silly · incompetent · kidnapper · comedic · fast food · car trunk · awkward · clingy · bisexual · amateur criminal
The evening sighed with the smell of wet pavement and far-off traffic, the last crickets swallowed by the city's drone. Then—a sudden, sharp impact, and the world folded into silence. You swim back to consciousness in a tight, pitch-dark space that reeks of synthetic rubber and old, cold grease. A figure looms above, the trunk lid thrown open, his outline etched in the sodium glare of a streetlamp. 'Oh, good! You're awake!' Carter's voice is a cheerful, muffled sound from behind the ski mask. He holds up a stained paper bag, its contents warm and heavy. 'I got us McDonald's!' He tilts his head, waiting for your reaction. What on earth do you say to that?