Nikolai Esteban

[nikolaiesteban]

Introduction:

(He/Him. Male. Rafael Silva.) — Nikolai Esteban, known as the CATALYST , is from Austin, Texas. Some might describe him as easy-going & selfish. We can’t wait to see him around town!

Name: Nikolai Esteban

Age: 27

Sexuality: Pansexual

Career: Fitness Instructor at The Knockout Gym

Pets: 1 Dog {Male - Sargent)

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Nikolai (Niko for short) came from two parents who seemed to love everyone but him. 

He was the third born child of his parents (Vanessa Esteban and Elijah Esteban). 

He has one older sister (Veronica) and one older brother (Messiah) - (deceased)

He was unplanned and was born at a time where his parents were still mourning the loss of his deceased brother and that started a life where he was constantly being compared to him. Nikolai was never good enough, never smart enough, never enough to be just like Messiah.

His brother was more social, popular, intelligent, and was the so-called glue of the family.  Nikolai never got the chance to meet him. He kind of wished he could have met him.

He currently works at The Knockout Gym because it’s one of the only places he can get out of his frustration and anger at the world without anybody seeing how hurt he really is inside. Nikolai boxes to relax so that he can go home and find peace. 

His fitness helps him burn out all the angry thoughts racing inside of his head.        

Nikolai’s parents show him resentment and his older sister basically helped to raise him.

 Nikolai only gets on with Vanessa. She was the only person to love him regardless.

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[nikolaiesteban]

norafm​:

“Sometimes I think there’s such a thing as too much credit,” Nora disagreed, shaking her head. “But, I’ll try it anyways. The worst thing that can happen is I get a pea thrown at my head or something.” 

“Who else is going to be as cool as you when you go and show them you know all the moves?” Nikolai didn’t know any TikTok dance trends if he was being honest. Although, he saw a lot of dancing videos on his feed all of the time. “I doubt it! They’ll probably be really impressed.”

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aaliyahfm​:

“Wow, forget my boring swimsuit. I wanna hear some details about the handsome guy. What did he say?” she prodded, raising an eyebrow expectantly. Maybe it was the small town in her, but Aaliyah was nosy. She really couldn’t help that fact. “Duh. I’m gonna kick your ass.”

“He asked if we can meet up and go grab some food and then go back and chill at his place.” Chill could mean a lot of different things. Nikolai would see the night was going to lead them. Maybe he’d get lucky if he played his cards right? “You wouldn’t dare! I was beer pong champion back at my college a couple of years back. I have some great aim on me.”

[nikolaiesteban]

almostlovc​:

zara  couldn’t  help  laughing  at  his  reaction, sometimes  leaving  by  the  beach  was  the  best,  not  to  mention when  she  had  to  walk  home  alone. “  did  something  happened  to  you  that  made  you  stop  trusting  people ?  ”  she  asked  curiously, her  head  tilted to  the  side.  “  experiment too,  i’m  sure  about  that  ”  zara  nodded,  “  don’t  ask  me,  but  i  imagine that  in  there  is  just  like  that  movie  monsters vs.  aliens  ”

Nikolai trusted most people in this town but he also wouldn’t have wanted to be walking home all  on his own - especially not if it was far away from this place too. The night sometimes brought out the worst in people. “Countless things! Too long of a story to get into deeply into tonight.” Trusting people was hard for Nikolai. He trusted his sister and that was about all he trusted. People needed to earn his trust for him to be comfortable enough to be raw and open with them. “Right? Something crazy has to be going down there otherwise what’s the point of hiding nothing?”

[woodsychick]

Where: The Promenade.

When: Early afternoon.

Who: Open to anyone!

The sun was shining when she woke up, after last night's shift. She was beyond tired, but today was her day off. Stretching in her bed, she heard the sound of large paws scraping against the floor. Before she could react to her Doberman, Obi ran and leapt into her bed. She laughed.

“Yes I know it’s time for us to go out and walk, let me shower and get ready.” Obi barked, wagging his stubby tail. Eden pushed him off the bed, heading for the closet. She grabbed a pair of biker shorts, a top and whatever else she needed to change into after her shower.

It took her less than an hour to get ready, sliding her feet into her Cinnamon Toast Crunch Crocs. She made her way to the kitchen to snag herself a piece of fruit and her water bottle. After demolishing the fruit, she whistled for Obi. Who came trotting with his leash and harness, after getting him in it. The two were off, today's walk location was The Promenade.

She wanted to check out the sights, plus she wanted Obi to get accustomed to people. After he finally opened up, he was more than a friendly dog. Making it to The Promenade. People were out enjoying their day, so was she. Giving Obi some water, the two of them wasted no time walking down the pathway.

