[erikwestin]

The subway was basically an essential part of New York City life but being stuck down there in a snow storm and power outage? Not so much. Erik found himself annoyed more then anything, though he wasn’t how much he liked the idea of being stuck underground very much either. Still, he was calm for the most part. He claimed a seat easily, scrolling through his phone for several moments; there’d been weather alerts he wanted to check. 

“What’s stopping us from just...leaving? The power’s out, sure. But that doesn’t mean we have to stay down here...” he mused out loud when he noticed someone beside him. “You think?”

( @manhattan-starters​ )

[erikwestin]

SMS 📱 Gianna ---> Erik

Erik: I don't really do nudes. I prefer the in body experience...

Erik: I'm out. I'd ask what you're doing but...

Erik: I think it's pretty obvious

Gianna: but i bet you leik receiving them

Gianna: but im past that 💁‍♀️

Gianna: ummmmm can u drive

Erik: Hey I can't help what women choose to send to me

Erik: That's fine. Like I said, I prefer the real thing anyway.

Erik: Yes? Why?

[erikwestin]

SMS 📱 Gianna ---> Erik

Erik: Yeah that's probably a good idea babe.

Erik: Not even your autocorrect is saving you right now.

Gianna: i'll let u send me som tastey nudes tho

Gianna: tasteful* dammit

Gianna: whatre you doing

Erik: I don't really do nudes. I prefer the in body experience...

Erik: I'm out. I'd ask what you're doing but...

Erik: I think it's pretty obvious

[erikwestin]

SMS 📱 Gianna ---> Erik

Erik: Oh. Gianna right? You were pretty fucking hot.

Erik: I'm not gonna say no if you want to. You were pretty fun.

Gianna: at least SOMEBONE thinks soo

Gianna: hsahaha i may be completellly out of it so

Gianna: mayb another time

Erik: Yeah that's probably a good idea babe.

Erik: Not even your autocorrect is saving you right now.

[erikwestin]

TEXT 📱 ERIK

Erik: I definitely can. That picture certainly was something.

Erik: You just give out your info that easily all the time? Or are you just horny?

Erik: Scotch. Neat.

Charlotte: I knew you'd like it.

Charlotte: The code and locks are changed regularly, darling. And I have security. But I know you're not a psycho.

Charlotte: See you soon. X

Erik: Good. I'd hate for something to happen to that fine ass of yours.

Erik: 😉

[erikwestin]

TEXT 📱 ERIK

Charlotte: I think you should, too.

Charlotte: I do. Can't you tell?

Charlotte: Good. I'm at the top floor, penthouse. *insert address here*

Charlotte: The code to get in is 97789.

Charlotte: I'll fix you a drink.

Erik: I definitely can. That picture certainly was something.

Erik: You just give out your info that easily all the time? Or are you just horny?

Erik: Scotch. Neat.

[erikwestin]

TEXT 📱 ERIK

Charlotte: I think you know what I mean. 😈

Charlotte: Why don't you come over and I show you?

Charlotte: I'm better at putting my mouth to use than I am in explaining over text.

Charlotte: *IMG_1367*

Charlotte: See what you're missing out on?

Erik: Is that right? Then I think I should definitely test out that mouth of yours

Erik: 😈 👅

Erik: You're fucking sexy. You know that?

Erik: I could be there soon...

[erikwestin]

TEXT 📱 ERIK

Erik: Of course you did. I had a lot of fun too.

Erik: OH? Well I'm certainly up for that if you are babe.

Erik: Should've known an actor would be creative

Charlotte: Always, sweetheart.

Charlotte: Ah, well, that's just the beginning. I've got a lot more talents of that calibre up my sleeve...

Charlotte: When are you free next? You could come to my house... I live alone. I have the top floor to myself... the things we could get up to, darling.

Erik: Might just be one of the most fun women i've been with.

Erik: Yeah? The things we could get up to? Sounds like you've got some ideas...

Erik: Why don't you share?

[erikwestin]

TEXT 📱 ERIK

Charlotte: Erik, I had a lot of fun with you the other night. 😉

Charlotte: Thank you for your company.

Charlotte: We should do that again...

Erik: Of course you did. I had a lot of fun too.

Erik: OH? Well I'm certainly up for that if you are babe.

Erik: Should've known an actor would be creative

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erikwestin​:

Erik nodded at her words, knowing the truth of them to an extent. “It is, you’re right,” he mused, nodding as she continued talking. He couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at her words though, shaking his head a little. “This isn’t meant to be a judgement but you sound a little bit like a workaholic,” he told her lightly, smiling as he spoke. 

His grin widened as he watched her blush at his words. It thrilled him to know he could cause a woman to blush just by a few well placed words. In his mind, he knew women well. “I may be a charmer but it’s also the truth,” he told her, giving her a playful smile. “And you’re very welcome.”

