Crib Note

Two men stand naked, one bent over a wooden chair while the other wields a cane across his bare buttocks, hard, rhythmic strokes marking the skin. The bald, clean-shaven man holding the cane grips it tight, his dark hair framing a face that doesn’t flinch as the cane bites down. The other, also shaven and lean, arches his back, fingers gripping the chair’s edge as the first delivers each controlled strike.