The Seven Year Retrospective #7 - Suiting Another Man's Life (Patreon)

Welcome back to the Seven Year Retrospective Top Twenty, folks! We're finally going to be finishing this little "behind the scenes" series over the next few weeks as I count down my personal favourite stories that I've written over my time as a TF writer.

This week, as the title suggests, is "Suiting Another Man's Life" which comes in at #7! This was a Patreon exclusive story released back in March 2019 (doesn't that feel like a decade ago now?!) and is a bodyswap story between a teacher and a bodybuilder that features a side of gay-to-straight/straight-to-gay to boot, aka my favourite cocktail of TF tropes for any story!

Like a number of other stories featured on this list and across my work, this was actually inspired by an idea I had in the gym when I found myself watching one of the other regulars. This was back when I was a little lighter in terms of mass and I couldn't help but be delighted by the sight of this guy who was several inches shorter than me but most certainly heavier thanks to his incredible muscles. Even now I see him around and relish in the eye candy! Anyway, having had a stressful and depressing day at work (as many of you know thanks to my ranting on the Disrcord, I'm a teacher) I started to fantasize about swapping with the other and seeing life from his perspective instead.

Rather than writing the story from my own point of view though, I chose to spin it around and instead focus on the bodybuilder's perspective and consider what reasons he might have for wanting to try on a different life for a little bit. It might sound horrifically pretentious but I've always loved the worldbuilding and backstory elements of writing which is why I took my time with the start of the story, building up to the moment of the swap and the mental and sexuality changes that follow it as a result. I've probably said this countless times before but I personally find that having a better understanding of a character's situations and motivations makes their post-transformation experiences even more exciting as both a writer and reader.

The face featured in this story is the one and only Jeff Nippard, who is a constant source of delight for me! I've always had a thing for shorter guys who have packed on muscles and in that respect he's very much my perfect guy in terms of aesthetics - in fact he spent quite the period as the 'face' of Mr Cavanaugh last year. He also happened to be a pretty perfect match for the guy who inspired the original idea, although if Jeff worked out in my gym I don't think I'd ever be able to focus on my workouts so it's probably for the best that he doesn't! Still, the thought of having that wonderfully muscular body and being a cocky straight alpha... turned on doesn't even cover it!

Thanks for reading my self-indulgent explanations and I'll see you next time for #6!