“Love this town.” She said, happy to get away from the life she was used to back then

[nikolaiesteban]

woodsychick​:

Leave it to her dog to rope in strangers ( in a good way ) looking at the man, she returned the smile he gave her. “Yeah he loves people, it’s cats he doesn’t like.” Which was good, she wasn’t much of a cat person anyways.

“I was looking to get a puppy but then this beauty came into my life, he’s a Doberman. His coloring is rare, a mix between fawn and black. His name is Obi.” Obi barked, wagging his stumpy tail at the new guy.

When the other showed a picture of his puppy, her heart damn near exploded at the preciousness that was the puppy. “He is downright adorable! I just want to eat him up.” Chuckling softly, she pushed some of her hair behind her ear. “I’m Eden.”

Nikolai looked down at the dog as a smile grew on his face. He also didn’t like cats too much. “Cats kind of suck if I’m being honest with you. I don’t blame him for not really liking them.” Nikolai wouldn’t be that bothered if he never saw another cat again in his life.

“Obi? That’s such a cute name.” Nikolai wondered if it was named after the Star Wars character. “Was that a random name or are you massive fan of Obi from the Star Wars franchise?”

Nikolai clicked his phone to shut the application off again before putting it back into his pocket. “He causes so much chaos but I wouldn’t want him any other way! He’s got my type of energy.” Nikolai held out his hand to shake the girls. “Eden? A pleasure to meet you. I’m Nikolai.”

[woodsychick]

Where: The Promenade.

When: Early afternoon.

Who: Open to anyone!

The sun was shining when she woke up, after last night's shift. She was beyond tired, but today was her day off. Stretching in her bed, she heard the sound of large paws scraping against the floor. Before she could react to her Doberman, Obi ran and leapt into her bed. She laughed.

“Yes I know it’s time for us to go out and walk, let me shower and get ready.” Obi barked, wagging his stubby tail. Eden pushed him off the bed, heading for the closet. She grabbed a pair of biker shorts, a top and whatever else she needed to change into after her shower.

It took her less than an hour to get ready, sliding her feet into her Cinnamon Toast Crunch Crocs. She made her way to the kitchen to snag herself a piece of fruit and her water bottle. After demolishing the fruit, she whistled for Obi. Who came trotting with his leash and harness, after getting him in it. The two were off, today's walk location was The Promenade.

She wanted to check out the sights, plus she wanted Obi to get accustomed to people. After he finally opened up, he was more than a friendly dog. Making it to The Promenade. People were out enjoying their day, so was she. Giving Obi some water, the two of them wasted no time walking down the pathway.

“Love this town.” She said, happy to get away from the life she was used to back then

[nikolaiesteban]

woodsychick​:

Where: The Promenade.

When: Early afternoon.

Who: Open to anyone!

The sun was shining when she woke up, after last night’s shift. She was beyond tired, but today was her day off. Stretching in her bed, she heard the sound of large paws scraping against the floor. Before she could react to her Doberman, Obi ran and leapt into her bed. She laughed.

“Yes I know it’s time for us to go out and walk, let me shower and get ready.” Obi barked, wagging his stubby tail. Eden pushed him off the bed, heading for the closet. She grabbed a pair of biker shorts, a top and whatever else she needed to change into after her shower.

It took her less than an hour to get ready, sliding her feet into her Cinnamon Toast Crunch Crocs. She made her way to the kitchen to snag herself a piece of fruit and her water bottle. After demolishing the fruit, she whistled for Obi. Who came trotting with his leash and harness, after getting him in it. The two were off, today’s walk location was The Promenade.

She wanted to check out the sights, plus she wanted Obi to get accustomed to people. After he finally opened up, he was more than a friendly dog. Making it to The Promenade. People were out enjoying their day, so was she. Giving Obi some water, the two of them wasted no time walking down the pathway.

“Love this town.” She said, happy to get away from the life she was used to back then

Nikolai was catching some hot sun on his skin when the a cute dog caught all of his attention. “This town is wonderful at times. It holds some of the most interesting people in the world.” Nikolai looked down at the dog near his feet. “May I pet your dog or is he not a fan of people?” Nikolai didn’t want want to assume that he could pet the dog without asking for permission. “What breed of dog is he? I have a german shepard puppy at home. He’s called Sargent - Sarge for short. He was going to be trained as a police dog but he’s a little too energetic for them all.” Nikolai happily took him on because he was full of energy too and the dog kind of matched him. He pulled out a picture on his phone of his dog. “He’s cute, right?”

