"How many times do I have to tell you Robin, I'm not going to a bloody strip club?"
Those were Killian's last words of protest... and yet here he is sitting at a table with his mates, Robin, Will and Dave, wondering how the hell they talked him into this.
It's crowded, being a Friday night and the place is dark, except for the red lights cascading over the stage. He can hear whistling and shouting over the thumping beat of the music as the dancers take the stage. He sighs in his hands with his elbows on the table as he thinks of about a million other things he'd rather be doing.
"Come on, Killian, loosen up. We brought you here to have some fun on your birthday."
He lets out a frustrated groan. Yes, it was his birthday, but he hated this day. It's a stark reminder that he is no longer with his wife, who was taken from him in a fatal car accident over two years ago. They met on his twenty-first birthday and she always did something special for him on this day.
"You're gong to offend the dancers, mate" he hears Will tell him.
He doesn't really care, but he lifts his head anyway, looking to his friends as they watch the girls. As a dark-haired waitress approaches, scantily clad in red and takes their drink orders, his eyes scan the crowd and he guesses that most of the men are married or have girlfriends and that irks him. He just never found the need to look elsewhere when he was with his Milah. He didn't need to go to strip clubs because he already had everything he desired. He never yearned for anyone but her and he still doesn't, even though his days have been dark and lonely ever since.
"How are you guys doing tonight?" she asks with a flirtatious smile.
"We're good, Ruby. Could we get three beers and a rum for this grump?" Robin asks her as he gestures to Killian.
"Sure," she answers with a laugh before she walks away to retrieve the drinks.
When the waitress comes back a few moments later, he reverts his eyes away from her as she sets the glasses on the table. It's not that he doesn't appreciate a beautiful woman, he has just always believed that a woman's naked body was sacred and should only be shared between her and one other person, not put on display in front of a bunch of strangers.
His friends thank her before she disappears and he takes a sip of his drink as he stares at the walls. He'll just be glad when this nights over with.
A while later, new dancers come out on the stage and he looks up out of pure boredom, feeling the effects of the alcohol kick in after he's had a few drinks. There's three strippers pole dancing, captivating the eyes of everyone in the club, but he finds himself not intrigued.
After they leave the stage, he's about to look away when he sees a set of white platform heals walk across it. Her seductive, languid strides entice him like none of the other dancers could, for reasons he couldn't begin to explain. His curious eyes travel up her long, bare legs that guide them to a mini skirt, if you can even call it that. Her smooth looking, milky thighs are on full display and her low, slim waist holds a band with white feathers hanging from it, grazing her skin as she walks provocatively to the center stage.
He swallows hard as his eyes lead him over her toned stomach, reaching her breasts and God, he knows there's no looking away now. Perfection wouldn't even be enough to describe them. The only thing covering them is a feathered top that exposes pretty much everything except her nipples. And as much as his eyes wish to stay there, he wants to see the face that's connected to such an amazing body.
His eyes continue upward over her chest and long, slender neck to find her lips coated in red, holding a seductive smile and her cheeks flushed with pink from the activity she's engaged in as she starts to dance against the pole. Then his eyes connect with her green ones and they're practically glowing, sending an electric current through his entire body. He looks into their alluring and mysterious depths that pull him in like a magnetic force and he finds himself completely lost. So lost, he doesn't even see his mates whispering something to the waitress in front of him.
He finally takes in the full view, watching her every move intensely as she wraps her slender fingers around the pole and straddles it between her legs. She grinds her center against it and slowly lowers herself before coming back up. Her long, blonde hair falls behind her as she arches her back and rolls her hips to the pounding beat of the music. The sight is the most erotic thing he's ever seen; his breathing is heavy just from watching her.
She turns and bends down, keeping her knees locked as she grinds her ass against the pole, resting her hands on her legs before she rises. She walks around the pole and hoists herself up, spinning down to the floor before pulling herself up again. She shows off some more moves, her body impressively supple as she continues with expert execution.
He follows her every move, never tearing his eyes away for a second. She's mesmerizing and flawless, and she knows just how to flaunt the essential feminine features of her body without apology.
When she saunters off behind the stage, he feels an ache from the loss as a woman wearing a dress approaches him and pulls him away from his thoughts.
"Are you the birthday boy?" she asks and he nods, still in awe from watching the blonde goddess. "Follow me." She starts to walk away and Killian looks over to his friends who are grinning at him.
"Happy birthday, Killian," they tell him as he stands up and follows the woman, cursing them inwardly because he knows exactly where he's being led to.
She takes him into a dimly lit room and tells him to sit and get comfortable before she disappears behind the door. He sits in the black, lounge chair and waits for a moment before deciding that he just wants to leave the room and sneak out of the club. As he stands up, a figure appears before him and he sighs as he takes his seat again. It's too late to back out now and in that moment he thinks that maybe if he wishes that it's her, that will make it become true. When she walks closer to him, he can finally make out the figure and he praises the gods above that it is indeed Swan. The guys must have seen the way he was looking at her and requested her specifically for a private lap dance. At least they did something right tonight.
When she approaches him, she starts swaying her hips, letting him take in all that she has to offer, from the round swell of her breasts to her gorgeously toned legs. She then turns around, giving him a good view of the smooth curves of her bottom underneath the soft feathers as she moves erotically, teasing him with it. An involuntary growl escapes his throat as he feels his leather pants tighten. And he knows that she's heard him, because she turns back around and flashes him a sly smirk. His eyes stare into her deep, jaded greens behind her long lashes as she climbs atop of his lap, her knees on each side of him. He sucks in a sharp breath, feeling the heat from her body. She clutches onto the back of the chair and her eyes let him know that he's not to touch her. She starts to move, dipping her hips tantalizingly slow, her body not quite making contact with his before she comes back up.
"What's your name, birthday boy?" she asks in a low, seductive voice as she meets his gaze.
She continues rolling and dipping her body, her covered mound almost touching his leather pants as they become even tighter around him and he bucks his hips up, in desperate need of friction, but only finds air.
"Killian... Killian Jones," he barely musters, his voice completely wrecked.
She smiles mischievously, like she knows exactly what she's doing to him and is enjoying every second of driving him wild. He's hoping she'll give him something more, but she doesn't. Instead, her pace quickens and she engages in a game of give and take. The more she gives, the more he wants and the more he wants, the more she takes away.
"What's yours, love?" he finally manages, his breathing labored as she continues to lower her core only centimeters away from the hard bulge in his pants before pulling away again.
She leans in closer to him until her lips ghost over his ear. The smell of her perfume fogs his senses and he can feel her unsteady breath on him, setting his skin on fire.
"You can call me Swan."
Her words send vibrations down his spine as she lets her lips linger over his skin. He closes his eyes, trying to contain every ounce of self-control that he has within him.
"Just Swan?" he breathes in a deep, husky voice. The lilt of his accent is thicker than usual in his lustful state.
"That's my stripper name. I don't give my real name to my clients."
He opens his eyes again and turns his head until their lips almost touch and instead fall slightly agape as her sex finally makes contact with his groin. He lets a groan slip out from the contact and he can see her emerald eyes glazing over with desire. Her breath is heavy on his as she grinds herself into him in slow circles and his hips jerk up to meet her, feeling her through the thin material of the thong under her feathered skirt.
"Bloody hell, love..."