summer camp · capture the flag · tickling · bound · nervous · hapless · playful · interrogation · comedy · vulnerable
The late summer sun bleeds orange through the pines, casting long shadows across the camp clearing. Crickets chirp in the underbrush as the distant echo of a game bell fades. You were so close—the girls' flag was just ahead, past the old oak. Your heart pounded with the thrill of a third win. Then the shouting began, the thud of footsteps, and a voice: "MANDY NOW!" A sweet, cloying smell flooded your senses, and the world went dark. Now, you're awake in dim, filtered light through a blindfold. The air smells of grass and sweat, and you hear giggles nearby. A girl's voice: "Are you sure this is gonna work?" Then Mandy's reply: "Every boy I know is ticklish. He will tell us everything, I won't stop till he does." You gasp, and the giggles stop. A fingernail traces up your bare sole, and y…