Erik chuckled then at her next words. “I can tell,” he said with a grin, reaching for a menu to glance through it easily. “But that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” he continued, smiling as he glanced up at her. His smile widened more genuinely then; he’d always enjoyed the Christmastime. “It was very good, thank you. My family is large and we always get together for Christmas. What about you? Did you do anything for Christmas?” he asked curiously. It seemed unnatural to him for people to be alone on Christmas. 

-

Love laughed lightly, she didn’t take it as such but there were truth to his words and it wasn’t something she was going to throw off; “You know, I will neither confirm nor deny that, but I will say that my office is a place where I am happy to be” taking a breath before continuing; “And I don’t mind the work that I do-… socialising isn’t a really big thing for me” sure she went out with friends every now and then but it wasn’t something she was big on.

“Of course, I don’t think of you as the type of person to lie-…” she had only met him twice but she was a person who was all too trusting of others, she wanted them to like her ( not necessarily romantically but ) she was a people pleaser and she knew this of herself; “I think your charm is definitely part of your character and it’s nice to be around” that wasn’t a lie and she wasn’t going to hide the fact that she didn’t like him complimenting her.

“If it does become a bad thing though-… please tell me like, I can talk till the cows come home” and no one wanted that; “Oh that’s nice my parents-…uh, we haven’t gotten together in a long time” but this was something she knew and had accepted; “Like we call each other-… but that was about it” Lovelyn’s family and her weren’t exactly close and that was okay, she was a person of her independence but at the same time hearing of families did make her envious and want to have that.

[erikwestin]

Erik chuckled, he didn’t need to be a psychologist to figure out that Love was a bit of a workaholic. Not that he could say much; he could be a workaholic too, though his job was probably not as involved as her own. Still rather time consuming at times though. He did raise an eyebrow at the fact she didn’t deem socialising particularly important though. “There’s nothing wrong with being a workaholic. I can be a bit of one myself, actually. But isn’t socialising important for human beings?”

“Oh, I’m a very honest man,” Erik lied, giving her a wide grin. He laughed as she continued, shaking his head a little at her words. Frankly, he couldn’t remember a time when he wasn’t charming to some degree. Even as a little boy he’d been charming and charismatic and able to use that to his advantage. His ex-wife Daphne had liked to say that he was too smooth for his own good and well, he couldn’t really argue with that. “Well, I’m glad you enjoy being around it. I definitely enjoy being around you, you know. You’re different from women I’ve met in the past,” he told her softly, giving her a warm smile. It wasn’t necessarily untrue. 

“You’re fine, Love. Trust me, if it bored me, you’d probably know,” Erik joked, grinning at her. His grin faded a little at her words, feeling a little bad. He was very close to his family, especially his siblings. He sometimes forgot that not everyone had the same experience when it came to their families. “You still talk though, which is nice. And, to be fair, I’m the oldest of six, so sometimes Christmas is the only time we can all make our schedules sync up to see each other,” Erik told her with a short laugh, shrugging his shoulders. “I see my siblings a lot but it can be hard to get everyone in the same place at the same time.”

His eyes flickered down to the menu for a moment, deciding what he wanted as a waiter came by and he quickly gave his order. Then he was looking back up at Lovelyn, leaning against the table as he spoke. “Do you have any siblings or is it just you and your parents?” he asked curiously, genuinely wanting to know. 

[erikwestin]

SMS 📱 Gianna ---> Erik

Erik: You're gonna have to be a little more specific there babe. 😉

Erik: Could always go for a repeat performance though. If it was that good.

Gianna: i'm the hot redhead doctor okay

Gianna: as IFF haha

Gianna: tho...

Erik: Oh. Gianna right? You were pretty fucking hot.

Erik: I'm not gonna say no if you want to. You were pretty fun.

[margotnetwork]

erikwestin​:

“It has been a little while,” Erik agreed with a nod and a light laugh. He sat down across from her then with ease, grinning easily. “And hey, the Christmas period is always very busy. That can’t be helped I suppose,” he mused, shrugging a little as he spoke. At her next words though, he laughed, running a hand through his hair as he relaxed back in his chair. “No need to do that. I’m not that hard up.”

“I am,” Erik nodded, answering honestly. His eyes found hers then, giving her a charming smile as he started to speak again. “I quite enjoyed meeting you the other week and the talk we had. I don’t think I’ve talked like that with a woman in a very long time. And you’re beautiful, which is a bit of a bonus, I gotta say,” Erik told her. He’d always been rather forward, he just couldn’t help himself. 

