West Hollywood, June 1985Alan had been living in West Hollywood for seven years. He had done the bar-and-bathhouse thing, starred in porn movies, hooked up with a dozen closet-case movie stars, turned "ex gay" due to Pentecostal guilt, and found a drag queen "fairy godmother" who helped him realize that God doesn't care who you love.
God might disapprove of tricking, however -- and the MCC, where Alan was student clergy, definitely disapproved.
Besides, with AIDS, tricking was just too dangerous.
So Alan's sleaze days were over. No bath houses, no t-rooms, no picking up random guys in bars, just dating and romance. The last thing he needed -- or wanted -- was a trick.
Especially a celebrity trick -- he had already been with more than enough closet case tv stars, thank you.
Especially two celebrity tricks.
But the guy cruising him at Mugi turned out to an icon of his childhood.
Growing up in a small town in western Pennsylvania, Alan didn't see many Asian guys. So he was enthralled by two episodes of The Brady Bunch in 1972 when the gang goes to Hawaii and meets David, played by Filipino actor Patrick Adiarte. He takes his shirt off a lot.
Later Alan saw Adiarte playing a Korean houseboy on M*A*S*H (1972-73), the drama about doctors treating wounded soldiers during the Korean war, and Leonard Wong on a two-part episode of Kojak (1974).
11 years later, Adiarte hadn't changed: thick black hair, round face, tight dancer's body, very tight jeans! One of Patrick's friends, a middle-aged white guy, came over to make the introduction, and they sat a table with drinks (mineral water for Alan, beer for Patrick) and had a cruising conversation.
Tall, buffed, and hung, Alan wasn't used to being treated as a Cute Young Thing, bought drinks and told how hot he was, but he rather enjoyed the attention.
They groped and fondled for a long time. Alan kept waiting to be asked out on a date, but Patrick seemed content to just fondle.
Finally Alan decided to take the initiative. "Would you like to go out to dinner tomorrow night?"
Patrick frowned. "I don't have much time for dating. My career keeps me very busy. This is the first time I've ever been to Mugi, in fact."
Uh-oh: that was code for "I'm in the closet"!
"...but I'm free tonight, if you'd like to come back to my place."
Uh-oh: that was code for "trick.""Well -- actually I'm in town visiting a friend. He's the one who convinced me to go out tonight. I promised him that if I tricked with anyone, he could watch. Or join in, if you're into it."
Alan didn't like two guys in one bed -- he found it distracting. But if he refused, most likely there would be no trick tonight. "Um...well, what does he look like."
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