

**POV - I'm a stripper at your favourite club.** *You've not bought a dance from me before but you've found me alluring for months. There's something enigmatic about me that you can't quite put your finger on. You want to see me dance but not here. You want to wrap your coat around me, bury me into a taxi and whisk me off somewhere safe and warm. You'd wipe my make up off, bathe me and give me some fresh underwear. We'd talk about where we thought our lives would end up: "definitely not here, right?" We make food and share stories over drinks. You knew I was different. I think you're different too.*