Sabrina Carpenter x Escort Fem!Reader
Synopsis: She wasnât looking for anythingâespecially not tonight. Not after him, not after the way she was left. But then came velvet. Velvet voice, velvet hands, velvet rules. And suddenly, forgetting didn't seem so hard.
Warning(s): Heavy sensuality. Soft dom undertones. Implied G!P / Use of strap on. Strangers-to-Something. Implied club settings/mentions of escorts. MDNI!.
The heartbreak didnât come with thunder.
Not the poetic kind, either. Not the type you could romanticize into a bridge of a song.
It was a slow, crawling silenceâthe sort that filled the room like water, seeping into her bones, soaking the sheets, clinging to the back of her throat.
Sabrina lay on her stomach, wrapped like a corpse in her plush throw blanket. The room smelled like peach lotion, stale coffee, and grief. Her phone had buzzed a hundred timesâPaloma had stopped sending texts hours ago and switched to passive-aggressive memes. Her sister Sarah had threatened to "kick the ghost of that man" if he ever dared show his face again.
Still, Sabrina didnât move. Her mascara had dried into brittle wings at the corners of her eyes. Her Spotify queue looped the same three sad songsâtwo of them hers.
The breakup had been quiet (or so what ahe tells herself). No screaming. No dramatic exit.
Just a sentence. Just a shrug. Just⊠gone.
And it wasnât even that he leftâit was that he left so easily.
"Final warning. Open the door or Iâm coming in with Sarah and a taser."
Ten seconds later, the door burst open like the gates of heaven during a midlife crisis.
âWhat the hellâoh my god,â Paloma groaned, covering her nose. âIt smells like depression and dead dreams in here.â
Sarah followed close behind, arms full of shiny fabric and righteous fury. âDid you seriously not shower again? Brina, itâs been five days.â
âI Febrezed,â Sabrina muttered into her pillow.
âYou Febrezed your armpits and think thatâs hygiene?â Paloma snapped, already yanking the blankets off her. âGirl, weâre staging an intervention. This is a wellness raid.â
Sabrina blinked at the sudden light. âCanât I just rot in peace? Or at least until Mercuryâs out of retrograde?â
âNo. We didnât spend 300 bucks on this dress for you to rot.â Sarah threw the gold garment onto the bed like it was a weapon.
Sabrina squinted at it. The material shimmered like molten honeyâthin straps, low back, slinky as sin.
ââŠThatâs not my dress.â
âIt is now,â Paloma chirped. âCourtesy of your emotional support chaos gremlins. Itâs backless. Itâs dangerous. Itâs the âIâm hotter than the devil and single by choiceâ dress.â
âI donât even have anywhere to wear it.â
âCorrection,â Sarah grinned, producing a small black envelope from her purse. âYou do. And you're coming with us.â
Sabrina sat up warily. âWhere?â
âItâs secret,â Paloma said with a mischievous glint. âYouâre not allowed to know until you smell like vanilla, have both legs shaved, and look like youâd ruin lives in under six seconds.â
Sabrina stared at them. âIs this one of those weird crystal-moon orgies?â
âNo. What the fuck? âno, this one has actual cocktails and no ugly men,â Sarah said.
âWeâre taking you underground,â Paloma added. âThink: forbidden. Think: anonymous. Think... masked women who donât ask for your name, only your attention.â
Sabrina arched an eyebrow, but her heart twitchedâa tiny, dormant thing startled into motion.
âYou want me to rebound?â
âWe want you to remember who the hell you are,â Sarah said, serious now. âYouâve been his shadow for too long.â
âYouâre not just his ex,â Paloma echoed, tugging her gently toward the bathroom. âYouâre Sabrina freaking Carpenter. Starshine incarnate. Now go shave those legs, weâre leaving in an hour.â
Sabrina hesitated at the door, fingers brushing the fabric of the gold dress.
It gleamed at her like a promise.
She took a breath. The kind that hurt a little, like breaking through the surface after nearly drowning.
ââŠOkay,â she said quietly. âBut if this turns into a cult initiation, Iâm blaming both of you.â
âFair,â Paloma grinned. âJust make sure you moisturize.â
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The bedroom door creaked open with the kind of hesitation that came after crying in the shower.
Sabrina stepped outâdamp hair curling softly down her back, skin scrubbed raw and smooth, the faintest scent of sandalwood and honey clinging to her like a second skin. And wrapped around her like armor: the gold dress. Thin straps, deep V, backless, leg slit sharp enough to wound. She looked like a trophy someone would kill to keepâand she knew it.
Paloma sat cross-legged on the bed, scrolling through her phone with one hand and holding a champagne flute in the other. She looked up, blinked, and let out a low whistle.
Sarah, crouched at the floor mirror adjusting her earrings, turned and let out a quiet gasp. âJesus. You look like you own an empire built entirely on broken hearts.â
Sabrina clutched the edge of the doorframe. âI feel like I just crawled out of a crypt.â
âYou crawled out of that crypt in couture,â Paloma said, standing. âAnd thatâs what matters.â
Sarah reached for her wrist and tugged her toward the vanity. âSit. Youâre about to get your face beat into high society.â
âI can do my own makeup, you know,â she mumbled, but she sat anyway.
âNot tonight, you canât,â Sarah said, already reaching for the primer. âTonight needs intention. Tonight needs narrative.â
âWhat narrative?â Sabrina asked, eyes fluttering shut as Sarah began patting product into her skin.
Paloma was behind her now, gently towel-drying her hair before twisting it up into a soft, voluminous half-up style. âThe one where youâre reborn. Cleopatra core. Lilith energy. A girl so hot she stops healing and starts haunting.â
Sabrina snorted softly. âYou two are on crack.â
âNo, weâre on a mission,â Sarah said, beginning her wing. âYouâve spent the last few weeks in pajamas and silence, whispering to your plants and binge-watching period dramas.â
âYou were withering.â Paloma met her eyes in the mirror. âAnd weâre done with that. Tonight you rise.â
She looked at herselfâfoundation blending like silk, golden shadow sweeping across her lids like sunset, lashes fluttering like velvet lies. Her lips were lined, then filled in with a soft peachy-nude that made her look dangerous in a way that whispered innocent.
Sarah tilted her chin. âOpen.â
Sabrina parted her lips slightly. Sarah applied gloss. The final step.
âSheâs ready,â Paloma said, stepping back and clapping once like sheâd just summoned a god. âNow stand up and twirl for us.â
Sabrina rolled her eyes but obeyed. The dress shifted around her like liquid light, the slit revealing just enough thigh to make it criminal. Gold on her skin. Gold on her eyes. Nothing on her neckâPaloma had taken the necklace away.
âPerfect,â Sarah whispered, almost reverent. âThey wonât know what hit them.â
Sabrina glanced between them. âI still donât know where weâre going.â
Paloma grabbed her clutch off the dresser and handed it to her. âThatâs intentional.â
Sarah grabbed her jacketâblack leather with a cinched waistâand handed it over with a wink. âNow shut up and let us escort you to your rebirth.â
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The night had settled over the city like a black silk scarf. The windows of the car were tinted, the stereo humming with a bass-heavy R&B track. Sabrina sat in the backseat between Sarah and Paloma, her hands folded over her clutch, heart hammering against her ribs like it knew something she didnât.
She glanced out at the blur of neon signs and quiet sidewalks, the occasional late-night pedestrian wrapped in shadows. The city felt unfamiliar. Like something was about to break open.
âSo,â she tried, âare you guys going to tell me what kind of place this is?â
âNope,â Sarah said, flipping through the carâs playlist. âBut wear your mystery like perfume, babe.â
âYouâre about to see something youâve never seen before,â Paloma added from the front, her voice low. âBut once you do... youâll never forget it.â
Sabrina raised a brow. âThatâs not ominous at all.â
Paloma caught her eye in the rearview mirror. Her smirk was slow, sharp, a little too pleased.