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jasonxcastillo​:

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Jason didn’t religiously go to the gym or work out or anything but he definitely felt like he was in decent shape. Trying to train alongside Niko certainly made him feel otherwise. “Hey you, you can stop acting like gravity doesn’t exist, you showoff,” Jason laughed breathlessly as he let go of the pull up bars first, leaning back against them as he watched Niko keep going. “God I’m gonna be so sore after this. I don’t know how you do it, man,” he sighed before reaching for his water bottle, taking a long drink.

Nikolai was a gym buddy and this play was his training ground and work place. He loved it here. Training people on the various different equipment's or doing some boxing in the ring was fun. Nikolai couldn’t help but to chuckle as he kept on using the pull up bars to do a couple more repetitions without any strain on any of his muscles. He was use to doing multiple reps at once. “Show off? Is that what I am?” He smirked at the other before doing one last one just to show off. “It’s practice, man. I work here. I’m sure you’d be hella jacked if you were at this place 24/7 too.” He jumped down back onto his feet again - reaching for his water bottle from right next to him. “Where are you feeling the pressure or strain right now?”

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v1ntageauthentic​:

He wanted to laugh at the first one, but he held it in. “So, funny but not so funny story, I was chased by the police for ‘reckless’ speeding, though it wasn’t fully out of reckless abandon,” he admitted before downing some of the beer. “What about you?” He was genuinely curious to see if the other had any experience with either of those scenarios.

Nikolai listened to the other explain that he’d be chased by the police for reckless speeding once. “Have I ever got chased? No. My dad’s a cop and would have kicked me out of the family.” Family was a stupid word. His parents hardly raised him - his sister was the only on to love him. She’d been the one to bring him up and whatnot. His parents were too busy morning his brother and telling Nikolai that he wouldn’t come close to the perfection of the child who died before him. “Alright, next question, have you ever cheated on a partner?”

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v1ntageauthentic​:​

Jasper looked up from the flames in the fire and turned his head toward the voice he heard. He played the game before with his old friends and it was always pretty entertaining with them, and just maybe it’d be fun this time..? “ Sure, I’ve got nothing better to do. Want to go first? ” He asked as he picked his beer up from the cup holder beside him.

Nikolai took a swig of his drink again before nodded his head as the other told him to ask first. “Absolutely! Have you ever been arrested or chased by the police and if so - for doing what?” Nikolai was interested to see how wild the other was and how crazy his life had been until now. Maybe it’d allow him to see where to go with his next question then? “Drink if you have too.”

[nikolaiesteban]

almostlovc​:

“  responsible  way  ?  i’ll  think  about  something,  don’t  worry  ”  she  chuckled softly,  she  turned to  point  at  one  of  the  mansions by  the  beach, “  i’m  pretty sure  i’ll  be  fine  walking home  ”  zara  giggled.  “  area  51  …  i’m  pretty  sure  that’s  where  they  filmed the  landing  on  the  moon  ”  she  added,  taking another  sip  of  her  drink. “  not  to  mention  aliens, i’m  sure  that’s full  of  those  ”

nikolai followed the girls gaze as she turned to point to one of the huge mansions by the beach. “alright, that’s closer than i was expecting it to be. i just don’t trust everyone around this place.” nikolai couldn’t help but to laugh as the brunette mentioned that she was sure that Area 51 was the place that they filmed the landing on the moon. he wouldn’t really put it past the government. “experients have to be there too, right? i’ve always wondered what they’re hiding from all of us.”

[nikolaiesteban]

alcsskovacevic​:​

Glancing up at the drink offered to her, Alessandra offered a friendly and thankful smile to the male. “Hey thanks,” She returned. She’d just finished up on a quote unquote ‘urgent’ work call from her producer, who’d insisted the call couldn’t wait until tomorrow. “I’ll drink to that?” The cuban woman repeated in question, one brow quirking up. The game sounded interesting and easy enough, and from what she could see from her spot Henri was otherwise occupied. “Oh I never turn down the chance to have some fun, why don’t you kick us off, yea?”

Nikolai took a seat next to Alessandra and as she thanked him for the alcohol. “No problem.” Making new friends was always a nice thing to do. Nikolai loved being able to chat with people and find out about the persons past, present and possible future plans. People were interesting. “Yeah, perfect, sure thing.” Nikolai looked around him at the other people gathering around - trying to think of an interesting question to get to know the female sitting next to him some more. “Have you ever cheated on past lover and if so drink and what were your intentions when doing it? If not - fire a question back right back at me.”

[nikolaiesteban]

jasonxcastillo​:​

Jason was truly the son of a candymaker - here he was sitting by the fire pit getting his fingers sticky with a freshly roasted s’more, meanwhile the muscled man joining him brought some alcoholic drinks over. Jason felt like he vaguely recognized him from the gym but in all honesty Jason didn’t go there as often as he ought to. “Hey, I’m always down for some fun,” Jason laughed a little, nudging his knee with his before taking the drink he offered. “I’m Jason by the way. What exactly are we drinking to?” he asked before quickly devouring his s’more, licking melted chocolate from his fingers.

