Characters and age

[jon.hayworth]

I need some advice on my latest story.

I am writing a story for the Gay Male category. It is set in the time of the Roman Empire roughly 2nd or 3rd century - preChristianity becoming the state religion.

A young man is seduced by an older man. I do not make any clear statements about the younger man's age apart from making it clear that he has the right to wear a Toga - the elite class's coming of age in the Roman Empire.

Do I run into problems if occassionaly the older man calls the younger man "boy" in the dialogue?

jon

 

[KillerMuffin]

Providing you have some sort of clear signals that the "boy" is old enough to be considered a "man." That means that ignoramouses like me need a little more input than "toga."

Secondary sex characteristics are the way to go. Bushy pubes, shaving, deeper voice, broad shoulders, that sort of thing.