Sabrinaâs reflection in the window shifted with every turn the car made, city lights streaking gold against the glass like molten ribbons. Paloma had switched the playlist to something low and sultryâmore bass than lyrics, like the soundtrack of a scene she wasnât fully aware sheâd stepped into.
She didnât ask where they were going again. Not when Sarah kept reapplying lip gloss like she was prepping her for war, and not when Paloma adjusted the rearview mirror just to check Sabrinaâs highlight. It was the first time in weeks sheâd seen herself look this... expensive.
The dress felt dangerous. The kind of gold that wasnât yellow, wasnât champagneâjust skin-tight decadence. She couldnât move without catching light. And with each breath, she became more aware of how intentional this whole thing was. The perfume. The hair. The shaved legs. The silence they werenât filling.
The car glided into an entirely different part of the city. Gone were the warm storefronts, the street vendors, the distant sound of music and laughter. It was cleaner here. Darker. Every building seemed to hum with wealth, though none screamed for attention. No signs. No neon. Just architectural quiet and opulence that didnât ask to be understood.
Paloma slowed to a crawl.
Sabrina leaned forward between the seats, brows twitching as her gaze flicked toward a building rising ahead.
If it even was a building.
It looked more like a shadow cast by the sky itselfâsleek black stone wrapped in curved glass, like it had grown from the pavement by design of a secret god. There was a wide staircase flanked by low flames in gold bowls. And standing beneath the dim archway: two masked doormen in tailored black, motionless, heads tilted down as if already awaiting her.
âWhat⊠is this?â she murmured, voice barely audible.
Paloma smirked and shifted into park.
Sarah turned around fully and unbuckled her seatbelt, eyes gleaming. âSomewhere you wonât be sad anymore.â
âThatâs not ominous at all,â Sabrina muttered, still staring out the window.
âYou donât need to know what itâs called,â Paloma said, twisting in her seat to hand over a black velvet clutch. âYou just need to walk like you belong.â
Sabrina blinked. âWhatâ"
âPhone inside. Lip gloss. No ID, no wallet,â Sarah added. âThis place doesnât do names. Just masks and rules.â
The car doors unlocked with a quiet click.
Outside, the air was cooler. Still. As she stepped out, her heels hit the stone with a crisp echoâlike even the pavement here knew to listen.
And as she looked up at the looming structureâits windows dark, its entrance gleaming, its atmosphere chargedâSabrina suddenly understood.
She wasnât going to a club.
She was walking into a secret.
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Not because she was scaredâbut because she couldnât trust her voice not to give her away. The buildingâs silence was so thick, so immaculate, it felt sacrilegious to disturb it.
The front lobby resembled a five-star hotel at midnightâdrenched in moody amber light, the air thick with a smoky rose scent. Floor-to-ceiling mirrors lined the walls like portals, and sleek black marble tiles gleamed beneath her heels. Every step echoed softly, absorbed instantly by the hush.
A single front desk stood across the vast space. It was minimalistic, draped in velvet-black and trimmed in gold, but elegantâlike it didnât serve guests, only secrets.
Behind it sat a woman with slicked-back hair, dressed in a blood-red suit, and a half-mask with gilded edges. Her mouth, painted deep mulberry, curled in a perfectly controlled smile as the group approached.
Without waiting for Sabrina to say a word, Paloma stepped forward and placed a sleek black card on the counter. The woman didnât glance up. She ran a single black-lacquered nail over the surface, as if reading the energy, not the print.
âHouse Rubina,â the masked attendant said. Her voice was low and unhurried. âGuest acknowledged.â
She reached beneath the counter and retrieved a long black box wrapped in crimson ribbon. When she set it down in front of Sabrina, it made no sound.
With a glance at her sister and Paloma, Sabrina slowly untied the ribbon.
Inside lay a membership card in rich red, edged with soft black lines. Beside it, a folded slip of paper.
âNo names. No cameras. No men unless marked. You are not here to impress. Only to indulge.â
Her brows lifted slightly.
Before she could ask, the attendant simply tilted her head toward the sideâwhere a tall, narrow elevator waited. It gleamed black and gold, entirely free of buttons. It hadnât been there a moment ago.
Sabrina stepped toward it slowly, card in one hand, box pressed to her side.
The doors opened in complete silence.
Paloma and Sarah followed. The doors closed behind them.
No music. No floor numbers. No sense of direction.
A smooth, quiet descent into something that didnât exist above ground. Sabrinaâs heart fluttered, her pulse ticking at her throat.
And the world⊠changed.
The club opened up before them like a forbidden theater of decadence.
Lit in rich reds and velvety shadows, it was unlike anything Sabrina had ever seen. Chandeliers dripped from the ceilingâblack wrought iron tangled with glowing red crystal. Massive mirrors framed the walls in gold filigree, reflecting slow-moving figures, whispers of silk, the sheen of skin.
Two winding staircases curved out from the main floor, sweeping downward like arms welcoming them home. At the base: a grand circular lounge decked in crimson velvet couches and dark marble tables. Pillars lined the walls like silent sentinels, each wrapped with soft red lighting that pulsed faintly, like a heartbeat.
Masked, stunning, radiating confidence and indulgence. Some leaned into one another in hushed conversation, others danced slowly near the center where the floor dropped into a subtle stage space, and some merely sipped champagne, eyes scanning. Some wore tuxedos. Others, silken lingerie under long coats. Nobody looked the sameâbut everyone looked intentional.
The only men visible stood silently along the edgesâtall, broad, masked, and dressed in black suits, each with a sleek armband that glimmered under the red light.
A what seems to be an MLM flag.
Paloma leaned in to whisper near Sabrinaâs ear, âIt means theyâre safe. Queer. Here to protect, not participate.â
Sabrinaâs brows lifted slightly. A bouncer caught her eyeâhe nodded once. Gentle. Respectful. She looked away.
Her heels clicked against the red carpet as they walked forward.
Somewhere beneath the floor, a bassline began to breatheâlow, seductive, not loud. Just enough to stir something in the chest.
And on the far end of the club, barely touched by light, stood a balcony with a velvet rope and two more bouncers. A staircase curved up behind them like a path to Olympus.
Sabrina didnât know what was waiting up there.
But somethingâsomeoneâwas watching.
And every inch of her skin bloomed under it.
The velvet curtain whispered shut behind them.
Sabrina found herself inside a VIP booth that felt more like a private theatre box than a seating areaâlow red lighting, plush semicircle couches, obsidian table in the middle gleaming like still water, and subtle mirrors built into the wall, reflecting only what they were meant to. Music pulsed softly below their level, the kind that didnât demand attention but wrapped around your ribcage like satin bondage.
A soft knock tapped at the wall.
A woman in a high-slit black qipao with cherry blossom embroidery stepped inside with a clipboard, greeted them with a smile that held many secrets, and placed a slim, black-leather menu on the table.
âStandard roster, madam?â she asked Sarah and Paloma with a practiced tone.
Paloma tilted her head, almost insulted.
âNo, sweetie. Weâre not here for fluff tonight.â
Sarah crossed her legs, already reaching into her clutch. âWeâll have the Crimson Menu.â
The hostess pausedâsubtly. Then nodded.
âOf course,â she said smoothly. âOne moment.â
She returned moments later, holding something that didnât even look like a menu.
It was a deep crimson envelope. Wax-sealed. No label. Just a single black emblem pressed into the wax: a falling star, split down the center.
The envelope was handed to Sarah with two gloved hands. She opened it carefully. Reverently.
Inside, there was no booklet. No listing of drinks. No roster of names and novelties.
Just a folded parchment sheetâthick, textured, and perfumed faintly with myrrh and smoke.
Sarah unfolded it slowly and laid it flat on the table between them.
It was more like⊠an invocation.
The names were listed in old-style serif lettering, each one spaced deliberately apart. Sparse. Intimate. The way art galleries displayed their most precious paintings.
Artemis â Knife play. Discipline. Grace.
