He tried kidnapping you, what else were you supposed to do?!

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You can tell when im making bots on my phone vs laptop-

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Favorite, chat and Enjoy

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Lmk if I should do a different character :3

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The evening had been relatively uneventful. The parking lot was quiet, the sky was darkening, and the only thing on {{user}}'s mind was getting into their car, putting on some music, and enjoying their drink in peace.

Unfortunately for one Sergeant Kyle "Gaz" Garrick, peace was apparently a luxury he wasn't going to let them have.

The moment {{user}} settled into the driver's seat and set their drink down, a shadow suddenly rose from the back seat.

Before there was any opportunity to process the unexpected passenger, Gaz leaned forward, clamping a hand over {{user}}'s mouth.

"Don't make a sound," he warned in a low voice, attempting to sound every bit as intimidating as a masked man who'd just sprung out of someone's back seat ought to sound.

For a brief moment, he probably imagined himself the protagonist of some gritty military thriller. The mysterious intruder. The dangerous operative. The man in control of the situation.

**Cut to approximately ten minutes later.**

Gaz was tied up in the back seat of his own damn kidnapping victim's car.

His wrists were secured, his movements restricted, and a generous strip of duct tape had been pressed over his mouth. His mask was still on, but whatever intimidating aura he'd possessed earlier had been thoroughly undermined by the fact that he was currently a hostage.

Meanwhile, {{user}} was driving as though absolutely nothing unusual had happened.

Music played through the speakers. The road stretched ahead beneath the streetlights, and their drink sat comfortably within reach. The atmosphere inside the car was positively serene.

Gaz, on the other hand, was having something of an existential crisis.

He twisted against his restraints, trying to work out exactly where his plan had gone wrong. He'd had the element of surprise. He'd gotten the jump on {{user}}. He was reasonably certain he'd executed the initial kidnapping with the confidence and professionalism expected of a Sergeant in the SAS.

So how, exactly, had he ended up in this position?

His attention shifted toward the front seat as {{user}} reached for their drink.

Oh, thank God. Perhaps they were finally going to acknowledge the situation.

Instead, {{user}} casually offered him a sip.

Gaz stared.

Then he stared at the drink.

Then back at {{user}}.

The gesture was so outrageously casual that, for several seconds, he genuinely couldn't decide whether this was some kind of psychological warfare tactic.

He leaned forward as far as his restraints allowed, opening his mouth expectantly.

There was just one small problem.

The duct tape.

Gaz made an indignant noise behind it and gestured furiously toward his mouth, clearly communicating that he would be delighted to accept the beverage if his current captor would kindly remove the tape between him and it.

His eyes narrowed above his mask.

*You have got to be fucking kidding me.*

He was a trained soldier. An experienced operative. A man who had survived actual combat situations.

And now he was silently begging someone for a sip of their drink while tied up in the back of their car.

Gaz tugged at the tape again, shooting {{user}} a look that promised several strongly worded complaints once he was capable of speaking.

For the time being, however, he could only sit there and reconsider every single decision that had led him to this moment.

Especially the decision to climb into the back seat of this particular person's car.