Robin.
Maybe not quite in the way she wanted, but Katherine was a patient woman. She was also a determined one. And she was determined to prove to Robin that she was who she wanted both in her bed and in her life.
Author: Femvamp
Fandom: Desperate Housewives
Pairing: Katherine/Robin
Spoilers: Based on spoilers for Season 6 Episode 18 "My Two Young Men"
Posting: passion & perfect if they want it everyone else ask
Rating: PG - if that.
Note: This is my attempt at a multi part fiction for this pairing. Based on Spoilers for the next episode “My Two Young Men” So if you haven’t seen the spoilers don’t read or hell its just based on the spoilers anyway so what the hell.
A/n: I'm not sure I like this chapter, which is why it took me a couple days to post and its also why the actual date is kinda short. I don't write romance very well. (Not a romantic bone in my body.)
Katherine sat on her couch reading a book and waiting for Robin to get home from work. She had spent most of the day getting ready for their date. She tried not to be nervous but a great deal road on the success of the date. She had failed Robin on too many occasions and now she had to prove to her that she could be what Robin wanted her to be.
Katherine was quite aware of the irony that Susan was the one who helped her get ready for her date. Just a few months ago Susan and her were at each others throats chasing after the same man, not that Katherine ever really had a chance. Mike had always belonged to Susan; Katherine had just been a temporary stand-in. She just wished she had realized that before things had gone has far as they did; before things had ended with her in a mental hospital.
Susan had helped her pick out a dress and had talked her down from several panic attacks. None of the dresses she owned seemed to be good enough but finally Susan found one in the back of Katherine's closet; a satin blue dress she had never worn. Susan made her try it on and it still fit and it fit her perfectly; better then when she bought it. She had originally bought it in an attempt to seduce Mike a few days before she had stabbed herself. It was in the back of her closet because she liked the dress but couldn't bring herself to wear it until now. She did look good in it though and maybe this was why she kept it.
Susan had left a little before six to make her husband and son dinner. After Susan left there was nothing for Katherine to do but wait for Robin to come home. She finally walked in the door and Katherine felt her heart beat a little faster. She hoped that Robin hadn't changed her mind about the date.
"Hi, Katherine." Robin smiled as she walked in the door, "What time is dinner?"
"The reservation is for eight."
"So I have time to shower and change?"
Katherine nodded simply. Robin left without any more conversation. She wasn't exactly sure what to expect and she understood that maybe Robin was a little nervous as well. Thing had been awkward between them before Robin left for work but at least now they would have time to talk. Katherine continued to read her book until Robin came down the stairs dressed and ready for their date. When she looked up her breath nearly caught when she saw Robin in a dark black dress and what she recognized as stiletto heels. She just had never seen a pair as "stilettoey". She briefly wondered if Robin had ever stripped in them but then quickly took her mind away from that very dangerous place. The last thing she needed to do was think about sex. Sex wasn't the problem. Sex had never been the problem.
"You look wonderful," Katherine said once her mind had gotten out of the gutter.
"Thank you." Katherine blushed as she realized that Robin might be looking at her the same way she had been looking at Robin, "You look nice too."
Katherine gulped at the look she was getting from Robin, "So date….Food…..Talk….Lets go."
Robin just smiled, "Yes lets."
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Katherine tried to keep the butterflies in her stomach at bay as she walked into the restaurant with Robin at her side. She smiled pleasantly at Stefan as he talked with both of them amicably and made it a point to take them to what he called his best table. Bree had been right the restaurant was cozy without being overly pretentious. She had wondered for a moment if Stefan had known that Robin and her were on a date until he showed up with a bottle of wine and told them it was on the house and then winked at her conspriously. Katherine again smiled and tried hard not to be embarrassed.
"It's ok to be nervous." Robin whispered.
Katherine for a moment thought about denying how nervous she really was but then thought better of it "I'm only a little nervous."
Katherine tried to focus on all the things she was not nervous about. All the things she was sure about and not all the things she wasn't sure about. She tried to focus on Robin's smile. She tried to focus on everything except the part of her that was telling her to run like the coward that she is.
She focused on Robin talking about her day. It never ceased to amaze her how Robin could turn an average day into an adventure. Robin talked about her day and Katherine almost forgot how close she came to losing her. She almost forgot that she almost let her walk away.
Katherine was almost disappointed when dinner was over and it was time to go home. She thought about asking Robin to do something else with her but the words didn't come and then she saw that Robin was tired after a long day at work,
Katherine wasn't sure if she should be disappointed or not that she was alone in bed that night. Robin had made it a point to tell her that maybe it was still too soon to use sex as a crutch and that they should still try dating for awhile and Katherine had readily agreed. It was just difficult knowing that Robin was a hallway away.
She stared up at the sealing both happy with the way the day went and a little sad. She had hoped that a night out would put things back together again. There was just something about the way Robin looked at her that made her worry. Robin still wasn't sure if Katherine really wanted her or was just using her for sex. Katherine knew she deserved that.
She realized too late that she had spent too much time worrying what people would say; what people would think, when she should have only worried about what Robin saw and thought. She had let her own fear control her like she had with Mike. Yes, the fear was different and it had affected her differently but the outcome had been the same….almost the same…because she still had Robin.
Maybe not quite in the way she wanted, but Katherine was a patient woman. She was also a determined one. And she was determined to prove to Robin that she was who she wanted both in her bed and in her life.