Matty

Matty is a good sport.

He hadn't, after all, been supposed to be an HMBoy at all.

He was just a boy who'd agreed to come along to keep his friend - who really was supposed to be our model - company during the shoot.

But, as happens once in a while, Matty's buddy decided at the last minute that he wasn't really ready for the job after all.

And, though we tried all we could to persuade him otherwise, it was soon obvious that we weren't going to get anywhere.

So, after the two boys had left and we were packing up to leave as well, we were quite surprised to hear a knock at our hotel room door.

And even more surprised to find Matty standing there in the hall.

Well, to cut a long story short, a bit of negotiation soon established that, providing the price was right, Matty was more than willing to take the place of his reluctant friend in front of our lens.

And that made our visit worthwhile after all because, as you can easily see, he proved to be a most cooperative model and, moreover, one who photographed very well indeed.

Just for the record, Mattty's 18 years old and still in school.

And that, it goes without saying, made him even more attractive to HMBoys.

'Cos Matty assures us that he knows plenty of boys in his class who'd be more than willing to drop their pants for a few bucks.

And he says that he'll even come along with them and, if they get nervous like his other friend did, he'll even hold their hand!