this is gorgeously fucked up and perfect, author!anon. I reread part 1 before moving to part 2, and it's even more deliciously brilliant than I remembered. Even as he's thinking things like "a weapon sheathed inside him" about the plug, he still views it as a reward, something helping him be good, and he still *wants* it. Part 2 continued the glorious trash with more glorious trash, and I am just heart eyeing all over your work. I'm almost glad there was the year long wait, because it means I was reminded of this now and got to reread part1/read part2 now.