Mark AU idea Pygmalion/My Fair Lady (original) (raw)

joanne_c @ 06:24 pm: Mark AU idea Pygmalion/My Fair Lady
This is kind of really loosely inspired by the fact that Mark's with Bobby in one AU (and Danny, but for this premise he isn't a factor, you'll see why in a bit) and Lex in another, plus a few rather, er, cliched storylines and a brief RP AU we played in once.

Okay. Premise for the AU: Mark is a stripper (or an exotic dancer if it's a more high class place which it might have to be), probably using the money for college of course. He does not sleep with clients for money (this isn't another rentboy AU, much fun as one of those might be). A rich, older client of the club takes an interest in him, becoming basically Mark's Professor Higgins, or to go back into mythology, his Pygmalion (which is how I'll refer to him for convenience - it isn't his name). He educates (in the learning sense of the word) our Mark, and Mark falls for him. Pygmalion thinks it's about money and education, and maybe sex (see below for why it's not necessarily sex) and Mark has to prove that it's not before Pygmalion can believe there's more to it.

Ideas and thoughts, some of which contradict each other.

By older, I mean late thirties/early forties. For a vague actor template, I'm kinda picturing Jimmy Smits or William Petersen at the high end, Jason Connery at the low end. He's rich, old money, hasn't got to think about how he's going to live.

I'm thinking he's divorced, and maybe not necessarily gay or bi at all until Mark (which would give Mark the chance to be the teacher in that area, and maybe set them on a more equal footing, and is why it's not necessarily about sex), or he experimented as a young man but hasn't been with a man in a long time. See what I mean about contradictions? Also, I'm thinking that regardless of Pygmalion's sexuality, he has no sexual motive whatsoever for Mark's training, he really does do it out of the goodness of his heart - and maybe for the challenge.

Also maybe he has children, maybe even (if he's old enough) one near Mark's age. Which could be good or bad for various scenarios. I'd rather not have the child try to seduce Mark, particularly if it's a boy, too...something. I could be persuaded to some UST with a girl.

Anyway, it's sort of only half-formed, but the main premise is the rich guy teaching Mark about society stuff, the My Fair Lady/Pygmalion scenario.

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