Author's note: this is a slightly experimental piece, with multiple, shifting points of view. I've done my best to keep it clear, and I hope it works. Let me know if it does - or if it doesn't! And of course, I appreciate any other feedback, praise or suggestions for improvement!
Sandra sighed and glanced at her phone again. Fifteen minutes to closing, now. The place was deserted, as always this late. She had to talk to the owners again - there was no point at all in keeping it open until eleven in a place like this. Perhaps she should threaten to quit, this time. The other girl on the late shift had, after all. Sandra sighed again, and then sent a text message to her friend.
Place empty, closing in fifteen. You coming? /S
The reply was near-instant.
On my way already! /T
Sandra smiled and put the phone back in her pocket. Tamara was her best friend. and she'd taken to come pick Sandra up after closing. Sandra appreciated it, now that she was alone. The stingy owners hadn't wanted to replace Mona.
Tamara was cool, and after years of karate, was quite capable of holding her own in a fight. She never had, as far as Sandra knew, but she felt safer walking through the rundown area with Tamara. Nobody had actually attacked or accosted her, but she got a lot of catcalls when she was alone.
The bell on the door jingled. Sandra suppressed a grimace, and put on a bright, cheery, fake smile for the lone guy coming into the coffee shop. Hopefully he'd just want something simple, and then be on his way.
Larry chuckled to himself as he waited for the door to close and then flipped the sign from
Open
to
Closed
. Who knew, it might work, and he had no need for company. The girl behind the counter had been smiling, but the smile slipped and was replaced by a frown as he turned and walked towards her.
"We're still open," she said, uncertainly. Larry grinned at her.
"You are, yes, but the shop is closed," he informed her.
"What?" she said. She was pretty when confused, he decided. That might be worth keeping in mind. She was pretty all the time, though, so it might not be worth the bother. He stopped a few feet away and looked her over. The part he could see above the counter, which was not the best part, alas.
That part was her ass, a big, round, wide zinger of an ass. He'd seen it before, when he'd chanced to walk in here, and had scouted her and the place out a few weeks ago. Luckily, her schedule was consistent, which meant she was alone here, about to close -and his for the taking. He smiled and walked up to the counter.
"How can I help you, sir?" the girl said, but she looked very unwilling to help. She still looked confused, but now also actively hostile. She was too well trained to let it show through fully, though.
This would be fun. Larry smiled at her, leaned forward slightly, and tapped his lapel pin.
Sandra briefly thought of calling Tamara, but as the guy walked up to her she felt it would be too rude. When he stopped and ogled her, she wished she had. This guy was creepy, and the way he'd flipped the sign to
Closed
set off every alarm bell she had in her head.
Please Tamara, hurry!
The guy didn't even order anything, he just leaned over the counter with that awful leer, and tapped the big, weird lapel pin on his left side. She glanced at it. It was weird alright, like something out of a kids' cartoon. It was big and round, with a black-and-white spiral pattern.
The guy put his hand on the bottom of the pin. Suddenly, it seemed to shimmer. Sandra blinked and frowned. The spiral didn't move, but the pin... shimmered. It was subtle - so subtle she wasn't even sure of it - but it seemed to be glowing with a faint green color that grew stronger, then dimmed, grew, and dimmed. Somehow, it was very... fascinating.
Sandra found herself staring at the pin, and pulled her gaze away. She blinked again, and panic stirred in her belly as she realized she couldn't. She couldn't look away. The pin was pulling her gaze to it, holding it. The cold feeling in her belly grew as she struggled to break free.
Larry's smile broadened into a grin as he watched the girl become trapped by the pin. They always were. So far, nobody had been able to resist the pin, unless they were too distracted to really focus. But here, in the quiet, empty coffee shop, late at night, the girl didn't stand a chance. He watched as different expressions flittered across her face - surprise, disbelief, stronger surprise, then a hint of fear and panic as she realized she really couldn't look away. And then, without him even saying a word, her face growing still as her attention locked on more and more thoroughly to the pin.
As always, his cock began to stir in response.
"Look at the pin," he said, unnecessarily, but the girl's eyebrows twitched in response, which was half the fun. She was staring helplessly at the pin already. And now, he could hypnotize her at his leisure.
"Look at the pin," he said again, "keep looking at it. It's so fascinating. You can't look away. You don't want to look away." The trick was to start simple, with the simple truth. She couldn't look away, that was plain fact. "You are alone with me here in the coffee shop, there is no other customer to take care of. You can look at the pin without worrying about other customers."
Yes, he thought, just tell her the truth. It doesn't matter if she likes it or not, her subconscious mind knows it's true. "It is late at night and you are tired now," he told, and the faint flicker of her eyelid told him that one had registered. "You are tired and you would like to sleep."