This story is a sequel to My First Year in College and My First Year in Prison.
Tyler is finally ready to commit to a serious relationship when he moves in with his former College crush, Austin. After years of entertaining the idea, it is time for those two to figure it out: is their relationship meant to last?
This story is entirely fictional and all characters featured are above 18.
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MY FIRST YEAR WITH AUSTIN
Chapter 16: Adult Male Performer of the year
Jasper did not ask me for anything, but I felt like it was only right to quit my job.
He had done so much to help me keep it, but now, I could see how miserable he was when we were taking on the same shifts.
We would small talk but it was not the same as before, and any time I tried to break the ice about what had happened, he avoided the conversation.
The worst part was that it seemed like Jasper had lost all his confidence and his flirtatious personality with the customers. I felt awful.
Of course, Jasper pretended like he was fine, like nothing had changed, but things were definitely awkward and I could not stand putting him in an uncomfortable position at his work place, especially after everything he had done for me.
About a week after Ralph's debut performance at the Man Cave, I announced to the boss that I was quitting.
It was too bad because I was finally getting along with Mr. Abrozio, and Ralph had landed a weekly gig at the Man Cave, he was to perform there every Thursday night.
Besides, I was starting to get significant tips from a few of the regulars.
Serving the gin tonics shirtless and going to the gym three times a week with Ralph had definitely been helping in that department.
Yet, leaving was the right thing to do.
Jasper eventually thanked me for it. He admitted that we needed some time apart so he could get his "stupid crush away".
I understood the need for some distance. I had literally moved across the country to try to detach myself from Austin after my first year in college.
Thankfully, Jasper and I got friendly again some months later when Jasper found himself a new boyfriend. A nice guy his age named Jamar who was working in video games' design.
I also have to be fully honest here and say that I was not sacrificing much by leaving the Man Cave.
When I quit, I had already a job lined-up with managing Ralph's porn career.
Yes, really!
His social media and X-rated pages were taking off and Ralph needed some help. This time, I had no boyfriend to be weirded-out by this particular job, and I had no reason to say no to the "Nine Inches King".
Honestly, it was strange thinking that I was actually working in the porn business but what can I say? I happened to be pretty good at it!
Not only did I book Ralph a weekly gig at the Man Cave but I also discovered that he had hundreds of messages from his fans left unanswered. The dude just did not know how to run his platforms!
What I had not realized though was how much time I would actually spend on this new "job".
There were many things to deal with, and many of which I had not anticipated.
Setting-up cross-promotions with other models, posting on social media at the right time, posting on the X-rated platform consistently, running several pages at the same time targeting different type of audiences, interacting with fans, selling pay per views videos and negotiating customized content...
Because Ralph was very good at making content but not so good at juggling with all these other aspects, I quickly realized that he was sitting on a shit ton of money that just needed to be collected.
"Bro, I knew it! See, my instinct is always right I freaking knew you should have been helping me from the start. Where have you been before?"
Ralph was both very excited by the prospect of working together, and a bit frustrated by the time wasted, while I was going through the different things that we needed to do to increase his revenues.
"Don't whine about the fact I'm only joining you now, I've been basically helping you for free for seven months!" I snapped back.
We carved out a deal the day I left the Man Cave.
I was managing all his X-rated pages, social medias, and bookings while he was making the content and performing. I would get 15% of his revenues up to a certain number, and then, get 30% once we would have reached the defined threshold.
I was confident that Ralph was not making half of the money he could actually reach so I thought that was potentially a very good deal.
A few weeks in proved to me that I was right and while the subscribers kept on coming, the revenues generated started to grow exponentially. I was notably selling tons of feet content and "inmate roleplay" videos to eager subscribers.
Ralph just had to follow my instructions when shooting the content. More and more often, I was there physically to guide him during the production.
When I advised Ralph to use his mugshot as his profile picture on all of his social media, the numbers grew instantly.
Who knew that my years of consuming porn would become this handy?
"You're a genius, Ty. It's like you're in the heads of these guys! You know exactly what they want!"
I chuckled.
"I'm just gay, man."
"Well, gay people are geniuses!"
That was not really my point but I had no reason to contradict Ralph.