Iclick on the home listing images and begin scrolling through them. I think everyone should have a virtual tour of their houses. It doesn’t even have to be professional. It’s not like every single phone doesn’t have a camera. But you can’t get a true sense of what the house looks like without an actual tour.
This one has five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. There’s still a pool in the backyard, but there’s no pool house for Oscar.
“I’ve been thinking,” Oscar says. I set my tablet in my lap to look down at him. His head is on my thigh as he also scrolls on his tablet.
“About what?”
“What if I stop making videos and open up a studio to film them? I can offer workshops, not only on how to build your platform and fanbase, but also how to make collabs look less stiff and fake like literallyevery single form of pornout there. Collin and I came up with a bunch of different kinds of workshops, but I’d also build a filming studio that continues my message of consent.”
I grin. “How do you feel about it?”
Oscar nods. He lays his tablet on his chest. “The more I thinkabout the possibilities, the more I like it. Collin and I came up with an entire brand expansion from clothing to toys to resources and stuff, all with a motto of ‘Consent is sexy’ or some variation. You know, really push it on everything, but make it… sexy.”
“That’s an amazing idea. I love it,” I say, now that I know how he feels about it. “That sounds like a lot of fun.”
“I figure it’s going to take me a while to get up and running. We need to create a business model and plan how to execute it. I’ll need a physical studio, and then there are the obvious things like merch design and toy design and production.”
“Are you going to hire some things out?”
He shrugs. “Maybe not at first. Okay, some things, like web design, but I’d still like it on a platform where I can edit things myself so I can add merch as I get it and adjust quantities, prices, that kind of thing. I don’t want to keep paying out the ass for someone to make little changes at $120/hour. I think I can do most of it on my own, then I can hire someone if I get to the point where Ican’thandle it on my own. But in the spirit of diversifying income, I don’tneedto build any one area enormously. The idea is that the items I offer for merch and product aren’t actually housed by me but by a third party that gets the order and ships them.”
“I like that.”
“It’ll allow me to concentrate on our family, so I’ll still be hugely present.”
I run my fingers through his hair and smile. He cranes his head back to look at me. “You think it’s a good idea?”
“I think whatever makes you happy is a good idea, Oz. I don’t want you to give up what you’re doing if you love it. I don’t ever want you to have any regrets.”
He sighs, letting his body relax again. “The thing is, I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about it. I mean, I think I definitely want to go forward with this new idea. You know, diversifyingincome and all that. Butdo I still want to film?” Oscar shrugs. “I truly don’t know.”
“You don’t have to make a decision right now. You know that, right?”
“I do. Collin brought up a good point. Everything I’ve said I’m concerned about already exists on the internet, and it will be there forever. Even if I stop filming right now, it’s already out there. Itwillaffect my kid at some point, so those reasons are moot. I can’t undo that, and I don’t really want to. My decision on whether I stop when we begin a family will have to be based on how I personally feel. How you feel.” He pauses. “How Ruby feels.”
I grin.
“And we need to come up with a solid plan on how we prepare our kids for the eventuality that we know will come.”
“We will. We have time.” It’s true. We’ve only just started looking at options for growing our family. While Ruby-Roux has known that this was a thing from the first day we met, it’s not something we’ve talked about since we officially became a throuple.
Which means we should have the conversation soon. I don’t want him to be uncomfortable or feel like he doesn’t have a place in this family. It’s obviously too soon to be picking out rings and shit, but… I can see it. I can see the future where the three of us are together and raising babies.
I look down at my tablet. The screen has gone dark, but I know the house I was scanning is still up on my screen. Maybe we should have the conversationreal soonsince I’m also looking at houses. Right now, I like this one’s proximity to the school because it means that Roux can stop in at any time. Oscar says he dropped in to have lunch with him two days ago. I like that we have that option.
“Oh,” I say, then grab Oscar’s hair so he’ll stretch to meet my eyes. “What if you keep this house for your studio and business?You can even rent it out to other models who might want to have a sexy little backdrop or create a home vibe to fuck in.”
He smiles and sits up. “Yeah?”
I nod. “That way we can take our time looking for the perfect house. We’ll still be close to campus for Ruby-Roux and can stay here while we look for our perfect family home.”
“I like that. My business can buy it from us.”
“Or we just keep it in our names the way it is. I’m not sure how open the community is to having a porn studio in the neighborhood, so I think we keep it privately owned. The guys coming and going will just be business as usual.”
Oscar snorts. “Okay, yeah. That’s a good idea.” He holds my eyes for a minute. “I think I really like this plan.”
I grin and lean forward to kiss him. His hand rests on my cheek as our lips remain pressed together. “I do too. I think you’re going to be really good at this. You know, I bet you could find ways to teach a relevant course at RDU.”
