a closed starter for @kittywriites
This night was literally turning into a fucking nightmare. Of course, it wasn’t supposed to be - you know, being the night before his wedding and all. There was so much hustle and bustle. His mother-in-law to be barking out orders to the bridal party in a tone that wasn’t necessary, his beautiful bride in a panic, and both of their families mixing and mingling more than Connor ever wanted to bear witness to. He expected it to be stressful, and maybe he would have gotten through it unscathed... That was, until his gaze met hers. A certain stripper he’d frequented - not on purpose... or well... not... It didn’t matter. It had just been a moment of weakness, right? A spot of nerves the weeks leading up to the wedding? It was a drink with all his attention focused on her a night or two a week... It wasn’t wrong, right? Connor was sent into a pure panic, palms sweaty as his sweet future wife grabbed the forbidden object of his desire and pulled her over to him. He blinked. Like, just blinked. Everything happened so slow and so fast at the same time. Charlotte. Her sister. She worked at a club. Right. Her sister. A club. A strip club. Charlee. As everything came full circle, Connor was certain he was going to pass out. However, he managed and made it through... the first time meeting his future sister in law.
The night felt never ending, but finally he was able to grab the girl alone. Eyes flickered nervously as he pulled her off to the side somewhere. He was certain he’d be caught, certain someone would find out where he’d actually been spending those late nights at work. Certain someone would learn that maybe... in the most innocent way possible? He’d been slightly obsessing over her? Nerves - it was just nerves. Wasn’t it? Connor cleared his throat, shaking his head as he let go of the light grip he had on her wrist. “Lottie,” He greeted, his voice soft as he let out a shaky breath. Even now, just like this, it felt like she had some weird grip on him. He made note of the grimace she made earlier when she was introduced as Charlotte and remembered the tone in which his fiance had expressed something along the lines of ‘oh right, she only answers to Lottie’. And clearly he wasn’t going to call her by what she went by at the club, right? His head was spinning and his mouth was so dry. It’s not like he had done anything - not really. A lap dance or two, really. But did the universe really have to throw his wife to be’s sister in his lap? “Please, can we j-just--keep this between us?”