Obadiah continues to stroke him, his movements smooth and deliberate - nothing too firm or stimulating, just a little something to remind Tony's body that he can provide pleasure as well as pain.

"I was going to show you," he reminds Tony, "how good it could have been if you'd behaved decently. And I'm going to keep showing you until you're begging for it."

The look he gives Tony would be reassuring in most contexts.

"It's all right, Tony. The punishment is over. Well. The painful part of it, at least."