In early 2001, when I was 19 I got a job in a gay sauna in my home city. It was a strictly off the books affair, as a masseur/escort. I'd only been going to the sauna myself occasionally for about a year, after I'd turned 18. The clientele was mostly older dudes from 30s-60s. Now and then there'd be some hot young jock or a few lads my age. I'd screwed them all after a few visits and generally went in only if I'd been at a club and hadn't scored but was quite pissed.
One night, a man -he must have been 50 or so -- was lying in one of the cubicles as I passed. He signalled to me to stop. I really wasn't and and am not into guys over 30, so this leathery gentleman wasn't initially in luck. However, I must have been feeling generous and I went over to see what he wanted. He told me I was the most beautiful boy he'd ever seen in the dump of a sauna. He mentioned some porn star I hadn't heard of that I looked like. All he wanted was for me to drop my towel and pose for him while he lay and jacked himself off. He'd pay me 50, just for that. I happily complied. One of the staff got word of my little gig and -- to my surprise- instead of chucking me out and barring me for a few weeks, actually offered me to work there unofficially as a... well basically a rentboy, but without actually having to take it up the ass or blow off the old queens, just give them massages, pose nude for them and let them fondle my fit young body. I wasn't the only one so employed, but my colleagues were all hitting their late 20s and so their appeal had diminished somewhat. I was to be the new star and get a share of whatever cash I elicited.