Ăpine â French. Thorns beneath silk.
Nova â Playful. Addictive. Gone by morning.
Saint Monday â Sweet sadist. Poetry kink.
Catalina Rex â You donât choose her. You kneel.
Fallow â Voice like sin. Hands like home.
Morningstar â Price: Negotiable. Approval: Required.
Her throat felt suddenly dry.
Price negotiable. Approval required.
It was the only name written in dark red ink. As if it had been bled onto the page.
âWhoâŠâ Sabrina whispered, not meaning to speak aloud. âWhoâs that?â
Paloma smiled without looking up. âThe one you donât request.â
Sarah leaned forward, lips brushing the rim of her glass as she said, âShe picks you.â
Sabrina frowned. âSo what, sheâs not real? Like an urban legend? A trick to upsellââ
âSheâs real,â Paloma said, sharper now. âIâve seen her once. Two years ago. She walked past my booth in red gloves and every woman in the club went quiet.â
âSheâs not part of the rotation. Doesnât come out for birthdays or bachelorettes. You donât book Morningstar,â Sarah added. âYouâre summoned.â
Sabrina looked down again.
The name stared back up at her.
Suddenly the air in the booth felt warmer. The lights a little dimmer.
And thenâwithout warningâthe parchment lifted slightly at the edge.
As though somethingâor someoneâwas aware that her eyes had lingered too long.
Palomaâs grin widened. âCareful, babe,â she said lightly, âshe bites.â
There was a silence between themânot awkward, but charged. The kind that lingered when something forbidden was suddenly within reach.
Sabrina stared at the name etched in ink and gold. MORNINGSTAR. No price. No details. Just an air of reverence on the page, as if even the menu dared not speak too much of her.
She licked her lips slowly, unsure whether it was the velvet-lined booth or the rising heat in her chest that made her feel cocooned.
Paloma leaned back, snapping the menu shut with a graceful flick. âWeâre not rushing,â she said, reaching for the table button. âYou need a drink first.â
âI donât know if I shouldââ
âWhich is exactly why you should,â Sarah cut in, already waving over the returning server. âNothing that burns. Something flirty. Feminine. Dangerous in the second glass.â
Sabrina huffed out a soft laugh, finally allowing herself to lean into the cushions. âAlright. Surprise me.â
The server bowed slightly. âMight I suggest the Velvet Halo? Itâs light, delicate. Lavender, prosecco, edible shimmer. Very⊠disarming.â
âPerfect,â Paloma purred. âAnd sheâll need another after the first. Something she wonât taste coming.â
Sarah lifted her menu. âAnd get me something that bites back.â
As the server disappeared, Sabrina let her fingers trail over the edge of the menu again. Her voice was quieter this time. âSo... Morningstar. What is she?â
Paloma glanced toward the candlelight flickering on the mirrored wall. âAn experience.â
Sarah smirked. âAnd youâre not allowed to be shy once you meet her.â
âWhich is why weâre starting with drinks,â Sarah said, raising a brow just as the first round arrived on a silver tray.
Three glasses, each like a spell.
And Sabrinaâs? Pale lilac with silver shimmer, a tiny sprig of lavender floating on top like a whispered dare.
She took the glass, cool to the touch, and let herself relax.
The night had only begun.
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Inside the exclusive escort suite, a hush fell.
Someone requested the Crimson Menu.
That alone was enough to make all seven masks turn toward the glass.
Behind the tinted wall, they watched herâthe blonde downstairs, tucked into a velvet booth, flanked by two women. Paloma and Sarah, if the whispers were right. Laughter played at their table, but her smile? It didnât reach her eyes.
It never did when they asked for the crimson.
Most who did were cracked beneath the gloss. The heartbroken. The drained. The desperate. The ones who didnât come to be touchedâthey came to be ruined just right.
She didnât look like the usual type.
But maybe that was the point.
The escorts stood silently, observing. Each of them a symbol, a god carved from lust, chaos, and control. None moved. None spoke.
She stood tall, dressed in a jet-black tailcoat tuxedo, white shirt open just enough to defy protocol. Her gloved hand reached for her signature maskâsleek matte black with crimson-edged detailingâand without a word, she pulled it over her face.
âYou sure?â one of them asked quietly.
But Morningstar didnât answer.
She simply turned, walked out of the suite, and began to search.
Because something about that blondeâ
The way she held her glass.
The way she didnât look upâlike she was waiting for someone to find her first.
Morningstar intended to be that someone.
She was going to offer everything.
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The Madameâthe head was still reeling.
Mouth agape. One heel frozen mid-turn. Her gloved fingers clenched the railing, hard enough to make the pearls strain against their thread.
Because neverânot in all the years Morningstar ruled that club like a phantom queenâhad she made the first move.
She didnât search. She didnât step down from the suite until the clients were prepped, screened, tested, willing.
Through crowds that parted like she carried holy fire.
And it wasnât the pace that shocked the roomâit was the intent. The certainty. Morningstar walked like Sabrina had already chosen her. Like the whole damn world had already agreed.
The rest of the Crimson Seven were left behind in the suite, eyes narrowed behind masks of porcelain, bone, and glass. Some leaned forward. Some leaned back. But all of them watched.
Because when Morningstar made her move?
Down below, Paloma was still mid-sentence when that towering figure reached the booth.
Sabrina barely had time to turn before Morningstar halted exactly one foot away from her.
No closer. No rush. Justâpresence.
Wrapped in scent of oud, ash, and forbidden devotion.
âGood evening,â came the low voice from behind the mask.
Unhurried. Deep. Laced with the kind of gentleness that didnât belong in a place like this.
Sabrina blinked. âUh⊠hi?â
Morningstarâs gloved hand reached forwardânot to touch her. But to offer.
Palm up. Fingers relaxed. A gentlemanâs gesture, dressed in death and desire.
âI donât mean to interrupt,â she murmured, âbut Iâd like to borrow your time. Only if youâll allow.â
Sarah practically yanked her phone out.
And Sabrina? She just stared.
Because no one had ever asked her like that. Not here. Not in her life.
There was no expectation in the way Morningstar stood. No assumption. No arrogance. Just respectful stillness, like Sabrina was a saint behind glass and sheâthe devilâwas asking for a prayer.
âYouâreâŠâ Sabrina began.
âThe one you asked for,â Morningstar said simply. âOr the one who heard.â
The silence between them stretched.
But it wasnât awkward. It was tense. Charged. Something ancient brushing the skin.
And finallyâalmost shylyâSabrinaâs fingers found the gloved hand. They didnât grip. They just⊠fell into place.
Morningstarâs head dipped once. Like a knight. Like a promise.
âThank you,â she whispered.
And then she turned to the girls.
To Paloma and Sarah. Who were gaping at her like she had descended from myth itself.
âIâll return her safely,â Morningstar said, voice still warm, but with weight.
Just assurance. A vow cloaked in heat.
And Paloma, confused and in over her head, just⊠nodded.
Because what else could you do when something like Morningstar spoke to you like that?
As she led Sabrina through the club, heads didnât just turnâpeople shifted. Stepped aside. Lowered their eyes.
It wasnât fear. It was reverence.
Not just because Morningstar was the most requested escort on the Crimson menu. Not because she had a six-month waiting list and a personal rule of one night only.
It was because of the way she held her clientâs hand. Careful. Like it was borrowed. Like she was asking permission with every breath.
Because power, when wrapped in restraint?
And tonight, it was walking hand-in-hand with a girl in heartache, toward something the club had never seen beforeâ
Morningstar, respectful. Terribly. Dangerously. Beautifully. So.
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The hallway behind the main floor was quieter.
Not silentâbut dimmed, like a sigh after a long confession. The heavy throb of bass was muffled behind plush red walls, and the lights here were soft gold, reflecting off Morningstarâs suit like warm oil.
Not because Sabrina hesitatedâbut because Morningstar did.
