Erik von Brandt 🔥 Roy Mustang (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} burningitout) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} thereincarnates, |
Erik could appreciate having his own words turned back on him. They were usually good words, and they did say that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery, didn't they? He just dipped his head to her, acknowledging the echo with a smile. "I guess you just seemed like the kind of girl that was up for a challenge. Looks like I was right." He'd have played the game a little longer, if it'd taken that to get her to agree to it, but he couldn't say that he was disappointed he hadn't had to. Turning on the charm was something that he did well, but it could get a little exhausting to try to court a woman when the payoff usually wasn't worth it, especially when they ended up thinking that it was going to be more than one night.
Holly, though, was meeting him in the middle, not leaving him to be the one to do all the chasing even though they both knew that she wanted it as much as he did. No, he wasn't the kind of asshole who thought that all women secretly wanted him, but he was well aware that, considering who he was, he had less trouble attracting attention than just any old guy looking to pick up a girl in a club. The truth was, most women just wanted guys to do the chasing. Like they wanted to be talked into it, instead of owning the fact that they were hot women, with sex drives, who wanted to have sex with a hot guy. The alternative was refreshing.
"I'm game," he told her, like there was any doubt. He was old enough to know what he was doing, and as far as he could tell, so was she. Not in age, there was no questioning that she was younger than him, but in maturity? Yeah, Holly wasn't some little girl trying to play in the big leagues before she was ready. Erik'd had his fill of those a long time ago, when it came to fans of the band who approached looking for a hook up, a notch on their bedpost. Erik didn't mind being a notch, but god he hated feeling guilty when they regretted it the next day. There wouldn't be any regrets here, on either end. Best birthday present he could have asked for.