Jack watched through the one-way glass at the top of the banquet hall. On the floor below him was his partner Steve "entertaining" a reporter from one of the local news magazines. She, like all her kind, was interested in what was going on out at the Hotel Belladonna, rumored to be the site of sex orgies and other kinky goings-ons. Interested as she might be, she was doing her level best to see this all "scientifically". As usual, Stevie started her off on a relatively light level of kink, just to see how far she'd want to go.
"So this man would be locked into this cage and left as a decoration?" she asked.
"No, of course not," Steve said in his most incredulous voice. "First off, this is not a cage, not even close. And secondly, he will be an active participant in one of our balls. This is where he wants to be. He will be the center of attention and that is just what he was hoping for." With that Steve gave the tall, bound man a confident pat on the front of his thong and gave the reporter his patented wink. "I mean, just look at him!"
Jack couldn't help but follow his partner's advice. He looked at Linus in the restraints. He and Steve had patterned this rack after a squat machine they had seen at a gym. The squat machine had looked like it was made out of I-beams and had been far too imposing for what they wanted. They had had theirs made of oak, and distressed just enough to give it that antiqued look that seemed to somehow legitimize it.
Linus was about 6'3" and built like a basketball player, long and lean. The rack allowed a bar to be passed behind his back but in front of his elbows. With his wrists locked tightly to the thick belt on his waist, Linus could not move. The shackles on his ankles enhanced his restrictions, but he still wouldn't have been able to get anywhere. He struggled a little, just to show how tightly bound he was.
His presence had quite an effect on the little reporter woman. She was playing shy, but it was obvious to the three of them (Steve, Linus and even Jack behind the glass) that she was dying to get more involved in the little scene. With the bar pulling his elbows back behind him, Linus' chest was stuck out in front, and Steve gave his nipple a little teak.
"Go ahead," he goaded her. "Give it a try. He can't bite."
"Really?" she asked timidly. "I can just touch him?"
Jack could tell Steve was getting a little frustrated, but he put on his game face. "Of course you can. He wanted to be tied up and fondled. That's why he's here," Steve said in as welcoming and even a tone as you can when facing a mostly naked and bound man.
Slowly, she reached up to his chest, but instead of tweaking his nipples like Steve had done, she ran her hand lovingly over Linus' bare chest. Jack saw this type of magic most of the nights of his life. Whatever her name, whatever her marital status, she had just fallen in love with B&D.
Her hand explored his chest and stomach and after a short while, she did venture downward. But as her fingers encountered his thong they stopped. Jack was expecting this to be the end for her, as far as she would be willing to go, but that was OK. She had encountered "kinky" and could now report that it wasn't all that people pretended it was. But Jack was the numbers guy, and Stevie was the people person. He read her differently. He slowly and carefully took her hand and guided it to Linus' thong. With her considering pulling her hand away, Steve had her touch Linus' cock through the thong. Once in contact, she began caressing it, and Steve was able to remove his hand and she brought her other hand over to grope at Linus with both hands.
She looked at Steve and began to ask, "Can ..."
Steve stopped her immediately, "Of course you can, that's why you came."