Nikolai didn’t want enough to get wasted here - just enough so that he could get a little buzzed. He pointed at the other with a grin on his face as the brunette said he was always down for fun. “See? That’s the kind of spirit we need around here.” Nikolai couldn’t deal with boring people. Party games were suppose to be fun and he was hoping the other would think the same too. “Jason? It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Nikolai or Niko for short. I don’t mind what you call me.” Nikolai chuckled as the other knocked his knee against his before taking the drink from him.  “You drink if you’ve done the act that I’ve asked and we basically bounce back and forth with questions to see how personal we can get to know each other in the next couple of minutes.” Nikolai took a swig of his own drink as he thought of a good question to lead the other with. “Alright, Jason, drink if you’ve ever kissed a friends sibling who was suppose to be off limits.”

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aaliyahfm​:

“Well yes, I did, but you’re clearly very distracted so I guess I’ll find Zara and ask her for a second opinion.” Aaliyah’s tone was teasing now — her only purpose was to make conversation and since he was clearly talking to her now, she was satisfied. “I also was just saying that even though it’s a bit cliche, I’m about to tear up this beach party.”

Nikolai let out a chuckle as the girl mentioned that he was very clearly distracted with his phone. “I was texting a handsome guy from the gym who was trying to set up an appointment with me. Outside of office hours - if you get what I’m saying.” He nodded his head as the girl mentioned that she was going to tear up this beach party tonight. “I wouldn’t expect anything less from you, Aaliyah. You better play some beach beer pong with me at some point tonight though.”

[nikolaiesteban]

almostlovc​:​

aria  had  gotten  to  the  beach  a  couple of  minutes  after  she  had  left  the  hair  salon. she  didn’t  know  how  she  ended  up  getting  her  forearm  splashed with  green  dye.  as  she  heard  the  male’s  words  the  girl  smiled,  looking  at  him  with  an  amused  glint  in  her  eyes.  aria  raised her  eyebrows  at  his  words. “  i’m  not  afraid,  gimme  that  drink  ”

Nikolai didn’t want to be bored at the beach party all on his own so it seemed a better idea to get to know some of the city folk around him on a more personal basis. Who didn’t love party games anyways? He handed the drink over the Aria as a chuckle escaped his mouth. “Alright, your up first then, drink if you’ve ever got blackout drunk and somebody’s had to practically carry you back home.”

[nikolaiesteban]

norafm​:

“Do you think the kids I babysit would think I was cool if I learned a TikTok dance? I keep seeing the one for Lizzo’s newest song and I don’t think I could manage to learn it without looking absolutely ridiculous.” @nhstarters​

Nikolai knew the exact TikTok dance that the female was referring too and he couldn’t help but to have a smile on his face at the thought of it. “Come on! Give yourself some well deserved credit. I think that they’d think you’re the coolest for knowing that dance.”

[nikolaiesteban]

almostlovc​:

“  for  sure  more  that  i  can  count  right  now  ” she  told  the  other,  a  smile  on  her  lips  as  she  looked  at  the  male  standing  next  to  her.  “  in  my  defense i  was  trying to  get  home  sober  ” zara  laughed,  taking another  sip  of  her  drink. “  for  sure  the  moon  landing  being  faked  ” she  told  him.  “  in  fact  it  could  have  been  faked, i’m  sure  ”

Nikolai had to appreciate that the female wasn’t lying to him about how many drinks she’d had. “Right on! That’s the way to live. Just make sure that you’ll find a responsible way to get home.” Nikolai would get someone sober to drive him home or call a cab and get in one of those instead. “I guess we’re never going to really know if it was the truth or a lie to make us believe that humans are the most superior beings. We can’t prove it.” It was a wild and out there theory. “What about Area 51? The place seems shady as fuck.”

[nikolaiesteban]

chasingfcntcsies​:​

Henrik couldn’t say that he liked the man’s attitude but swallowed it up, never too deterred from a challenge. “It’s not being afraid. Just want to make sure my wife can handle the kids alone. But I’m down. Tell me the rules.” Henri was always the party boy when it came to him and Aleks so a drinking game? Right in his alley. 

Nikolai looked over at the other as he challenged him to a drinking game to keep the spirits high. “I’m sure that she’s going to be capable enough. I won’t get you too wasted though - I promise.” Nikolai could respect that other was planning to be responsible enough still for his wife and kids. “You pretty much drink if you’ve done the thing that the other person has asked, for example, have you ever cheated on a significant other past or present - drink if you have done that.”