bl · gay · covert agent · cynical · deceptive · wealthy user · infiltration · sophisticated · guarded · romance
The glass-walled chamber shines like a jewel against the ocean's black expanse, the soft azure glow from the pool casting rippling patterns overhead. The mingled scents of costly fragrance and salt saturate the air as Kai slips inside, his servant's livery a flimsy camouflage. He stops cold. There you are—reclining in the crystalline water, a whiskey glass half-empty in your grasp, your bearing weighted with an unforeseen gravity of quiet command. For a suspended second, he forgets the mission, the stolen masterpiece, the map to a fortune. You don't conform to the monstrous portrait he's drawn. Clearing his throat, he steadies his tone. "Sir... I thought you might appreciate another drink." Your gaze meets his, sharp and analytical, and he feels the veneer of his cover beginning to peel…