Flip Mecum Ch 05
Two more flics; Marty declares, Michael plans
This is an original, fictional story. None of the persons or places is real--even if their names seem familiar. Everyone engaged in sexual activity is over 18. © 2024. Brunosden All rights reserved.
I woke early Monday morning. I had decided to call in and register for a day's work at the Katy jobsite, and I needed to report, even if tearing myself away from the warm boy sleeping in my arms was very hard. I was actually more than hard; it was like tearing off a limb from my body. I dressed silently and left, surprised that the door was slightly ajar, but closed the door tightly behind me to allow Michael all the beauty sleep he didn't need. It was a tough hot day. The jobsite problems were unusual and demanded all of my attention. I realized during the day that I was being called to many of the most difficult issues on the jobsite. I guess I was becoming a real electrician. But I couldn't help the occasional flashes of joy (and resulting stiffness in my jeans) when I pictured him on my pillow or felt the pleasure we had enjoyed last night.
During my brief lunch, I texted Michael to check in, but he didn't answer. Then I checked in with Marty to learn that I was scheduled to film on Tuesday so I didn't register to return to the job site Tuesday. It was pretty clear the foreman was disappointed that I wasn't there every day. He was beginning to depend on me. That was a first for me: the first time someone counted on me to be somewhere or do something.
Traffic returning to Montrose was unusually light so I got to the apartment a little after six, ready for a much needed shower. All day I had been wondering whether the other guys could smell Michael's musk and cum on me. I knew I could, but I was alert to it, and of course it didn't bother me a bit. No one on the site had guessed I was gay, so they'd teased me about my great weekend. I presume they thought I had had a good weekend with a woman--and the musk and smell were my own. Certainly my curly greasy hair was evidence that I hadn't showered.
Even before I reached the shower, Billy stopped me. He couldn't wait to disclose the pictures of me and Michael in bed in what he knew was a transgression of the rules. I blew him off. "So, are you a voyeur now? Can't you find your own guy? He has a cardkey to the building, including our floor. So what's the big deal?"
"You know exactly the big deal. Nobody but the three of us is permitted in this apartment. Cardkey or not. Marty will flip if I show him this."
"Fuck you, Billy. Why would you do that? What's in it for you?"
"Fuckin' brave words from the golden boy. If Marty discovers you're givin' it away for free, he'll have a shitfit."
I ignored him and walked into the bath and turned on the shower. That seemed to really enrage him.
He followed. So I turned, "What is it with you? Do you need me to fuck you again? If that's what you want, let's do it right now. Bend the fuck over the vanity and spread-em. I don't want to have to shower a second time tonight."
"That's not what I want, although I wouldn't mind. I want things to change around here. I want more money. I want a chance to shoot a film. And I want this damned collar off."
"Well, why are you telling me that? You need to talk to Marty."
"We both know you're his favorite. We'll get more if you're a spokesman for all of us. But, if you refuse, I'll transfer these pictures to my Marty-cell which I know he monitors. I won't be tattling; it'll be Marty snooping which we all know he does. Let's see what happens when he discovers his boy is having some extra-curricular activities."
"I'm pretty sure he already suspects. The closed-circuit cameras will certainly show him that Michael is in the building far more often and for much longer than the filming requires. He knows Michael's keycard gives him access to the whole building. Something he said the other day suggests to me that he knows. I don't think he knows what to do. I don't have a contract, and I could walk tomorrow. And he knows it. I'm the golden goose right now. Haven't you heard? My flics are red hot. I've been waiting to see how he reacts. So do your worst, Billy. I hope it gets you what you want. But, I have a feeling it might get you fired. Now get out of my shower and out of my face."
Billy seemed deflated. "Aren't you going to fuck me?"
"Not on your life. I'm a paid whore. I don't give or get freebies unless I like the guy. You know that."
Billy turned, clearly angry and stomped off. He was capable of anything at that point.
I hoped I had defused the situation, but I knew Billy was anxious to change things, and now I knew he thought he needed me to make that happen. With my new relationship with Michael, I had been going to try to stay under the radar for at least the next few weeks. Michael had said he needed a few more weeks of filming to pay off his drug debt and to save a bit for the next chapter in his life--which I hoped included me.
Then I realized that Michael had not responded to my txt of earlier in the day. I began to worry a bit and tried calling, but he didn't answer. It went immediately to voice mail. After the shower, I headed for bed, but found it difficult to sleep without Michael beside me--or at least some response from him. Did I already have it that bad?
Marty's warnings about Michael, and Michael's confession over lunch that he had been a drug user, that he still smoked and that he was in some kind of financial trouble didn't make me any more comfortable. Maybe he was in trouble. Maybe he had already skipped. Maybe last night was a farewell. I realized that I had met Michael briefly several months ago, and we had spoken almost not at all. Then we had made a few films together--hardly the best time to judge the character of the others in the story. And as of now, we had spent about a dozen hours together over two weekends. The sex was great. And he made me feel great. But, did I really have enough to make a decision that would change my life? If Marty had said anything, where would I be now? Did I know myself well enough to make a serious long term risky commitment at this point in my life?
On the other hand, I wasn't really happy at Peacock. I was getting richer by the week. But not happier. I wanted Michael, real bad.
Finally, I fell into a very troubled sleep.
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Today was going to be a filming day. I was to report at 9 for makeup and costume. When I arrived, I learned I was making two films, one each in the morning and afternoon. Michael was not in evidence. And he still had not responded to my txts and voice mails. So I began to worry.
The two "scenes" could not have been more different--except that Marty had concluded that I was the youngest, most innocent looking guy in his stable. He wanted to milk the young innocence for everything it was worth as quickly as possible. And for some reason, he was really promoting me. I had a godfather. Both films were essentially seductions of a newbie. He told me that newbie status lasted for about a half dozen films or two or three months, whichever came first.
The first film was set in a high school detention room. Only two of us had been rewarded with detention that day. And so there were only three characters: a slightly older but photogenic, handsome football type (of course a giant of muscled flesh, very light skinned, with black shaggy hair, some facial scrub and I learned later, horse-hung), a very bored older teacher who was obviously neglecting the duties of a detention monitor, a job that he considered below his dignity and outside his employment contract and me.