-

“The Christmas period is a lot of things for a lot of different people” some found it easy because they were organised and structures and some found it difficult as they did the opposite and left it till it was the last minute running around like a headless chicken; “But this year was better for me I got a lot of it out of the way and was able to enjoy just focusing on work this year”

The thing with Love in general was that because her self esteemed was so low and she kind of battled with anxiety from time to time ( on mild terms ) she wondered if Erik had said this kind of stuff to other people, trying to get something out of them-… but then there was a voice in her head telling her she was just being stupid and to give him a chance; “Oh Erik-.. always a charmer” ducking her head, blush kissing her cheeks; “Thank you, I really appreciate it”

And she did, for there was nothing more delighting to Erik than to have someone compliment her and genuinely mean it ( or at least she believed him to be anyways ) “What can I say? I’m quite a talker” though she needed to be careful that she didn’t talk too much that she bored him to death; “How was your Christmas though? Did Santa bring you anything exciting?” opening up the menu to try and pick what she wanted to nibble on.

[erikwestin]

Erik nodded at her words, knowing the truth of them to an extent. “It is, you’re right,” he mused, nodding as she continued talking. He couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at her words though, shaking his head a little. “This isn’t meant to be a judgement but you sound a little bit like a workaholic,” he told her lightly, smiling as he spoke. 

His grin widened as he watched her blush at his words. It thrilled him to know he could cause a woman to blush just by a few well placed words. In his mind, he knew women well. “I may be a charmer but it’s also the truth,” he told her, giving her a playful smile. “And you’re very welcome.”

Erik chuckled then at her next words. “I can tell,” he said with a grin, reaching for a menu to glance through it easily. “But that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” he continued, smiling as he glanced up at her. His smile widened more genuinely then; he’d always enjoyed the Christmastime. “It was very good, thank you. My family is large and we always get together for Christmas. What about you? Did you do anything for Christmas?” he asked curiously. It seemed unnatural to him for people to be alone on Christmas. 

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erikwestin​:

“That’s good at least,” Erik told her nodding, even though she couldn’t see it. “I’ll see you soon,” he said sweetly into the phone before hanging up. He grabbed a taxi with ease, directing them to the bar as he sent a quick message to Kate, telling her he’d be late home. 

Pulling up outside of the bar, Erik paid the taxi driver with ease before hopping out. He made his way inside, eyes darting around before they finally settled on Lovelyn’s gorgeous figure. He grinned widely as he made his way over to her. 

“Lovelyn, I’m glad to see you again,” Erik told her sweetly, leaning in to press a quick light kiss to her cheek in greeting. “I’d ask how you’ve been but…” he chuckled then, smiling at the woman easily. 

-

Lovelyn had no idea what to call Erik and herself as they weren’t exactly Acquaintances but she felt that it was a little off target to call them friends, considering his wandering eyes ( which she didn’t ignore ) seemed to label them as something else, but the femme was in no rush to label what the pair were, she was just interested to see where each interaction would take them.

“Likewise, I feel like it’s been a while since last time-… but that could have just been that Christmas period” standing up to allow him to plant a kiss on her cheek, a action she definitely wasn’t used too; “Yes, well I mean I can make something up if you’d like” only having been sat for a few minutes before he arrived; “So what enticed you to call or at least get in contact with me? I feel like you’re quite busy yourself” not expecting Erik to want to get in touch with her again.

[erikwestin]

“It has been a little while,” Erik agreed with a nod and a light laugh. He sat down across from her then with ease, grinning easily. “And hey, the Christmas period is always very busy. That can’t be helped I suppose,” he mused, shrugging a little as he spoke. At her next words though, he laughed, running a hand through his hair as he relaxed back in his chair. “No need to do that. I’m not that hard up.”

“I am,” Erik nodded, answering honestly. His eyes found hers then, giving her a charming smile as he started to speak again. “I quite enjoyed meeting you the other week and the talk we had. I don’t think I’ve talked like that with a woman in a very long time. And you’re beautiful, which is a bit of a bonus, I gotta say,” Erik told her. He’d always been rather forward, he just couldn’t help himself. 

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erikwestin​:

“You know what? It’s not very common in my vocabulary either,” Erik told her with a laugh and it was a little true. He was constantly working and checking the markets and following the news. But at least the markets closed. You couldn’t close off a persons psyche. “I wasn’t worried. Just suggesting maybe you’re overworking?”

Erik had never heard of the place, which was surprising but he figured he could just look it up. “Nope. That sounds perfect. And not to sound conceited, but prices don’t really worry me too much. Don’t worry. I’ll meet you there in 20?” he suggested, already standing and for the door. He was sure he could order an uber or catch a taxi and be there in no time. 

