Free Snowed In by Rhianne Aile and Madeleine Urban Page B

but....” Mitch paused, reaching out suddenly and grabbing Warren’s thigh, high up so that his fingers brushed his cock.
    Warren jumped, spilling hot soup all over his lap. “What the hell, Mitch?!” he exclaimed.
    Mitch looked at Kasey. “He just wouldn’t react with unbridled passion. You’re going to have to work him into the idea.”
    Glaring at Mitch, Warren tried to mop up the soup on his sweater. “I don’t want anyone grabbing at me like that with no warning, woman or man.”
    Kasey narrowed his eyes and looked between the two. “Okay, so what would you do?” He looked expectantly at Warren.
    Warren looked up from his sweater to see both of his friends looking at him. “What?”
    “Well, you saw what his initial reaction was, so first you’d need to tone down the approach. Instead of having him grab for his crotch, have him move closer on the couch while they’re watching the movie. How would you react to that, Warren?” Mitch asked, reiterating Kasey’s question.
    “React to what? You guys are talking about fucking characters in a book, not me. Make something up!” Warren had stripped off his soaked sweater and was working on the buttons of his jeans when he realized that he was practically discussing gay sex with his best friends in his underwear. Flushing, he held his sweater to his chest and stood up from the couch. “I’ll be right back.”
    “That was fun,” Mitch mused, taking another sip of his soup and grinning at Kasey as Warren pretty much ran up the stairs to the shared loft where they all slept.
    Kasey laughed, eyes wide. “You don’t think we should push him on this, should we? I mean, I’m willing to try anything once. Or twice,” he admitted with a grin. “But he seemed real uncomfortable right now. I wouldn’t want to piss him off.”
    “Aw hell, I’m not going to make him do anything he doesn’t want to do.” Mitch winked. “Just push his buttons a little. I could tell you how a straight man reacts to an unexpected come on, but it is so much more fun watching Warren blush and sputter.”
    Trying not to snicker, Kasey glanced up to the loft. “Well, he seemed horrifically fascinated in the kitchen. Like he wanted to ask questions, but didn’t have the nerve. I told him I’ve researched about anything and everything to do with sex, but –”
    Mitch snorted. “You and your research. It might work with the stock market reports you do for the paper, but you aren’t going to learn about sex from a book – not even the ‘Kama Sutra.’” Glancing up towards the loft, he nudged Kasey. “Let’s get Warren back down here and watch a movie or play some cards, something to calm him down.”
    Nodding, Kasey stood up and headed up into the loft, just sticking his head over the railing to see his friend pulling a clean sweater on. He’d already changed into a pair of sweatpants. “Hey, Warren, want to play some poker?” he asked, knowing Warren enjoyed that pastime. They’d gotten together for poker nights with other friends several times.
    Turning his head from where he was looking at himself in the mirror, Warren nodded and visibly relaxed. “Yeah, sounds great,” he answered, following Kasey back down the stairs and settling on the couch. He did look at the now-closed laptop intently for a long moment.
    Half a bottle of brandy disappeared as the three played hand after hand of poker, and Mitch was feeling pleasantly buzzed. Lifting himself from the floor, where he’d been seated next to the coffee table, he sat on the opposite end of the couch from Warren. “How about a change in game?” he suggested.
    Warren chuckled, having cleaned up at poker. “Tired of losing?” he jabbed. Kasey snorted.
    “Let’s see how well you lose,” Mitch drawled, eyeing Warren thoughtfully. “How about Truth or Dare? The adult version. If nothing else, maybe Kasey can get some ‘research’ done for his book.”
    Kasey’s lips pressed together hard as he carefully looked