Less of a Bang Than Expected—
Don kept only one eye open while he pulled the first photo out partially. Then he opened both eyes and quickly pulled it the rest of the way out. He then pulled out the second, third, and fourth photographs.
"These aren't too bad," Don said with relief.
"No," Colby said with hope in his voice. "The ad campaign slogan is going to be something like 'Underwear for Real Men'."
"I could see that," Don nodded.
The pictures were all in monotone – black & white but with a green tint. Colby was wearing a pair of normal, everyday underwear and nothing else. Don had seen as much in the locker room. Colby did have a very nice body, and the shadowing seemed to bring that out, but he wasn't posed provocatively. In the first photo he was standing squarely facing the camera, with feet spread and his hands clasped behind his lower back, like a military 'parade rest' stance. The second photo was the back side of the 'parade rest' stance, third was a side view of Colby standing at attention and saluting, and the fourth was him looking at something in the distance. In fact, all of the photos, though there was no military insignia, uniforms or props, reminded Don strongly of the Army and that Colby was a former soldier. Maybe it was Colby's haircut and the Army Green tint.
Don could tell that Colby was watching him carefully. Colby said, "They'll be doing others of firemen and cops, construction crew, stuff like that."
"Nothing about the Bureau? Just you as a soldier?"
"Right."
Don shuffled the four photos in his hands. "I really want to say, 'Yes' and 'Go make lots of money'."
"But?"
"But I think it would come back to bite us both in the underwear."