Summary: Leon is getting married and on his bachelor party something happens that changes his plans forever… AU
Characters/pairings: Claire/Leon, Chris/Jill, Rebecca/Billy, Ashley, Barry, Carlos, Sherry, Ada(/Leon), Wesker, Steve
Rating: T - but it might go up, haven't decided yet.
Warnings: Language, mild violence, Steve-bashing, sexual undertones/themes, Alternate Universe
Disclaimer: Capcom owns all the characters and concepts from Resident Evil. Any new people, and the SI are mine so don't steal them, thanks.
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AND INTO DREAMS; COME CLOSER, COME NEAR
Chapter 1: Chance meetings
You could hear the loud music all the way to the parking lot. The bass beat drumming into you, pulsing with heat, driving into the very bone in pace with your heartbeat. The slow and fast paced beating rhythm a sirens call for all who walked by. Tempting with a promise of passion. The name Simply Irresistible was well suited for this establishment.
"Yeah, this is the place guys. Get ready for some fine looking ladies…"
"Hell yeah, time to party!" It was a group of men who were answering the sirens call. Not an unusual sight outside the club.
But while this looked to be your typical group of guys going out for a night at the local strip joint this group had an exception. They were celebrating one of them getting married. Leon, the man in question, was desperately trying to back out of his party.
"C'mon guys. Ada's going to kill me if she finds out about this." He was almost whining.
"When did you get so whipped man? Now shut up and enjoy one of your last nights of freedom." Markus, one of his office buddies, commented. When they came in to the bar/showroom the music was almost too loud. It pushed and pulled at their senses drawing them into the rhythm of the night.
The place was packed, almost every table occupied, especially down the front by the stage, and many were standing by the walls. Beautiful girls were walking around taking orders and such, but most of the attention was to the stage were a beautiful young blonde was putting on one heck of a show.
One of the guys managed to score them a good table close to the stage.
A cute young woman, slender build and short brown hair showed up to get their order. Her nametag read Becca.
"What can I get you guys?"
"Hey cute thing, a pitcher of beer, a whiskey on the rocks and a bottle of tequila if you would?" Ted, another of Leon's co-workers said. As Becca walked away she got a smack on the behind.
Sighing, used to it by now she walked over to the bar and gave Billy the order.
"Jill on next?" she asked as she waited for the order to be up.
"Yup. Place looks to be pretty packed, she's going to love it." He flashed her a charming smile.
Becca bushed slightly not used to Billys attention. oh yeah, Jill would love this alright.
As if speaking of her would summon her, the music ended and Ashley, or Victoria as she was called on the job, walked off the stage while the crowd cheered her on.
A little while passed and then the stage went dark only to lit up a second later, a single spotlight directed at a amazingly attractive, curvaceous brunette. A slow, sensuous beat began to play as she stood there, just soaking in the atmosphere.
"Presenting, the star of the stage: Aphorella!" there was a huge applause and lots of excited shouts as Jill finally started to sway a bit in beat with the music as Billy introduced her over the PA. Slowly and slowly building to a more passionate dance. She looked absolutely stunning in her tight white tank top, short light blue skirt that covered almost nothing, and finishing it off the high heeled boots that was her trademark.
Jill turned and swayed passionately with the music. She really loved this job. Just knowing that she had this power over the crowd, she could make them do almost anything just by looking at them and focusing her charm on someone. It made her laugh, men were so easy. She grabbed the pole and bent backwards while she lowered herself to the floor, winking to Carlos at the bar. He only smiled and shook his head, giving a knowing look to Billy. Everybody knew Jill was a flirt, which was why some wondered if she would calm down when her and Chris finally got married. A quick glance to the backstage door showed Chris smiling at her antics, he knew exactly what she was doing.
Then she was up again and on with it.
The bachelor party was very into it, like everybody else in the house. There was no question why this was the most popular place in town, you only had to come in for one show and you were hooked.
But in the corner of his eye, Leons attention was drawn to the back of the stage where two other girls were dancing. The one on the right was who had caught his attention. She was simply breathtaking. Glowing red hair, pale skin, just the right build. Leon couldn't take his eyes of her. She was just so perfect, swaying to the music in her deep red bra and tight black miniskirt. At closer inspection he noticed she was barefoot. A silly smile sneaked on him at that, it was just so perfect for her. So fitting. His drink, friends and this "Aphorella" completely forgotten as he was bewitched by the redhead. But she did not even look at him once during the entire show. But to Leon it didn't matter. He would come back here, he would come back to simply watch this siren. Ada be damned. Ada… that's right, your fiancé. How could you forget about her for even a second? And then he knew he could not come back. That this was the once and only time he would behold this siren. No matter how much the thought made him feel cold inside. So he kept watching until she stopped dancing and disappeared, unbeknownst to Leon taking a part of him with her.
Suddenly he felt sick. And after awhile he felt in desperate need of some air.
"hey guys, I'll be right back ok."
"Sure man, but don't be long. This is your party and you're missing the best of it by not be…" the rest of Ted's sentence was lost in the cheers that erupted when the next girl came out on stage.
So Leon got up and went to the bathroom.
But he wasn't the only one that had been watching her that night. And this other man could hear nothing but her call.
Claire was tired. She'd pulled waitress duty all night before the show and was now just completely beat. She just wanted to go home and take a long, warm bath. Changing into her normal clothes; a pair of jeans and a black sweater, she then waved goodbye to the rest of the girls, stopped by Barry's office to tell him she as going home and then told her brother Chris goodnight before walking out to her car.
Leon really felt that he needed to get some air. For some reason he felt incredibly claustrophobic at the moment. God, I just need to get some air.
"We belong together, why do you keep denying it?" the tone of Steve's voice was getting a little desperate. Claire suddenly felt a little scared. She knew some self-defence, Barry made sure that all his girls could protect themselves if need be and she probably only needed to scream and one of the guys would come running. But still, she was scared since she couldn't understand why he didn't just leave her alone.
"Look, there's not going to be anything between us, ever." She tried to us a calm and somewhat friendly, but still serious tone in her voice but it shook a bit anyway. And of course Steve noticed this.
"See, I can hear that you don't believe that. Just accept the fact that you and me are meant to be." And then he grabbed her right arm, and started to try and drag her towards his car.
"Let go! Leave me alone!" Claire demanded and immediately tried to twist her arm away but he had a good grip and she was in the wrong position for it to succeed. She managed to stop him though and let out an ear piercing scream, which he stopped with a swift blow to her cheek. Claire fell out of his grip to the ground, shock dulling her senses.
"See what you made me do? Now get up." There was irritation in his voice.
"The lady said to leave her alone. Now step back and get lost." a voice spoke clearly from behind Steve.
Steve turned to face the man. "Look buddy, this is none of your business so just leave me and my girl alone, alright?" was the answer.
The man looked down at Claire who was still half lying on the ground, then to Steve clenching his fists before he took a strike at Steve. Steve staggered backwards, his nose bleeding, and gave the man an outraged stare before he ran away to his car and drove off.
With a groan of pain Claire pushed herself to a sitting position. Her head was aching like crazy. "Jerk." she mumbled mostly to herself as she gently rubbed her left cheek.
"Here, let me help you."
She turned to look at the owner of the voice and instantly drowned in the most beautiful eyes she'd ever seen.
End chapter one.
To be continued…Finally over. Way long intro, but you need to get to know who's who right?
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