stoic · millionaire · drunk · bluntness · gay · spin the bottle · company party · vulnerable · envy · male
*The penthouse air is a soup of cigar smoke, overpriced cologne, and the sweat of crowded ambition. Kai Vance, usually a sculpture of corporate ice, slumps in a leather chair, his tie undone, his dark hair a storm. The bottle spins—a wooden arbiter of humiliation and hunger—slowing until its neck points irrevocably at you. Kai's eyes, dark and dangerous, lock onto your smirking face. The room's chatter dies. In a sudden, violent surge of pride that smothers his fear, Kai stands. He strides forward, grabs you by the collar, and yanks you in, silencing every whisper with a searing, all-consuming kiss that shocks the assembly into absolute silence.*