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the_deep_magicOkay, so I'm kind of frustrated with myself at the moment. Instead of working on all the fics I need to finish, I started yet another lengthy AU. :oP Anyway, I want to kick my Muse's ass a bit, so I'm going to borrow a meme that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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Date: 2010-05-08 12:59 pm (UTC)Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (1/3)
Date: 2010-05-12 06:37 am (UTC)The CD-ROM lays in its jewel case on the kitchen table. Well, the rickety card table that serves as the kitchen table, anyway. Zach and Chris sit across from one another, both staring at that thin metal disk.
Chris speaks first. “So… that’s it, huh?”
“That’s it. Twenty-three and a half minutes of ‘buttfucking magic’ – JJ’s words, not mine.”
“He thinks it’s good?”
“He thinks it’s really good. I mean, he seemed disturbingly into it for a married guy,” Zach says.
“His wife’s okay with his job?”
“He’s freelance – most of what he edits is not porn.”
“Ah.”
“Apparently he thought we had really good chemistry or something.”
Silence again. Chris narrows his eyes at the disk as though it might, at any moment, do a magic trick. “What do we do with it? Do we send, like, a demo to studios? Oh god, do we need an agent? We can’t afford an agent.”
“JJ gave me the number of a friend of his who’s into… well, he said some stuff about kilobytes per second and Flash streaming, but all I heard was ‘the internet.’ Apparently this guy has set up a couple of really successful porn sites, and he’s been looking for ways to break into the gay market.”
Chris’ eyebrows rise. “We’re gay market-breaking material?”
“I guess we’ll find out.”
&&&
Zach calls this guy, this internet porn guru named Karl, while Chris sits on the floor by the couch, gnawing on his lower lip until Zach throws a book at his head and mouths Knock it off! They agree to send Karl the video and set a date to meet in three days. Afterwards, Zach is so nervous that Chris has to suck his cock twice before dinner, just to get him to calm down.
&&&
“Five dollars for a cup of coffee,” Chris groans, clutching the smallest-sized cup he could order.
Zach shakes his head sympathetically, taking a slow sip from his own cup. “Just think of it as a business expense. We don’t want this guy to think we’re broke and desperate.”
“We are broke and desperate,” Chris hisses. “This could be four cans of soup! Or like a week’s worth of ramen!”
“Shh!” Zach says, smacking Chris in the arm so hard that he nearly spills his precious coffee. Which, okay, is pretty damn good. “I think that’s him.”
“Nuh-uh,” Chris mutters. “No way that dude’s an internet porn geek.” This earns him a kick under the table.
The guy that heads for their table is gorgeous, tall and tan and built, and when he speaks, his accent is like melted butter. “Am I right in thinking you blokes are Zach and Chris?”
All the blood drains out of Chris’ face at the realization that he has never met this man and yet this man has seen him naked. “We look that different with our clothes on?” he squeaks, aiming for a joke.
Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (2/3)
Date: 2010-05-12 06:40 am (UTC)There’s a heavy silence then as Karl looks back and forth between them, putting it on them to move the conversation forward. Finally, Zach clears his throat and says, “You had a chance to look over our video,” and Chris feels a little surge of pride at Zach’s composure.
“Look over it, yeah,” Karl says with a truly lewd wink. “You could say that. And let me tell you, I’m a straight man who’s seen his fair share of buggery, and if anyone was going to convince me to switch teams, it’s you.”
Chris shoots a look at Zach, who’d told Chris to prepare himself for tough negotiations. Either the two of them are some kind of savant business geniuses or JJ’s right about the “buttfucking magic.” Zach seems to be momentarily stunned, so Chris leans forward across the table and asks, “So, what are our options in terms of, um, marketing?”
Karl laughs again, just as loudly. “Marketing. Christ, you two are precious. Okay, I definitely think there’s a market for your product, if you will. Got a few questions for you – first up, are you wanting to go pro?”
Chris and Zach exchange looks. “Pardon me?” says Zach.
“Do you want to be porn stars? Change your names to Dirk Steelrod and Brock Manmeat? Fuck other people in front of the camera?”
“No,” they both say at the same time.
