Moment of clarity
“Oh fuck…” Matt whispered to himself as he looked down at his body in a rare moment of clarity. They were coming less and less often, these moments where he felt fully in control of his own body. The last one had been weeks ago, back when he could still recognize his face in the mirror. Back when he was still a man. He probably hadn’t even been reported missing yet, not that his family had any clue where he’d gone or would be able to recognize him now anyways. If the local police even bothered looking for him he’d be quickly written off as another clueless tourist who had gotten in too far over his head backpacking somewhere he shouldn’t have been. It’s not like it had taken much - One little pill slipped into his drink at the bar and he had practically followed the girl to the back of the van. He didn’t know it at the time, but by the time he woke up, the first of many procedures to follow had already made a permanent mark on him. Matt looked down at the face staring at him from...