I really looked forward to this scene and was pleased with it. I gave both Grey and Ethan 5's here. I felt somewhat generous.
They both did a good job here.
I will offer a few critiques though. After getting such an enticing lead-in by Grey about how much he looked forward to having sex with a straight friend like Ethan, it was something of a letdown here (to me at least) to have the awkward role-playing scenario where they pretended not to know each other very well. I think it would have been more provocative (in a good way) to have Grey saying something like, "I always hoped that I might one day get to suck your dick." Or, "I can't believe I'm actually going to have your dick inside me."
Ethan did well here. But again as some others have pointed out, he was holding back a little bit and this was not one of his absolute best scenes. For instance he did not go nearly as far here with kissing as he has in his other previous work. He throttled himself back and was no longer in synch with his previous progression. Given Covid though and the long lag time in between his previous work, I guess it's hard to remember at what level of performance and intensity you were at a year ago or more. About three fourths of the way through I was worrying that Ethan was never going to kiss his partner at all in the scene.
As I've said in the past in regards to Ethan, I love him so much that I don't care if he chooses not to bottom. There are just a few things I hope to see from him as a straight or straight-er model here. They're just a few basics like doing his best to maintain a good hardon...trying to show enthusiasm and passion even if it requires some acting or borderline over-acting for him to pull off as a straight guy...doing a decent job of dick sucking even if he is not totally into it, etc. For me, one of the best ways of showing enthusiasm and passion is the gratuitous kissing. I also like it if the models show some tongue just to prove to the camera and the audience that the kisses aren't fake. This scene had the least amount of kissing from Ethan that I've seen from him in quite a while. Although to be fair it wasn't like Grey was trying to initiate any kissing himself. What little kissing there was did come from Ethan's initiative.
Again though some of my minor disappointments here could be chalked up to the fictional role-playing scenario. I'm still kind of hoping that there might be at least one more Ethan & Grey scene. Hopefully an unscripted one where Grey can just go wild on Ethan and openly enjoy the thrill of being able to have unbridled sex with a straight friend and crush.
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Good thoughtful post. One factor readily apparent to fans of Ethan and his past scenes was that, due to his friendship with Grey, he could not use his aggressive smack talk "I'm going to smash your ass" standard scene routine. That may have made him look more subdued than in his prior scenes.