We wrapped up the filming of Storm House late on a Friday. All of us were relieved that the difficult ordeal was over. I'm not sure I could do it again. I don't know how Kirk has managed to handle two consecutive seasons. Brent had thoughtfully arranged for us all to take a few days at his beach house in Southampton where Flip and I barely left the bedroomâexcept for a few long walks on the beach, one of which ended with a fuck while wrapped in a sleeping bag in the dunes in front of Brent's cottage. (Beach sex is MUCH less exciting than it looksâparticularly with cold, sand flies and sand!)
I had a few more days in New York, but on Friday uber-ed out to JFK for the non-stop flight to LAX. My ticket had been arranged and txted to me earlier than week. It was first class! My guard was already up. Someone was trying to impress me.
Hours later, as I exited the terminal, a liveried driver was holding an I-pad with my name in large letters. He greeted me ("Mr. Archangel"!), grabbed my backpack and led me to a waiting limo. It was a stretch, with a full bar, and, I noted with dismay, several cups containing colorful capsules. I knew them all. And I didn't touch them. Did they already know my past? Did they assume I was still using? I knew already that I was out of my elementâand my comfort zone. My agent had told me that they had had access to the rough footage from Storm Houseâeven before it was edited for release. And so I guessed they also had copies of the two dozen or so porn videos that I had made in Los Angeles and Houston. They knew everything about me. And I knew almost nothing about themâother than that they were making a movie with two A-list stars, and they wanted me to audition for a supporting role. I had read the script.
(Author's note: the plot of the script in described in detail in Flip in New York Ch 10, published on Literotica.)
It was sexy and edgyâthat of course is why I was interested, and presumably why they wanted me. There were bed scenes and some associated "tease" nudity. So many Hollywood stars, once they make it, refuse to show their bodies on the big screenâacting like they hadn't used them to get on the screen in the first place.
He dropped me at the Beaver Hills Hotel. The doorman and reception were ready with smiles and keysâto one of the bungalows by the pool. After reception a "manager" emerged from an office behind the desk, greeted me and said he would take me to my room. He was probably 6-6, and larger than life. He looked like he worked out three hours a day, spent two at a hairdresser, two on the beach at Malibu and was starring in movies (he was a superhero or maybe a giant villain, given his size). "Hotelling" was just his "hobby, or maybe his day-job." It was highly unlikely that he was the "manager".
He walked outside by the pool to a "cottage." As he did so, he recited the names of countless stars that had inhabited those rooms over the ages. He carefully placed my ancient back-pack on a luggage rack and started the spiel about the A-C controls, the mini-bar etc. By the end, I was expecting him to strip and spread out on the bed, ready to be taken. But, no, he left with the expected, "Call me if you need me, Mr. Archangel. For anything. Anytime. I'm Croft, at your service." I fumbled for a tip, but he pushed it away. "We don't tip managers in LA, Mr. Archangel. I'm not a bellman, I'm the hotel manager at your service. By the way, everything is taken care of. Everything. I've been told to make sure your stay is perfect."
What is this "Mr. Archangel" shit? Croft was about my age. But he was huge. A total alpha on steroids. His wide linebacker shoulders stretched his tailored sharkskin suit to the limit. He had a broad face, black hair and black facial hairâboth expertly groomed. His nails, on enormous hands, were manicured. He looked like a super-sized proto-type for one of those larger-than-life Marvel super-heroes. But, somewhat uncongruously, he didn't speak like a thug; his English was very British.
He left with a broad smile, and, I noted, a hard-on in his tight pants. It was very obvious.(I'm pretty sure he had pulled that for my benefit. He made no attempt to conceal it. He obviously had a nice dick, actually a very nice dickâwell down his inner thigh, and his pants were so tight (Saville row style), I could tell he was cut and that the surgeon had left a decent corona. I felt turned on and simultaneously dirty, and not just from the flight. So I immediately headed for the luxury of the shower. As I emerged, wrapped only in a towel, I heard a light tap on the door. Superman was back. He handed me a few envelopes, as he scanned my body and licked his lips with obvious interest. "I forgot to give you these. Your schedule. Your car will be at the reception circle at six. We've got a few hours to relax. They didn't lie about your body." (What the fuck did he mean by that? Who was "they" and why would they confide in him about my "body".) He obviously expected an invitationâor maybe some aggression from me, but I thanked him and closed the door. I had passed the first test. I hadn't taken the first bait. I wouldn't have to confess anything to Flip yet. But, my cock was definitely chubbing under the towel. Hollywood is so full of temptationsâbut remember, Michael, it's not Vegas, and what happens here doesn't stay here. Before going to the pool, I'd have to rub one out. I tried a call to engage Flip in telephone sex, but there was no answer. He had probably already left for the theatre.
I moved to the pool and sat on a towel-covered chaiseânot under the sun but under an umbrellaâI would never tan. I just burn and burn. I'm not even sure why I put on a swimsuit. I dozed for about an hour. Then without ever hitting the pool, I showered again and went to rummage through the backpack in the walk-in closet to dress. Surprise! Hanging there were a half dozen outfits, all obviously in my size, all with tags attached. Fuck, this was getting creepy. I chose several itemsâthe least flashy and least sexy: a long-sleeved silk shirt in dark navy, tailored perfectly for my chest, white thin cotton slacks that weren't too tight but hugged my ass nicely, designer slip-on shoes without sox and Breitling sun-shades. I even had to cut the Rodeo Drive label from the glassesâthe price was what I made in a week for Storm House. I hoped my outfit would be okay. The schedule had suggested "country club casual" for "early supper" at the producer's home in the Hills.
A quick look in the full length mirror (there were four in the cottage) convinced me that I was looking goodâwith one exceptionâI could clearly see my dick through the fabric of the pants. While that might be okay at a club, I wasn't sure it was quite right for my first meeting with the producer. So I quickly added a white silky jock which left a bulge, but not a display. I was told that the producer had fallen for my assâand the jock and slacks helped. As I left, having the feeling that I was entering a Roman Coliseum of sortsâand I wasn't sure whether I was the gladiator, the lion or the slave, its food.
Flip...
Michael left early this morning for LA. I've got all day until I need to show for makeup and costuming. The coop already seemed empty. This was the first time since I arrived in New York that we were apart. I had carefully structured this first week to keep me very busy.
I had acting classes on three mornings, including today (Friday). So I dressed and got ready to leave. Brent had arranged for me to meet a designer that afternoon. I had explained that we didn't really have the money to furnish yet. But he had blown me off. "You've got to have a plan. Then you can add stuff as you can afford it. Otherwise, it's going to look like rooms full of attic cast-offs. The designer's initial fee is taken care ofâit's a housewarming gift from Kirk and me."
The weekend was going to be free. But I had a matinee on Sunday and two evening performances. So I planned to spend Saturday at the gym before lunch with Kirk and Brent. I also had a meeting with my agent on Monday, our dark day, to discuss potential future roles. (At the present, I was content with the Jud role and didn't plan to leave it. But, the agent knew that I wasn't going to tour with the company, and the producers liked to "renew" the cast every two years or soâthus, I might be out of an acting job in less than a year. It was time to take a look at the possibilities and consider auditions for other roles.)
Michael's return was "open." The schedule was a little vague. The first takes were scheduled for Monday. Then again on Tuesday, with make-up and costumes. They had asked him to stay for at least Wednesday and Thursday in case additional takes or interviews were required. But why had they required that he appear on Fridayâwith a weekend before the work began. Their answerâwe need you to get over jet lagâwas lame, and we both knew it. We both assumed someone was going to expect something special before the first camera began its work.