“Well, good,” Karl says with a grin. “That scene can get pretty ugly and besides, I’ve got a better idea. Now the question is, are you willing to fuck each other again?”
Zach’s mouth is already starting to form the first syllables of We already do that when Chris stomps on his foot under the table, more than a little pleased to get his revenge. “Get to the point,” Chris says, his mirror-practiced no-nonsense face on now.
Karl drops his chair back onto all four legs with a clang and sets his elbows on the table, leaning in and dropping his voice. “We leak short clips from your video on the right sites, build up a little buzz – who are these guys? That kind of thing. Then we set up a site with the full video and charge for it.”
“Wait,” Zach says, seeming to have found his voice again. “Won’t it get pirated pretty quickly?”
Karl rolls his eyes. “Yeah, not much we can do about that. But we set up a subscription service, and here’s what I’m thinking: you put out a new video every two or three weeks for a little while. Then we start to introduce videos for some other couples. That’s our niche, real gay couples, what we offer that no one else does: the chemistry, the passion, the shit that can’t be faked on a set. I know some people who might be interested, but the video to launch the site has to be scorching hot.”
Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-12 06:42 am (UTC)But Zach’s already back in business mode. “What are we talking here, money wise?”
“I won’t lie to you – this isn’t going to be your primary source of income. But as far as making some good money on the side, with the subscriptions, it should be steady.”
Chris’ heart starts to beat faster at the prospect, but he keeps calm. “So how much is your take?”
“Forty percent of the first month’s subscriptions, since I’ll be fronting the start-up for the site, then twenty-five percent after that.”
“Fifteen percent,” Zach says, his eyes narrowing. Negotiation Zach is kind of hot.
“Twenty-two,” says Karl.
“Eighteen.”
Karl stares Zach in the eye for a long, tense moment… before once again bursting into laughter and offering his hand for a shake. “Eighteen it is. I’ll have my lawyer draw up some papers and I’ll send them for you to look over. Look forward to working with you both.”
They all stand and Chris and Zach shake Karl’s hand, one after the other, and then Karl is out the door, a wide grin still on his face. Zach slowly sits back down and Chris does the same, taking another sip of his coffee. It’s getting cold. “Did, uh… did that just happen?”
“He’s having his lawyer draw up papers,” Zach says, sounding utterly dazed. “All we have to do is fuck on camera once or twice a month. Good money on the side.”
Chris considers this. “Is your coffee cold?”
Zach takes a sip, grimaces. “Uh-huh.”
“Well,” Chris says, “I believe I would like to buy you another cup of that ridiculously expensive coffee. We will sit here and enjoy it, and then we will go home and I’ll fuck you through the mattress.”
A slow smile spreads over Zach’s face. “I believe I’ll accept that offer.”
&&&
Even though Karl starts leaking the clips mere hours after the paperwork is signed, it’s another month before Chris and Zach see any money. And when they do, it’s not much – though it’s enough to pay some bills. But they make a few more videos and the numbers on the checks grow bigger each month until one day Zach comes home later than usual, clutching a small stack of papers.
“Floor plans?” Chris asks.
“They’re nothing fancy,” Zach says, blushing a little. “But look – two bedrooms. A washer and dryer. A fucking dishwasher. And central air conditioning in every single unit!”
Chris catches the excited look in Zach’s eyes, which are practically dancing. Chris had graduated from college with dreams of taking Hollywood by storm, commanding millions of dollars per movie, living maybe not in a mansion, but at least in a really luxurious condo. And here he is with his best-friend-slash-lover, getting royalty checks for their porno and practically drooling over floor plans for 1200 square-foot apartments. And he’s ridiculously happy.
Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-12 07:02 am (UTC)Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-13 03:22 am (UTC)Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-12 04:35 pm (UTC)This is a super fun little universe; I hope you play around in it a bit more. :D
Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-13 03:23 am (UTC)Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-14 09:28 am (UTC)ehm, I FULLY APPROVE OF YOUR IDEA IN TURNING THIS INTO A LONGER SEQUEL.
Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-15 05:44 am (UTC)Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-18 11:03 am (UTC)Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-19 04:55 am (UTC)Re: Zach and Chris Make a Porno, two weeks later, PG-13 (3/3)
Date: 2010-05-28 01:59 am (UTC)