'Penny for them love,' Klaus said. Stefan startled where he was sitting in the leather armchair and blinked at his fiancé.

'Huh?' Stefan said.

Klaus chuckled and rested his feet on the coffee table. 'You were deep in thought. About me, I hope.'

Stefan offered him a smile. 'As a matter of fact I was.'

'Oh do tell,' Klaus said.

'And why would I do that, it'd spoil your surprise,' Stefan got up and kissed Klaus on the cheek before he left the room.

'I like surprises!' Klaus called loudly.

The house was empty for once, and Stefan was tucked in his chair in his room gazing at the screen on his laptop. He had no idea what to choose as he scrolled through the pages of ideas. There was one that stood out, and he kept coming back to it, but then he would go off the idea again.

The varieties were extensive, and Stefan decided he needed to touch and examine and he knew that it would kill him to do so, but he needed to get this right. Klaus was always the one doing crazy and outrageous things, Stefan needed to give something back right?

When Klaus described Stefan he used words like fancied and delicious and shaggable and they made Stefan blush, because Klaus was so blunt and open about his feelings and Stefan was just - he wasn't vanilla but he was private, traditional, but for Klaus he was willing.

Stefan realized he needed help.

'I need you to distract Nik,' Stefan leaned close to Caroline.

'Distracting Klaus used to work but I think he much prefers your ass to mine these days,' Caroline said with a pout. Sometimes Stefan wondered if she didn't regret not sleeping with Klaus when she had the chance. It was too late now, Stefan wasn't for giving him up anytime ever.

Stefan rolled his eyes. 'Please. I'm trying to organize a surprise for him for his birthday.'

Caroline huffed and sighed and made a show of crossing her arms and complaining but in the end she agreed and Stefan pecked her cheek as he left the Grill.

Stefan drove to New York, and found the recommended store. He kept his chin high when he walked inside and smiled at the girl behind the counter.

'Can I help you?' She asked, raking her eyes over him like he was on display in her shop.

Stefan stuffed his hands in his pockets. 'Its my...fiancé's birthday soon and I wanted to do something special for him.'

'What's he into? Blood, pain?' She asked sweetly.

'You have no idea,' Stefan murmured quiet enough the she didn't hear. 'He likes...tails.'

'Oh, he is kinky. For you or him?' The girl walked out from behind the counter and Stefan followed after her.

'Usually him, but I think he'd like one for me?' Stefan frowned as he saw the array of tails hanging from the wall. 'I don't want something real, I want purely fake.'

'Oh we're totally against all kinds of animal abuse, even our leather is fake, so you don't need to worry about that.' She said as she stopped next to the bunny tails. Stefan blushed remembering Klaus wearing it for him just a few weeks ago and the long morning he'd enjoyed playing with it. 'Bunny?'

'We already have one of those,' Stefan couldn't believe he was saying this. If Klaus knew Stefan was here without him he would have a breakdown. 'I was thinking fox like?'

'Oh yes, now what size of a plug do you want with it?' She said as she selected a few. Stefan wanted to crawl into a hole, answering these questions went against his very nature, but Klaus hadn't killed an innocent in almost a year and Stefan was trying to repay that favor. He stroked what was available, and examined the plugs on the end of them, wondering what would work best. He didn't bottom as much as Klaus did so he needed to be sensible about this. His favourite was an unrealistic blood red tail that was soft to the touch.

Stefan selected his tail, and then browsed the shop before making his final purchase. He almost tripped when he saw paddles with the words "Vamp Girl" and "Wolf Boy" carved into them and against his better judgment picked them up.

'Oh you two are kinky,' the girl said.

'He is, I try to be,' Stefan admitted as he opened his wallet and selected his card.

'I'm sure he appreciates it,' she said.

'Oh he does,' Stefan nodded.

'We have offers on lubricants, this one, Hybrid, is really good for an array of toys,' she said.

Stefan almost chocked but he nodded again, his voice long gone. The girl smirked as she handed him the bag. 'Have fun,' she said.

'Thanks,' Stefan said.

By the time he got to the car he was on the verge of murdering something, anything, and he had to get out of the city. He'd been driving too fast for twenty minutes when his cell phone rang.

'Hey,' he answered.

'You told Caroline to distract me, which isn't as easy for her now as it used to be, so where are you and what the hell are you up to?' Klaus said.

'Out of town on an errand for your birthday surprise,' Stefan said.

'The apps I installed on our phones to track you tell me you're in New York,' Klaus said.

'You're stalking me now?' Stefan asked.

'And what of it?' Klaus asked.

Stefan shook his head and smiled. Hearing Klaus' voice was chasing away the anger bubbling under his skin. 'I love you.'

'Oh. I love you too,' Klaus said, caught off guard by Stefan's words. 'Later.'

It was late when Stefan hid the bag in the basement and prayed Damon or Klaus didn't go snooping, he was looking forward to Klaus' birthday more than he cared to admit.

Klaus was in a mood. Stefan had been evading him all day, including disappearing from bed early this morning so he could run in the forest. Klaus had lain awake for almost an hour staring at the beams of the attic room and waiting but he grew frustrated before Stefan could return so he got up, dressed and found himself some blood.

The house was empty, save for a family of rats underneath the floorboards of the dining room. Klaus had tried to sketch, read, hell he even tried to get lost in one of Stefan's old journals from 1889 but nothing was working. He was considering lifting the floorboards and seeing if he could turn the rats into rat vampires when his cell phone rang.

'Nik, I'm waiting for you, in the woods,' Stefan said. He sounded impatient.

'You didn't tell me you were in the bloody woods did you!' Klaus snapped but he was already heading for the door.

'I'm telling you now, I'm in the woods and-' Stefan's voice broke and he moaned. Klaus frowned and pressed the phone a little closer to his ear.

'Is someone hurting you?' Klaus snarled. He would rip their toes off and stuff them down their throats, whomever dared hurt his fiancé.

'No,' Stefan sounded like he was panting. 'No, I'm just, I'm waiting for you baby.'

Baby, Stefan called him baby. Klaus' scowl turned to a smirk. 'Are you wanking?'

'I'm waiting for, as you would say, a good shag in the woods,' Stefan said.

Klaus roared with laughter and sauntered across the lawn. 'Care to tell me where abouts you are love?'

'Nope, its up to you to come seek me out, big bad wolf,' Stefan panted again and Klaus heard something wet. 'And hurry, its getting messy, what with lube and only one hand and such like.'

'You're mocking me my love, I'll spank you for that,' Klaus sauntered his way through the woods. Hearing Stefan use his words gave his chest a little heat. Stefan Salvatore would be the death of him.

'Oh I'm counting on it, big bad wolf,' Stefan said again.

'Keep talking like that and I'll be looking out for a red cape,' Klaus said as he tracked Stefan. It wasn't hard, Stefan obviously wanted to be found.

'Well you got the color right, and its behind me, but I wouldn't say its a cape exactly,' Stefan moaned again and Klaus quickened his step. His nose picked up Stefan's scent, and he started to jog. By the time he reached his fiancé he was fit to fall over. Stefan was kneeling on a blanket, naked save for the bright red tail protruding from his behind.

'Stefan Salvatore,' Klaus said warmly as he approached.

Stefan swallowed and opened his eyes. 'Happy birthday Nik,' he licked his lips.

Klaus pounced.

So this one came from a review request - if anyone has any ideas let me know and I'll see if I can fit them in!