Every step was deliberate, controlled. Her grip around Sabrinaâs fingers was looseâlight enough to let her go, tight enough to reassure.
Like she was guiding a dream she didnât want to wake from.
Sabrina didnât speak. She couldnât, really. Her mind was still at the booth, her body somewhere between fantasy and velvet.
But her heart? Her heart was here.
She watched the way Morningstar moved. Like the suit was tailored onto her skin. Like the mask wasnât hiding, but honoring something. Her profile caught the warm lightsâsharp jaw, smooth lips, a throat that flexed when she swallowed once, quietly.
Sabrina didnât realize she was staring until Morningstar finally stopped, just outside a velvet-curtained door.
âAre you comfortable?â the voice came low again. Not low as in husky. But⊠private. Intimate. As if even here, Morningstar refused to speak to her the way she spoke to the world.
Sabrinaâs brows lifted just a little. âYouâre asking?â
âAlways,â she said. âConsent isnât just about entry. Itâs about every moment after.â
The line shouldnât have hit her like that.
Because it wasnât just romantic. It was intentional. Frighteningly so.
Sabrinaâs throat tightened as she nodded. âYeah. Iâm⊠comfortable.â
Then, Morningstar finally let go of her handâbut only so she could pull the curtain aside.
She didnât step through.
She gestured first. Silently. Letting Sabrina walk in without being led.
And as Sabrina brushed past, the scent of her perfume clung to Morningstarâs suit. Sharp citrus. Peach blossom. A hint of heat.
The door clicked shut behind them.
The room was not what she expected.
No red velvet. No chains. No fainting couches or dramatic lighting.
Cool blue walls. Candlelight flickering in enclosed shelves. A record player humming low in the corner, some kind of jazz that didnât try too hard. A plush chaise lounge. A table with a glass pitcher of cucumber water. A folded towel. Lavender balm. A box of satin gloves.
And at the very centerâ
As if she was the centerpiece.
Sabrina turned, halfway stunned. âThis isâŠâ
âYour room,â Morningstar answered, pulling the gloves off slowlyâone finger at a time. âYou donât owe me anything here.â
She dropped the gloves gently on the side table. Her eyes behind the mask never left Sabrinaâs face.
âYouâre welcome to sit. To talk. To drink water. To cry.â
âOr,â Morningstar stepped forward, closeâbut not close enough to touch. âIf you allow itâŠâ
She reached toward Sabrinaâs temple, but stopped shortâher fingers suspended in air.
âI can take your mind off the world.â
Heavy, golden, deliberate silence.
And Sabrina, with her pulse skipping and her dress still warm from the crowd, looked up and said only one thing:
Not wide. Not flirtatious.
Just enough to show reverence.
Like Sabrina had offered her something sacred.
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The drink was clear and calm in the glassâno dramatic colors, no ominous wisps of dry ice. It looked harmless, elegant even, with just a thin twist of citrus peel floating on top.
But halfway through her first glass, Sabrina blinked slow and deep. Like the alcohol had slipped past her defenses and whispered something wicked to her nervous system. She barely remembered finishing the second.
âI didnât think itâd hit that hard,â she murmured, thumb rubbing the condensation off the side. âI drink⊠a lot. I shouldâve seen it coming.â
Morningstar only smiled behind her mask, fingers coiled around her own glass without sipping. She hadnât touched it once. âItâs designed to be deceiving,â she said smoothly. âThatâs why we donât serve it to just anyone.â
Sabrina looked up at her, eyes a little shinier than before, a flush blooming on her cheeks. âSo Iâm not just anyone?â
âYouâre someone,â Morningstar replied, gentle, as if it were a sacred truth rather than a flirtation.
Sabrina breathed a quiet laugh. âYouâre too composed for this job.â
âIâm paid to stay composed,â she replied. âBut Iâm not paid to lie.â
That earned a glance. A flicker of disbelief. A pause. And thenâ
â...He told me I was too much,â Sabrina said, out of nowhere. The words cracked open without warning. âToo emotional. Too needy. Too intense.â
Morningstar didnât answer at first. Just gave her the space to exhale it all, eyes steady behind the black-and-red edge of her mask.
Sabrinaâs shoulders slumped. âAnd then he ghosted me like a teenager. Left me halfway through a tour stop, because he couldnât take the pressure.â
Silence lapped gently between them. Then Morningstar leaned inânot close enough to crowd, but enough to be heard without effort.
âNeeding connection doesnât make you too much,â she said. âIt makes you human. He just wasnât man enough to sit in that vulnerability with you.â
The warmth in Sabrinaâs chest folded into something quieter. Something heavier. She didnât know if it was the drink or the words or the velvety rhythm of Morningstarâs voiceâbut her limbs relaxed.
A hand brushed against Morningstarâs thighâaccidental, or maybe notâand her balance shifted before she realized it. One thigh swung over. Her other knee followed. She barely processed it before she was perched, soft and pliant, right on Morningstarâs lap.
âOh,â she whispered, blinking.
âYou alright?â Morningstar asked. No movement. No smirk. Just a low, steady pulse of presence.
âI didnât mean toââ Sabrina started, words catching like taffy on her tongue.
âYou can stay,â Morningstar said simply.
Sabrina didnât get up; didn't even thought of it.Â
Didnât shift or even flinch. Just stayed there like it was the most natural place to be. Draped across Morningstarâs lap, thighs angled, fingers lightly tugging at the lapel of her tailored coat like sheâd known her for years.
And Morningstar? Still. Unmoving. Like she didnât want to startle the moment. One gloved hand rested gently on the curve of Sabrinaâs waist, fingers splayed in the most respectful way possible for a woman currently cradling a popstar in leather pants.
âYouâre⊠very solid,â Sabrina said suddenly, eyes blinking a little slower than usual as she squinted at Morningstarâs chest like she was trying to figure out if it was armor or muscle. âLike. Unreasonably solid.â
âYou say that like itâs a complaint,â Morningstar replied softly, the corner of her mouth barely quirking beneath the mask.
âNo, no, itâsâgood,â Sabrina said, tone sincere in the way only slightly buzzed girls can be. âLike you were carved. Or⊠hatched. No, not hatched. Thatâs weird. Forget that.â
She giggledâgiggles, reallyâand leaned her head onto Morningstarâs shoulder, burying her face into the collar of her coat for half a second before turning back up to look at her.
âYou smell likeâlike cloves and expensive regret,â she said, voice hushed like it was a compliment. âThatâs your cologne, right? Or is it just natural villain musk?â
âIâm not a villain,â Morningstar said gently.
âOh, sure,â Sabrina drawled, eyes glinting. âTall, mysterious woman in a mask who speaks in calm riddles and carries people like they weigh nothing? Definitely not a villain. Nope.â
âYou seem to be enjoying yourself, villain or not.â
âI am,â Sabrina admitted, hands now resting over Morningstarâs chest with zero shame. âHonestly, I think my drink was laced with trust issues repellent. Because I should not be this comfy on the lap of a stranger with veiny hands and a god complex.â
Morningstar huffed a quiet sound that mightâve been a chuckle. âYou think I have a god complex?â
âDonât play coy,â Sabrina said, lightly tapping her index finger against Morningstarâs mask. âYouâre literally wearing a mask indoors and speaking in riddles while holding me like Iâm a starlet fainting on a fainting couch.â
âYou did climb onto me.â
Sabrinaâs handâbrave nowâsmoothed over Morningstarâs shoulder, nails dragging faint lines over the sharp edge of her coat, then lingered near her collarbone. Soft. Flirty. All impulse.
âYouâre very still,â she whispered, eyes darting between the mask and where her own fingers traced. âIs that a trained thing? Or are you always this composed even when thereâs a girl basically making herself at home on you?â
Morningstarâs voice was velvet. âYouâre not just any girl.â
Sabrina blinked slowly. â...Thatâs cheating.â
âNo,â Morningstar murmured. âThatâs honest.â
And god help herâSabrina melted a little more into the hold. Her fingers rested now over Morningstarâs chest, her legs loosely tangled at the side, voice barely a breath when she said:
â...Donât move, okay?â
She didnât need to say thank you. The way she relaxed fully into her, head resting against her shoulder again, fingers still drawing faint, slow lines across fabricâthat was enough.
