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Josh Lanyon:
About Travis Petty, Petty is a great looking and hard working agent, but does he prefer older guys like Sam? (Personally, I think it would be great if he could have a younger boyfriend while working on his next stand-alone story.)
Josh Lanyon
I wouldn't say Petty prefers older guys. I think, typically, he would prefer men his own age. His attraction to Sam would be specific to Sam--this would also be true of Jason. Jason isn't particularly interested in older guys; he's interested in Sam.
For Petty, some of the attraction would be Sam's legendary status, his position of authority, his power within the Bureau--Sam is now chief of a unit Petty would love to belong to. Sam is a charismatic personality (at least to the people who admire him). I'm sure Petty would be somewhat flattered that Sam found him attractive, attractive enough to proposition. And we know that Sam is sexually experienced, sexually...accomplished. So there are lots of things to attract Petty that would have nothing to do with the age difference.
As far as a standalone story, unfortunately, I'm usually not interested enough in my supporting characters to write their stories. I guess I spend too much time developing them into memorable supporting characters. It's hard to regard them as anything else. It's the same situation with David Bradley in the Dangerous Ground series.
For Petty, some of the attraction would be Sam's legendary status, his position of authority, his power within the Bureau--Sam is now chief of a unit Petty would love to belong to. Sam is a charismatic personality (at least to the people who admire him). I'm sure Petty would be somewhat flattered that Sam found him attractive, attractive enough to proposition. And we know that Sam is sexually experienced, sexually...accomplished. So there are lots of things to attract Petty that would have nothing to do with the age difference.
As far as a standalone story, unfortunately, I'm usually not interested enough in my supporting characters to write their stories. I guess I spend too much time developing them into memorable supporting characters. It's hard to regard them as anything else. It's the same situation with David Bradley in the Dangerous Ground series.
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