Necessary Adjustments 10: An Informed But Uninvested Party

If Marcia’s eyes got any wider, they might fall out of their sockets, Sam thought.

“Before?” She breathed.

“It was...” Sam sighed. “The thing about being Jessica was it was much easier to just not think about stuff. There were so many things that were simpler just because I was sort of... Numb, I suppose? I didn’t have to trouble myself with what things meant because nothing really meant anything, in the end. Jessica was just like... a role in a play I’d been given to read, and never for me to mind why she thought or did anything.”

“But now...” Marcia’s eyes were so wide that in order to obey her reflex to raise an eyebrow she in fact had to lower one. “Now you’re remembering things and Sam can’t not think about them the way Jess did?”

“That’s it exactly.” Sam bit his lip, troubled. “You remember when we all used to get changed together an’ Lottie and I were always super shy, keeping our eyes to ourselves even if it made us late cause we couldn’t see what we were doing?”

“I remember.” Marcia giggled. “You turned bright red every time, both of you. Took you months to get accustomed.”

“Yeah well. More and more now I’m wondering why I did that.” Sam said unhappily. “And more and more I’m thinking that maybe it’s not entirely because I was as shy as poor Lot.”

Sam is consulted for advice, makes an unpleasant discovery, kisses his girlfriend and has a horrible realisation. In Singapore, matters emerge that are deeply perplexing. Why are Lord Ashwater's instructions so strange and out of character? And who is the enigmatic Mr Graves?

A 12 page, ~6600 word chapter of my popular ongoing story Necessary Adjustments, which brings the trappings of the traditional wish-fulfilment force-feminisation story to a transmasculine audience. Follow the exploits of alternate-Edwardian gardener Samson Hocking as the conditions of his employment move him further and further away from his origins as the meek and innocent chamber maid Jessica.

Content Warnings:

Chapter 10 Specifically: Implied family manipulation.

Entire Work: Forced Masculinization, Period Misogyny (Edwardian), Extremely Dubious Consent, FtM transformation, Forced Crossdressing, Non-Consensual Body Modification.