The glass was long forgottenâabandoned somewhere on the nearby table, a halo of condensation still clinging to the wood. Sabrina didnât even remember setting it down.
Sheâd been talking, she was sure. Rambling, more likeâabout her ex, about the manchild who never listened, who ghosted her feelings, who called her dramatic for asking for basic decency. And Morningstar had just listened. Not once interrupting. Not once making her feel small.
But at some point, maybe somewhere between the mention of âhe wouldnât even hold me after a panic attackâ and âhe kept calling my perfume âtoo loud,ââ the conversation had shifted.
Not because Morningstar changed the subject.
The heat wasnât sudden. It had crept in like dusk. A warmth at the base of her spine. A pulse in her fingertips. A soft haze in her chest that made it harder to tell what time it wasâor why sheâd even brought up her ex in the first place.
ââŠwhat was I saying?â she blinked, voice quieter now, a faint slur of velvet behind her tongue.
âYou were saying how he didnât deserve the way you loved him,â Morningstar replied, her voice low, unhurried.
âRight,â Sabrina exhaled. Then frowned. âWaitâwhy was I talking about him again?â
Morningstar didnât answer right away. Just let her thumb brush, feather-light, against Sabrinaâs waist.
And Sabrina melted. Fully.
Her head sank back against the womanâs shoulder, cheek resting comfortably against the warm slope of muscle and silk. The heat climbed higher. Not overwhelming, not yet, but enough to make her acutely aware of the way Morningstar breathed. The way she hadnât moved her hands. The way she let her exist like thisâin her lap, in her space, without pressure. Without demand.
âGod,â Sabrina laughed softly, eyes fluttering shut, âhe wouldâve made this all about him.â
âThis?â Morningstar asked.
âThis moment,â she said, voice lazy now, dragging. âMe being soft. Me wanting to sit like this. Heâd call it needy. You call it⊠what do you call it?â
âHuman,â Morningstar said simply.
Sabrinaâs chest rose and fell, a quiet hush of breath. Her hands werenât just wandering nowâthey were lingering. At the edge of Morningstarâs coat, tracing the buttons. The curve of her ribs. Her bicep. One hand slid up, over her chest, resting where the pulse beat slow and steady beneath her mask.
She blinked, then laughed again, cheeks flushed.
âI forgot about him,â she admitted, her voice a little higher, more playful. âSomewhere between drink number two and this exact spot on your chestââ her palm pressed lightly over it ââI just⊠stopped caring.â
âYou didnât forget him,â Morningstar said. âYou just remembered yourself.â
âWho are you?â she asked, turning her face just slightly toward the collar of Morningstarâs coat. âYou smell like thunder and old songs and control. Like Iâd let you ruin me if you asked nicely.â
Morningstarâs silence was enough of a reaction. Heavy. Anchored.
âYouâre quiet,â Sabrina whispered.
âIâm waiting,â came the answer. Gentle. Steady. A slow flame instead of a spark.
âFor you to realize youâre safe enough to let go.â
And that was what undid her.
Not the drink. Not the lap. Not the heat crawling up the insides of her thighs like warm breath on silk.
Sabrina curled her fingers into Morningstarâs coat and breathed her in.
Thenâwithout fanfare, without flirtationâwhispered into the collar:
âThen donât let go of me yet.â
And Morningstar didnât.
If anything, her hands slowly made it's way on the side of Sabrinaâs thighs and took a firm grip on itâa silent reassurance.Â
Her breath hitched first.
Something shifted. Something in the way her fingers had tightened just slightly on Sabrinaâs thighs. Something in the way her own breath deepened beneath the collar of her coat, just enough for Sabrina to feel itâslow, thick, restrained.
It made Sabrinaâs skin pull tight over her spine.
The alcohol had soaked into her limbs now, not enough to make her sloppyâjust enough to strip her of hesitation. Inhibitions peeled back like a second skin. She could still think, still feel, but every thought was louder. Every feeling... closer to the surface.
âI donât even know your real name,â she murmured against the womanâs throat, her lips grazing soft fabric. âBut I feel like Iâve known your body since before I had mine.â
That earned a slow, careful inhale from Morningstarâone she tried to quiet, but Sabrina caught it.
A smirk played at her lips. âThat flustered breath? Thatâs mine, right?â
Morningstar didnât answerâbut the tip of her finger drew one slow circle against the bare skin above the dip of Sabrinaâs waistband. Featherlight. Testing. Almost reverent.
Sabrinaâs breath stuttered.
âOkay,â she whispered, âthis is getting unfair.â
âWhat is?â Morningstar finally asked, her voice nowâlower. A bit more sandpaper. A bit more weight.
âYou. Breathing like that. Looking like this. Touching like that. Not kissing me.â
The hand on her waist twitched. Just slightly. And Sabrina leaned in further, letting her thighs bracket the womanâs lap a little tighter. Her arms looped loosely around her neck, and her nose brushed the side of her jaw through the mask.
âI could still smell you when I was talking about him,â she said, fingers curling just above Morningstarâs collarbone. âThatâs why I stopped. Couldnât even remember what he looked like when you were right there. Breathing like a storm.â
Morningstar was holding herself backâSabrina could feel it. The tension in her thighs, the restraint in her hands, the muscle that pulsed just once in her jaw. She hadnât made a move, not a real one. Like she was giving her space. Like she was waiting.
Sabrina closed that space. Just a little.
âIâm not drunk,â she murmured. âI meanâIâm not sober. But I know what I want.â
Her lips ghosted the edge of the mask. Not kissing. Not yet. Just a tease of warmth.
âYes,â came the answer, low and deadly quiet.
But the next movement wasnât from Morningstar.
A shift of her hips. A slow roll forward. Her core pressed flush against the taut lines of Morningstarâs abdomen, and it dragged something dark from the womanâs throat. A soundâbarely-thereâlike a warning that never fully formed.
âFuck,â Sabrina breathed, eyes fluttering shut. âThat. That sound. Youâre gonna wreck me, arenât you?â
And finallyâfinallyâMorningstar touched her back. Full palm. Flat. Possessive. Holding her there, right where she moved, where the heat between them was less suggestion and more friction.
âIâm not going to do anything youâre not begging for,â she said, calm and slow.
And thatâs when Sabrina lost her composure completely.
Her fingers gripped the lapel of the coat like a lifeline. Her hips moved againâjust barelyâbut enough to feel it. God, she felt it. The heat. The press. The tension coiled low and heavy between her legs.
One hand reached up, brushing Morningstarâs mask gently asideânot to remove it, not yetâbut to rest her forehead against hers. Skin to skin. Barely. Just enough to feel her breath.
The silence between them had stretchedâthick, slow, and humming with something unspoken.
Sabrina was still in her lap. Warm, flushed, the faintest daze in her eyes as her fingers toyed with the edge of Morningstarâs collar. Her lips were parted just slightly, like she was caught mid-thought. Or mid-want.
And Morningstarâs hands finallyâfinallyâmoved. Up her thighs. Around her waist. Holding her steady.
The glass on the table sat forgotten, half-full. That deceptively strong drink had done its work: melted whatever tension was left in her body, blurred the lines around her carefully kept composure.
âI havenât thought about him in⊠minutes,â Sabrina murmured, gaze heavy-lidded as it dropped to Morningstarâs mouth. âThatâs probably a record.â
Morningstarâs smile twitched upward, but her eyes never left hers. âDo I get a medal?â
Sabrina hummed, low and coy. âDepends. You want one around your neck, or do you prefer something more⊠memorable?â
There it was again. That shift in the air. Like static. Like the heat from a storm before it breaks.
