Vampire Diaries: quick question

[sumeria]

So, we know that Damon's default response to encountering a new hostile person/thing is to preemptively kill it. And we know that Stefan and Elena both seem to have the default instinct to try to talk, and reach some accomodation with it. We see this work for Elena fairly often, I think, but my question is:

Do we *ever* see that work for Stefan? Or is he just not really as good a negotiator as he thinks he is?

I may need to have a summer rewatch.