empty swimming pools and hearts

(((hello girlies!! it’s been a few months since i’ve last posted just a simple blurb so i thought i’d make a comeback with gang leader harry. i’m very proud of this piece so any kind of feedback would be very much appreciated and welcomed :) thank you to lill aka @starseeeed for helping me edit!! also, i’m going to start trying to add titles to what i write just so it’s easier when i’m adding them onto my masterlist!! but without further ado, go grab some snacks and enjoy this wild ride.))) 

- Harry is the leader of a notorious gang ft. a stripper named Y/N, sneaky touches, and scary men 

warnings: smut, blood, mentions of death

The last thing Y/N expected when she moved out to New York was to become a stripper. One of the best strippers at one of the most popular bars in the city, that is. She didn’t expect to go by the stage name ‘Cherry’, and she most definitely didn’t expect to have so many admirers and loyal customers – always begging for private shows, or just giving a bit too much in tip money when she’d honestly say her performance wasn’t that great. She’s thankful for the amount of love she receives, really is, but there’s still that inkling in her tummy that what she’s doing would bring shame to her family. New York was supposed to be her big introduction into the world of writing, to get inspired and become an author like she’d always dreamed, but rent and everyday necessities called for desperate times and now, this is her life: caught in the interest of married men old enough to be her father, but also the owner of the club.

Harry. He’s precious, in the least convenient way. He’s a pretty face, but there’s something intimidating underneath it all, and she guesses it makes sense considering he’s a business owner – you can’t be too nice when you could be surrounded by people that could use you. Regardless of that, though, there’s always a thickness to his voice that could make the world shake beneath his feet, always walking tall and proud like he knows he’s the best (and he very well might be). He’s cocky without being overbearing, and maybe that’s what Y/N likes about him so much, that he carries himself so well in his thousand dollar suits. He’s a total dream. Handsome like a model, but dangerous like the devil.

“Is it bad I still haven’t told my mom what I do out here? She thinks I work at a bank.” Y/N questions Harry, approaching the bar and taking a seat next to him. “Maybe she’d be proud that I’m one of your bests.”

Yes 🥵

ALRIGHT. LISTEN UP.

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