Sabrinaâs hand slid upâtraced the edge of Morningstarâs jaw with her knuckles, slow and unhurried, like she had all the time in the world to decide what she wanted. But her thumb lingered just beneath her bottom lip.
âYouâre not going to kiss me,â she said, almost a tease.
Morningstarâs jaw tensed beneath her touch. âWhyâs that?â
âBecause youâre careful,â Sabrina whispered, leaning in until their noses brushed. âBecause you like to be asked. Because you donât chase girls whoâve had too much to drink.â
âI donât,â Morningstar murmured, the words trembling against her mouth. âBut you donât feel drunk.â
âI donât,â Sabrina echoed, breath hitching. âI feel awake.â
Then she closed the last inch.
Not crashing. Not clumsy. Just⊠sure.
Their lips met in a slow pressâsoft, warm, electric. Morningstar inhaled sharply through her nose, a hand gripping the edge of the seat like it was the only thing anchoring her to earth. Sabrina tilted her head, deepening the kiss, tasting her with the kind of patience that screamed Iâve wanted this. Iâve imagined this.
And Morningstar? She melted. Right into her. Like the first hit of heat after a long winter.
They broke apart only barely, foreheads resting together, both of them breathing like something seismic had shifted.
Sabrinaâs eyes fluttered open.
âThereâs no going back now,â she whispered.
Morningstarâs hand cupped her cheek, thumb sweeping along her skin.
âI wasnât planning to.â
Sabrina blinked slow, as if her soul had just been kissed awake. The corner of her mouth curled upânot in her usual sly, flirty way, but something softer. Sleepier. Like sheâd finally exhaled something heavy sheâd been carrying too long.
Still perched on Morningstarâs lap, she let her fingers roam absentmindedly: across the slope of her shoulder, down the line of her collarbone, occasionally brushing the skin peeking through that slightly undone shirt.
ââŠyou know whatâs weird?â she murmured, voice nearly a hum. âI donât even remember what his mouth tasted like. Not really.â
Morningstar tilted her head slightly, her hand resting on the outside of Sabrinaâs thighâgrounding, never pressing. âWant to forget more?â
That earned a breathy chuckle, Sabrina tipping her head back briefly before leaning in againâforehead to forehead, eyelashes kissing. âI think I already did.â
The drink was forgotten. The room was warm, but it was the slow-building heat between them that made Sabrina feel like her skin was glowing. She ran a hand through Morningstarâs curls, gently tugging one, as if curious to see how far she could go before the other woman lost her cool.
âWhy do you smell so good?â she mumbled, lips brushing along Morningstarâs jaw, a barely-there graze. âLike⊠rain. And regret. But sexy.â
Morningstar huffed a soft laughâher control hanging by a thread. âBecause I knew youâd end up here.â
Sabrina snortedâcute and unexpected. âConfident.â
âNo,â Morningstar corrected, fingers slowly grazing up Sabrinaâs back under the hem of her shirt, not indecent but intimate. âHopeful.â
Sabrina quieted, the joke caught in her throat. Her eyes found Morningstarâs again, wide and glassy, like she was suddenly being looked at for exactly who she was.
âYouâre dangerous,â she whispered. âBut youâre the safest Iâve felt in a long time.â
She kissed her again. Slower. Longer. Less heatâmore ache.
And this time, she didnât pull back.
She stayed right thereâhands cupping Morningstarâs jaw like she was something precious, something worth learning slowly, one kiss at a time.
The kiss didnât breakâcouldnât.
Sabrina shifted in one smooth, liquid motion, lowering herself onto the velvet couch, legs folding beneath her, never letting go of Morningstarâs mouth. She pulled the masked woman down with her by the silk bowtie still clutched in her fingers. The soft fabric unraveled in her grip like it had been waiting for this momentâloose, effortless, inevitable.
Morningstar followed willingly, one hand bracing against the cushion beside Sabrinaâs thigh, the other grazing the side of her waist as she hovered just above her, lips still tangled with hers, breath growing shallow.
Sabrinaâs hand slipped from the undone tie to the collar it once held closed. Her fingers curled around it, tugging gentlyânot just to pull her closer, but to undo her, piece by piece. The small buttons gave way beneath her touch, careful but deliberate. The heat had crept in fully now, subtle and slow, but all-consumingâlike a fever that made her forget everything but this: the weight above her, the heat radiating from her own skin, the way Morningstarâs mouth was beginning to move like sheâd been holding back for too long.
The rhythm shifted. Hungrier. Deeper.
Sabrina exhaled sharply against her lips, voice breathy, hands slipping under the open hem of the shirt as she whispered, almost a dare, âYouâre not nervous, are you?â
Morningstarâs lips curved slightly against hers, voice low and wrecked. âShould I be?â
Sabrina smiled against her mouth, thumbs grazing hot skin just under her ribs. âOnly if you plan to stop me.â
She didn't even realize how deep sheâd sunk until Morningstar's breath hit her collarbone.
Sabrinaâs thighs instinctively parted under the weight of her, the pressure deliciously unbearable. Her back arched slightly into the couch, chasing the warmth above her, grounding herself with fingers still tangled in the undone remnants of that damned bowtie. Morningstarâs hand slid beneath her shirt, fingers splayed, claiming, teasing, respectfulâuntil Sabrina rocked up in impatience.
âMhm.â Morningstarâs lips curled as they dragged lower, trailing slow kisses along the edge of Sabrinaâs jaw. âBossy now, arenât we?â
Sabrina tugged at her collar, eyes half-lidded, cheeks flushed, mouth red and kiss-swollen. âIâve waited long enough,â she whispered, hips tilting with quiet purpose, lips brushing against Morningstarâs againâless like a kiss, more like a threat wrapped in silk. âTake it off.â
She didnât have to ask twice.
The black shirt rustled as Morningstar unbuttoned her shirt and shrugged it off her shoulders. Her figure came into full viewâbroad, cut, sun-warmed skin sheened with a teasing flush. Her suspenders were halfway down her arms now, forgotten, slung low and swaying with her movements.
Sabrina exhaled like she was about to sin.
She pulled Morningstar back down, kissing her againâopen-mouthed, slick with needâgrinding up softly as their bodies finally met without fabric between. Her fingers curled into the dips of Morningstarâs back, pressing close, close, closer.
This wasnât frantic. This wasnât rushed.
Like a fire deliberately set with intent to burn the whole house down.
Morningstarâs hand found Sabrinaâs bare thigh, thumb stroking gently, reverent almost. But her eyes? Her eyes were a stormâdaring her to keep going. Daring her to ask for more.
âTell me,â Morningstar murmured, voice hoarse. âWhere do you want me?â
Sabrina smiled, breathless.
And Morningstar answered.
She dipped her head to kiss the corner of Sabrinaâs mouth, trailing lower, slow, warm kisses brushing along her neck and down to her collarbone. Her hand slid higher, dragging up the back of Sabrinaâs thigh to her inner parts. Drawing her dress upward in slow increments, revealing more and more as her lips mapped the path down to Sabrinaâs shoulder.
Sabrina shifted againâthis time straddling the very edge of the couch. Her back hit the cushions as she pulled Morningstar closer by the belt hanging loose at her hip. âYouâre killing me,â she whispered, breath catching when Morningstarâs hand finally cupped her through the lace beneath the skirt. The moan she let out was softâhalf-muffled against Morningstarâs shoulderâas her hips instinctively rolled into her touch.
Morningstar smirked, voice low, velvet and fire. âNot yet, baby.â
Her palm pressed firmer, dragging a slow circle that had Sabrina gasping. And still, her other hand cradled the back of Sabrinaâs neckâanchoring her, steadying her. It wasnât just lustâit was control wrapped in gentleness. A deliberate worship.
And Morningstar? She was losing it too. Beneath the self-control, her jaw was clenched, her breath uneven, her need barely restrained.
âSabrina,â she whispered against her lips, âif I go further⊠Iâm not stopping until you forget your name.â
Sabrinaâs legs tightened around her hips.
