Carpe Noctem 1
Warnings: dark elements, noncon, age gap, other dark elements. Proceed with caution. (short!reader)
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Part of The Club AU
The condensation of the glass drips from your fingers.. You hate the feeling, slick and slightly irritating. You switch hands as you sway to the music, penned in by strangers as you try to see past them. You’re a bit awkward, off on your own, but no one seems to notice as you stand nearly a head below the rest of clubbers.
You stand on your toes but it doesn’t help. The music and the haze of voices doesn’t help your search. You yipe as you feel a tug on your arm. You turn to Sabrina and Selena, the tall blondes with cocktails as identical as they are. The twins are stunning individually, but together, they’re gobsmackingly gorgeous. And, you must admit, chaotic.
“Where did you two get off to?” You yell over the music.
“Mom!” Selena teases as she rolls her eyes.
“Someone has to keep an eye on you two.”
“We were just getting drinks, duh!” Sabrina shows her bright pink cocktail and takes a slurp through the skinny straw.
“Right,” you look at your ginger ale, the ice has already melted. Responsible and bland, just like you. Designated driver and designated mom friend. “I’m sure that’s all you were doing.”
“Well,” Selena smirks, “we did meet a guy.”
“Really?” You tilt your head sardonically, “you said this was a girls’ night. No dudes.”
“Relax, we know Johnny would have a fit, alright? It’s not like that, we’d just go up for the drinks.”
“You have drinks,” you counter, “and go up where?”
“Private room,” Sabrina says, “come on, don’t be a sourpuss! When’s the last time you went to a private room?”
You almost snarl. They know you aren’t the club sort and it’s obvious you don’t have the looks to be invited up to some playboys crow’s nest. Besides, it gives you the ick. Those men standing up there leering from the windows like some deranged lookouts.
“Are you asking me or telling me?” You rebuff.
“Come on, pleeeeaaaaassseeee,” Sabrina pouts, “we promise, we’re not going to hook up. We’re just going to flirt our way into bottle service.”
“Look, you come up and we’ll pay for the uber. Since we won’t be paying for booze, we’ll be able to afford it,” Selena winks.
“I don’t really…” you sigh. It’s two against one, as always. Even if you wanted to drink, you know you can’t. You have to keep an eye on these two. “Fine, but I mean it. No hook ups. And I don’t want to be up there all night.”
“Yessss!” Selena throws her fist up.
“Ugh, you guys,” you roll your eyes, “you make me feel like a bitch.”
“No, you’re just the responsible one,” Sabrina chuckles and turns on her heel, “come on! Before someone else takes our spot.”
“Are you sure… it’s okay that I’m with you?” You ask as you trail after them, speaking to the end of their long ponytails.
“Of course, we said we had a third. Just… play along.”
“Play along? What does that mean?”
“You don’t have to make out with anyone but like, don’t be frigid.”
“You are making me regret my decision already,” you retort.
“Come on. You can handle it. You’ve never had any issue giving a guy a swat. He gets too handsy and–” she flicks her hand above her shoulder so you can see, “give him one.”
You hold back your complaints. You know once the twins have their minds set, there’s not changing them. All you can do is act as chaperone and make sure they don’t get too messy.
You follow them to a set of spiral stairs and climb up behind them, balancing your ginger ale perilously as you refuse to look down and see the height building below you. Sabrina leads the way, striding up to a door with a golden snake on it. She knocks and peeks over her shoulder, giving a wink.
It opens and a man appears, clean shaven with neatly parted hair, a glint in his blue eyes as he smirks at Sabrina.
“Selena?” He asks.
“I’m Sab,” she chides.
“Ah, I’ll figure it out,” he kids, “come in.”
He leaves the door open as Sabrina enters, then Selena, and you reluctantly bring up the rear. The music is muffled by the walls as you do and your ears feel ready to pop. You take a drink of your soda to hide your discomfort.
“Twins,” another man muses. He sits on the sofa, an arm across the back. A satin shirt is unbuttoned way too low on his chest, the mustache adding to the allusion to Tom Selleck several decades ago.
You’re used to being overshadowed by the twins. You really don’t mind given the circumstance, you have a boyfriend. You nurse the ginger ale as a third man approaches; tall, blonde, and sleek in a powder blue jacket. Probably the best looking of the trio.
“Jonathan,” he introduces himself to the twins.
“Sabrina and Selena,” the man who answered the door stretches his arms around the twins’ waists.
“And our friend,” Selena makes sure to introduce you, waving you forward.
“Ah, pardon.”
“This is Ransom,” Sabrina leans into the man between them.
The man from the couch says nothing, almost scowling as he watches Selena, her eyes on Jonathan as she accepts a polite kiss on the cheek. Yep, doesn’t feel great to be third wheel, though it saves you a lot of trouble.
The girls fall into a low conversation with Ransom and Jonathan. You hover and hesitate before sitting on the other end of the couch, staring at the bubbles rising to the top of your soda. Awkward.
“Couldn’t have found triplets,” the man grumbles as he twists a golden ring on his finger.
“Sorry to disappoint,” you snip.
He looks at you, almost surprised to find you there. His cheek twitches and he sighs, pushing himself up with the armrest. “I need a fucking drink.”
So much for pretenses. You watch him go to the small bar in the corner and you turn your attention to the windows flashing with a spectrum of lights. It’s not entirely unexpected for the night to take this turn, you were just hoping it wouldn’t.
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