[M4F] Found Moms old "modeling" Hard Drive..(long term, slow burn and reveal)
Hey r/dirtypenpals, and thank you for clicking!
Quick version, we can discuss everything in great detail over chat.
I grew up in painfully normal suburbia. Dad traveled for work a lot. Around the time I hit my late teens I started noticing that the second his suitcase was in the trunk, my mom changed - shorter skirts, perfume to go to the grocery store, a lipstick she only wore when he was gone. Once it even seemed like she lifted her skirt intentionally at that family party? I told myself I was imagining it for about two years.
Then last summer I was helping her clean out the crawlspace and found an old Western Digital drive. Masking tape label in her handwriting - her maiden name, and underneath: "modeling attempts 99 - 03".
I took it up to my room that night. Folders organized alphabetically by photographer. It started innocent, JCPenney catalog stuff, her at twenty-four laughing at a coffee mug. Then lingerie test shots. Then a folder called "US Project". Oil, blue mats, another woman built like a gymnast, my mother on her back with her hair stuck to her forehead. Four years of it, apparently. Possibly overlapping with her marriage.
I never asked her about it. I want to, in fiction.
What I'm looking for:
Someone to play her - present day, mid-forties, finally sitting me down one weekend when Dad's out of town to answer the questions I never asked. How she got recruited. What the first shoot felt like. The other women, the contracts, what she wore home afterwards. I want to interview her, slowly, over a lot of messages, and let the chemistry decide where it goes from there. Maybe she shows me more. Maybe she still is active in the ring?
Looking for:
- Long replies (paragraphs, not one-liners)
- Patience with slow burn
- Comfort with mom/son, age gap, gradual reveal
Reddit chat then we can move to discord.
Looking forward to your message! :)