âThen start with mine.â
She stared at Sabrina, lips parted, her pupils blown wide beneath the soft, golden mask.
The kiss wasnât just a kissâit was a descent. A beautiful, dangerous surrender. Morningstar crushed their mouths together with a low, guttural sound that reverberated deep in her chest. Her hand slid under Sabrinaâs thigh, lifting her effortlessly and guiding her further onto the couch with a slow, grounding strength.
âYouâre soââ Sabrina whispered against her jaw, ââfucking beautiful.â
And Morningstar let her take in all of her.
She guided Sabrina back against the cushions, her body heavy but deliberate, slow, reverentâlike she wasnât just kissing her, she was memorizing her. Her hand trailed up Sabrinaâs ribs, sliding beneath her cropped top, warm fingers brushing along skin until they found the lace of her bra.
Sabrina gasped. âPleaseâŠâ
âIâve got you,â Morningstar murmured, her voice low, burning. âYou just stay right here.â
And then her mouth was on her chest, kissing over the lace, lips teasing at the swell, tongue flicking softly through the thin fabric. Her hands were firm on Sabrinaâs hips, holding her still, grounding her. Every move felt like it had been thought out hours in advance.
Sabrina whimpered, tilting her hips upward, aching for moreâher voice cracking slightly. âYou keep⊠looking at me like that.â
âLike youâre starving.â
Morningstar met her eyes, face hovering just above her chest, the mask casting shadows that made her expression almost godly. âBecause I am.â
And then she dipped her head again, lips traveling lower, teeth grazing softly just beneath her navel, dragging her panties down achingly slow while whispering her name like a prayer:
Sabrinaâs breath hitched the moment she felt Morningstarâs mouth on herâsoft, deliberate, worshipful. It was a contrast she didnât expect from the woman cloaked in power and danger, who walked like a sin and touched like salvation.
Her thighs tensed instinctively, one leg draped over Morningstarâs shoulder, the other twitching slightly at the first slow, warm stroke of tongue.
âFâfuck,â she whispered, the word slipping out like a sigh, her hand shooting down to tangle in Morningstarâs hairâruining that perfectly slicked-back style without an ounce of remorse.
Morningstar groaned into her. The vibration made Sabrinaâs hips buck, her back arching slightly off the couch. But the woman held her down with one strong arm wrapped around her thigh, keeping her groundedâanchoredâlike she had nowhere else to be but there, between her legs, tasting her like something holy.
And god, Sabrina couldnât think.
Her head fell back with a soft thud against the cushion, breath coming fast, one hand in Morningstarâs hair, the other fisting at the couch.
"Look at me," came that voice, husky and low, muffled against her.
Sabrina forced herself to glance downâmet by darkened eyes through the slits of the mask, and lips glistening with her.
"Watch what you do to me."
Sabrina whimpered, her thighs trembling now, her stomach tightening more and more with every stroke of tongue, every soft suck, every slow drag. She was being undoneânot rushed, not wrecked violentlyâbut unwrapped. Slowly. Methodically. Like Morningstar had every intention of tasting her until she begged her to stop.
And Sabrina? She didnât want it to stop.
Her moans turned desperate, hands gripping harder, eyes fluttering shut, her hips beginning to roll with abandon.
âMorningstarâ Iâplease, Iââ
She didnât need to finish.
The way she flattened her tongue and pressed deeper, just right, sent Sabrina spiralingâshaking apart with a choked cry, thighs clamping tight around her head as she came hard, voice breathless and broken.
But Morningstar didnât stop.
She slowedâonly slightlyâriding the waves with her, grounding her with kisses that were softer now. Gentle licks. A praise offered in every touch. A hand stroking over her hip like sheâd just guided her through something sacred.
And when Sabrinaâs body finally stilled, flushed and trembling, Morningstar kissed her inner thigh, whispered, âYouâre divine,â and crawled up to her chest, arms caging her in, breath still warm against her cheek.
Sabrina, dazed and flushed, blinked up at herâhair a mess, lips parted. âYou⊠youâre ridiculous.â
Morningstar smirked, eyes half-lidded. âTell me something I donât know.â
Then she leaned in and kissed herâsoft, slow, like she wasnât done.
Sabrina was still catching her breath, chest rising and falling, a light sheen of sweat across her collarbones. Her legs remained lazily parted, twitching every now and then with the aftershocks. Morningstar was draped over her like a heavy secretâstill dressed, still masked, but visibly flushed from the heat radiating between their bodies.
Then Sabrinaâs hand, curious and slow, drifted down Morningstarâs abdomenâŠ
Right over the growing bulge straining against her tailored slacks.
There was a beat of silence. Morningstar didnât move. She just watched Sabrina carefullyâwaiting.
Sabrinaâs lips curled into the laziest, cockiest smile.
She tilted her head, pupils dilated, lips kiss-swollen and chin glistening.
âOh?â she hummed, palming her gently through the fabric. âWhatâs this?â
Morningstar let out a breathâsharp, strained. âA problem.â
Sabrina giggledâgiggled, like she hadnât just been turned inside out two minutes ago. âA problem, huh?â Her palm pressed harder, teasing. âBecause I was just thinkingâŠâ
She sat up slightly, grabbing Morningstar by the suspenders and tugging her down until their foreheads bumped.
ââŠI could go again.â
That earned her a growlâa low, surprised oneâright before Morningstarâs lips crashed back onto hers. This time with less restraint, all need. One hand slipped behind Sabrinaâs thigh to lift it again, the other already working at her own belt like sheâd been barely holding herself back.
"You sure?" Morningstar rasped, breath ghosting over her ear as her hips rolled forwardâjust enough for Sabrina to feel the pressure against her heat.
Sabrina moaned softly, hips arching to meet the motion. âYouâre hard.â
Her nails dragged lightly along Morningstarâs back. âWould be a shame to let it go to waste.â
That was all the permission she needed.
The belt hit the floor with a soft thud.
Grinning, wrecked, insatiable.
She leaned in close and whisperedâ
âRuin me properly this time.â
âActuallyâNo.â Sabrina suddenly added. Sitting up slightly with a groan.Â
âThis oneâs mine,â she whisperedâpushing Morningstar on her back on the other side of the couch then climbed her hastily.Â
âNow lie back. Iâm going to ride you until youâre the one begging.â
Sabrinaâs hands were trembling now as they moved to undo the last few buttons of Morningstarâs slacks, whispering things between kisses that made the woman growl under her breathâthings like âWant you,â and âIâm not thinking about anyone else anymore.â
Sabrina looked down, her hands making its way inside Morningstarâs boxers.Â
Her hands were soon wrapped around her shaft; alive, warm, heavy, and absolutely throbbing and hard.Â
She let out a shaky breath as the head of the cock teased her entranceâslick, warm, swollen from everything Morningstar had already done to her. Her thighs quivered slightly, muscles clenching in anticipation.
And when she finally sank downâslow, gasping, and steadyâit was like the air left the room.
âFuuuck,â Sabrina whimpered, eyes fluttering shut for a moment, mouth parted as her hips bottomed out. She sat there for a beat, completely full, adjusting, tremblingâhands braced on Morningstarâs abs as she rode the wave of sensation.
Beneath her, the woman was frozenâjaw clenched behind the mask, one hand digging into the arm of the couch, the other twitching as if holding back from grabbing Sabrina outright.
But Sabrina was in control now.
She leaned forward, pressing a kiss just above Morningstarâs collarbones. Then another. Thenâhot against her ear:
âYouâre not allowed to touch me unless I say so.â
Morningstar let out a low grunt that made Sabrina clench involuntarily. That soundâthat deep, nearly broken growl of restraintâonly made her grind her hips downward again. Slow. Deliciously mean.