-

There were quiet periods in Love’s career and she was currently hitting that slump right now but at the same time she used that to do a lot of her paper work and archiving as she didn’t have a receptionist or anyone to do it for her; “Oh, you don’t need to be too concerned about that, I keep it between work hours you know?” it was sort of a half lie, she didn’t do it often but there were some nights she stayed back longer then she should and Love knew that.

“That works for me” smiling through the phone as she wrapped up the phone call with Erik and hopped into her car, she knew the way with ease as it was something she had driven past every day on her way to work loving the exterior as well as the interior; “Table for Lovelyn Darling” having rang on her way to the location itself to book a table for the two of them.

[erikwestin]

“That’s good at least,” Erik told her nodding, even though she couldn’t see it. “I’ll see you soon,” he said sweetly into the phone before hanging up. He grabbed a taxi with ease, directing them to the bar as he sent a quick message to Kate, telling her he’d be late home. 

Pulling up outside of the bar, Erik paid the taxi driver with ease before hopping out. He made his way inside, eyes darting around before they finally settled on Lovelyn’s gorgeous figure. He grinned widely as he made his way over to her. 

“Lovelyn, I’m glad to see you again,” Erik told her sweetly, leaning in to press a quick light kiss to her cheek in greeting. “I’d ask how you’ve been but...” he chuckled then, smiling at the woman easily. 

[margotnetwork]

erikwestin​:

Erik listened with mild interest. He wasn’t that he didn’t care but he just didn’t imagine these days would be anything but slow. So he was surprised to hear Love say that she was exhausted. “Really? That’s no good. This is the time of year you should be relaxing…not overworking,” he told her with a chuckle.

He smiled at her offer then, eyebrow raising even though she couldn’t see it. “I wouldn’t mind catching up with you at all. I’ll come to you. Where should I meet you?” He asked assertively, his interest highly piqued.

-

While the office may have been quiet in terms of clients there was still a lot she had to do behind the scenes, like book keeping and trying to organise everything for next year; filing notes on clients and arranging who was coming back and who wasn’t; “Relaxing is not a word in my vocabulary Erik but don’t worry I love my job”

And she really did enjoy what she did for a living; “What about The Dead Rabbit over on umm-… Water Street?” driving past it a few times and having it on her mind to go in their one time; “It’s a little on the higher priced side but if you don’t feel up to it there are others in the area I can scope out?”

[erikwestin]

“You know what? It’s not very common in my vocabulary either,” Erik told her with a laugh and it was a little true. He was constantly working and checking the markets and following the news. But at least the markets closed. You couldn’t close off a persons psyche. “I wasn’t worried. Just suggesting maybe you’re overworking?”

Erik had never heard of the place, which was surprising but he figured he could just look it up. “Nope. That sounds perfect. And not to sound conceited, but prices don’t really worry me too much. Don’t worry. I’ll meet you there in 20?” he suggested, already standing and for the door. He was sure he could order an uber or catch a taxi and be there in no time. 

[margotnetwork]

erikwestin​:

Erik had had a fairly easy day and instead of ruining it by going home, he decided to see if he could meet with Lovelyn. Unfortunately when he’d first called, she hadn’t answered so instead he’d gone out with some work colleagues. Now though, as he saw the phone buzzing in his hand, he grinned. 

“Lovelyn, it’s lovely to hear from you,” Erik said into the phone, smiling at his own words. He relaxed back in his seat as he held the phone to his ear. “That’s fine, sweetheart. I’m just glad to hear from you now. I’m good, but even better now that I’m talking to you. How are you?” he asked, chuckling slightly. 

- 

Love tried her best to keep up to date at all times but god if she was honest it was hard ( especially on her busier days ) pausing to talk to Erik, hearing the nickname made her smile but also question what his motives were, as usually men weren’t that interested in her unless they wanted something from her ( she hated to admit it but it was hard to believe any guy just wanted to ‘get to know her’ based off of previous situations ) “I am-… tired and exhausted from my day I won’t lie, but I could do with a glass of wine if you’re interested in catching up with me?” it was the least she could do for missing his calls and attempts at contacting her.

[erikwestin]

Erik listened with mild interest. He wasn’t that he didn’t care but he just didn’t imagine these days would be anything but slow. So he was surprised to hear Love say that she was exhausted. “Really? That’s no good. This is the time of year you should be relaxing...not overworking,” he told her with a chuckle.

He smiled at her offer then, eyebrow raising even though she couldn’t see it. “I wouldn’t mind catching up with you at all. I’ll come to you. Where should I meet you?” He asked assertively, his interest highly piqued.

[erikwestin]

SMS 📱 Gianna ---> Erik

Erik: Who is this?

Gianna: Oh my goddd

Gianna: we LITRALLY

Gianna: had sex how rude

Erik: You're gonna have to be a little more specific there babe. 😉

Erik: Could always go for a repeat performance though. If it was that good.