Restoration [Shawn Mendes] AU

Chapter 45

As Michelle walked into Mister Sister, she was greeted by a very helpful woman behind the counter. She browsed the various sex toys and some items she wasn't even sure what they did, or who they were for, but was fascinated by the selection. She walked over to where the women's apparel was located and searched through the leather items.

"Can I help you? Are you looking for something specific?" the saleslady asked.

"Well actually, I was looking for a cute black leather bustier," Michelle explained.

"Oh, well we have a few different styles. Here, let's pull the ones we have and you can see if any of them strike your fancy," the woman said as she pulled the six different styles and laid them on the closest counter.

"Hmmm...well I don't want the shorter ones, I think what I had in mind was a longer one that laces up and comes down to the top of your hips."

"Alright, then these three would be more what you're looking for then," the woman said as she hung up the three that Michelle rejected and left the other three on the counter. "Do you think any of these might be what you're looking for?"

Michelle held up each and looked at them, liking the one that was made of both black leather and black stretch lace. She thought it was cute and the stretchy lace would help with the fit along with the detachable straps that could be worn as regular straps, criss-crossed in the back, or use one as a halter strap, or it could be worn strapless. She thought it was even cute enough to wear with her black leather pencil skirt if she ever wanted to wear it outside of the bedroom, with a jacket over it or without, like to kink night at Alchemy...if she ever decided to go to that sometime.

"I think I like this one the best. Now do you have black seamed stockings, you know to wear with a garter belt?" Michelle asked. Shawn had talked about thigh-high boots, but that was completely impractical, so the black stockings and garter belt would have to do.

"Why yes we do, they're over there on that shelf," she directed Michelle to the display of hosiery.

Michelle picked out what she wanted and then found the little plastic package of novelty glow-in-the-dark dice she had come in to buy in the first place. She put them on the counter along with the bustier and black hosiery and the woman rang up her purchases as Michelle paid for them with her credit card.

"Here you go! Enjoy! And have a wonderful Valentine's Day!" the woman said.

"Thank you! You've been very helpful," Michelle said as she took the bag, waving goodbye to the woman.

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Shawn had been in the supply store for over 30 minutes before he ran into one of his classmates, Sam Eberling, who was also an architecture major. They stopped to talk for a few minutes and promised to go get a beer in the next week so they could catch up. They had been so busy since before Christmas break and then winter session was so high-pressured to get things done in such a short period of time, they really hadn't had a chance to talk much. Shawn liked Sam, as he was easygoing and didn't give him bullshit like Marcus was inclined to do lately. He was also a good guy to bounce ideas off of when working on projects or if you needed help with a design problem. As they each finished picking up their supplies, they agreed they'd see each other in studio and go for a beer some night after class.