âYeah?â Sabrina breathed, moving her hips in tight circles now, dragging herself over the thick shaft as Morningstar cursed beneath her. âIs this what it feels like to ruin someone? Because Iâm starting to understand the appeal.â
Another thrustâharder this time. Morningstarâs back arched, a strained sound slipping out before she caught herself. Sabrina smirked.
âDonât hold back,â she whispered, nails dragging lightly across Morningstarâs ribs. âI want to hear how much you want me.â
Still, the masked woman didnât speak. Only heavy breaths. Only the way her hips jerked subtly up to meet Sabrinaâs now-deepening rhythm. The tension was like a livewireâhot, frantic, about to snap.
Sabrina leaned forward againâmouth just at Morningstarâs jaw.
âYou want to hear me beg?â she panted. âToo bad. Iâm gonna ride you until you say it. Until youâre the one falling apart.â
Sabrina shifts slightly, hands firmly holding Morningstarâs chest as she started to pick up her pace.Â
âFuckâ! MorningstââÂ
ThenâthenâMorningstar did something she never shouldâve done.
âNo.â         Â
The voice was low. Strained. And trembling.         Â
Sabrina barely had time to process before Morningstar braced one arm beside her head, leaned in close, and said the one thing she never shouldâve said.         Â
âY/N.â         Â
It landed like thunder.         Â
Her name. Her name.         Â
Not Morningstar. Not the fantasy. Not the mask.         Â
But Y/Nâhot and cracked on her tongue, pulled from the darkest part of her chest like a secret sheâd sworn never to give.         Â
âI want to hear you say it,â she growled, thrusts slowing, deepening, her masked face hovering inches from Sabrinaâs. âSay my name.â
Just for a secondâbut it seared. Her hips faltered, stuttered against the steady push beneath her. That nameâY/Nâripped the ground out from under her and left her suspended in something terrifyingly real.
But a person. A heartbeat. A name she'd never been supposed to know.
Her eyes locked onto the mask. It was still there. The same black gloss. The same polished restraint. But now it felt like a lie.
âSay it,â Y/N growled again, slower this time, one hand sliding up Sabrinaâs back, palm firm between her shoulder blades like she needed her to stay, needed her to feel this. âPlease.â
That last word cracked something open.
Because beneath all that control, that sharp power and teasing filthâY/N was trembling. Sabrina could feel it in her hands, in her breath, in the way her voice faltered just slightly as though she'd just dropped the final weapon in her arsenal and stood there, exposed.
Sabrinaâs hands curled tighter over her chest, her thighs squeezing Y/Nâs waist as she picked up her pace againâthis time slower, deeper, more intimate. Less rhythm. More ache.
She leaned in until her lips hovered right over the mask and whispered:
Y/N let out the softest gaspâalmost a whimper. Her eyes fluttered shut behind the mask like it hurt in the most beautiful way.
Sabrina said it again. âY/N.â
The sound of itârough, reverent, dizzy on her tongueâmade Y/N buck her hips up sharply, dragging a breathless cry from Sabrina as she threw her head back.
She couldnât stop now. Couldnât stop saying it. Couldnât stop loving the way it made Y/N unravel beneath her. The way the mask didnât matter anymore.
The way she knew her now.
âY/Nââ Sabrina choked out, grinding harder, pace erratic and needy, hands splayed on her chest like she was anchoring herself.
Y/Nâs hands gripped her waist hard, desperate, fighting restraint.
âYou shouldnât know that,â she groaned, voice raw and wrecked. âYou shouldnâtâfuckâSabrinaââ
Sabrina leaned in and kissed the edge of the mask, right where her mouth might be, slow and shaking.
âBut I do,â she whispered. âAnd Iâm not giving it back.â
Y/Nâs grip falteredâher whole body jerking up as she let out a sound that wasnât words, just a guttural noise dragged from somewhere too deep to name.
âMore, I'm closeâjust a little more, Please.â Sabrina whinedâher hips slowly faltering, sliding up to Y/N's shoulder, and nails raking over the skin.Â
Y/N on the other hand wrapped her arms around Sabrina's waistâpulling her down before she thrust up to her.Â
Sabrina's face was soon buried on her shoulder. Holding onto her tightly as she feel the impending release.Â
âThereâRight there, Y/NâFUCKâ! Keep going.âÂ
Y/N hissed as she felt Sabrina's teeth sunk on her collarbones; moans muffled as if restraining herself from letting louder sounds further.Â
A sharp gasp escaped Sabrina soon after with a right clench around Y/N. Practically crying out her name as Y/N soon followed, shuddering so hard her voice choked slightly.Â
Sabrina lifted her face to meet Y/N's gazeâclosing the gap instantly in a rushed and orgasm-fueled kiss.Â
Y/N kissed backâswallowing Sabrina's moans and grunting back; feeling her clench around her tightly.Â
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The silence afterward wasnât heavyâit was sacred.
Their bodies still tangled on the couch, skin damp with effort and heat, Sabrina lay draped across Morningstarâs chest. Her ear rose and fell with each slow breath Y/N took beneath her, grounded by the soft thud of a heartbeat that shouldnât have felt as comforting as it did. She didnât know when her hand had found its way to rest against Y/Nâs sternum, or when their fingers had laced together on the blanket she hadnât noticed being draped over her back.
She blinked slowly, dazed, her voice hoarse. âYouâdidnât have to do that.â
âI know,â Y/N murmured, thumb brushing the curve of Sabrinaâs hip in a rhythm so gentle it almost disappeared. âBut I wanted to.â
There was no music now. No moaning bass. No pulse of the underground beneath them. Just warmth. Sweat cooling. Their breaths slowly syncing.
Y/N reached up and gently tucked a curl behind Sabrinaâs ear. âStay as long as you want. Iâll take you back when youâre ready.â
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Eventually, Sabrina sat up. Her dress, wrinkled and half-off, felt like the last costume she wanted to wear, but she didnât say anything as she adjusted it. Y/N helped without a wordâzipping her up, smoothing the fabric where it clung. Then she reached for her own coatâdark, broad-shoulderedâand wrapped it around Sabrina without asking.
The collar nearly swallowed her. She didnât mind. It smelled like sandalwood and heat and trouble she would absolutely get into again.
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The club hadnât changed.
Paloma and Sarah were on the velvet benches near the main floor, drinks in hand, casually judging every escort whoâd tried to flirt while they waited. They both looked up when Sabrina appeared, swallowed in a coat far too big for her.
Sarah blinked. âOh thank god, sheâs not dead.â
Paloma narrowed her eyes at MorningstarâMorningstar, all mask and midnight once again. âDidnât eat her alive, did you?â
Y/Nâs mouth twitched. âJust nibbled.â
Sabrina rolled her eyes and adjusted the collar to hide her face, already red.
âWeâll get her home safe,â Paloma added, tugging Sabrina toward her. âSheâs had⊠a night.â
Y/N nodded. âI know.â
That was all. No lingering glances. No dramatic farewell.
Y/N turned. Faded back into the clubâs shadows like sheâd never left them.
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At home, hours later, the coat still hung on the back of Sabrinaâs bedroom chair. She hadnât taken it off immediatelyâonly when her sisters werenât looking, only when she finally let the dress fall to the floor in silence.
Something weighed in the pocket. She reached in.
Black. Matte. Edges lined with red foil like blood glinting under candlelight.
MORNINGSTAR, bold in the center.
And just beneath it, in small handwritten print:
"Next time, ask for Y/N."
And below that, a number.
No name. No instructions. No strings.
Then she smiledâsmall, crooked, private.
She pressed the card against her lips, heart traitorously full.
A/N: This pissed the hell out of me omg. god knows how many attempts I tried to edit this. Anyway. This one came out a little spicier than intended and i swearâthis tested my vocabulary đ and a little fact, I had this idea ages ago (probably same time as 'All Eyes on You') and came across this one again.
And since I haven't had Bambi's plot fully figured out yet, I thought y'all should have this one first đ©
I HOPE Y'ALL ENJOYED THIS ONE as much as I had fun writing this. đłđ§Ą