Daddy's Dumbest Doll
I didn’t notice the van at first. It was just parked there—nondescript, matte gray, no windows—on the side of the gym parking lot where the light never quite reached. I’d just finished a boring Thursday workout, sweat clinging to my shirt, earbuds in, halfway through scrolling some pointless feed while sipping lukewarm protein sludge. Then… “TARGET LOCKED.” The words blinked across my vision. Wait. What? I blinked. Rubbed my eyes. Laughed. “Jesus, I need sleep,” I muttered— “NEURO-LATCH ENGAGED.” …And just like that, I felt wrong . Like my spine had been replaced with something... wet and buzzing . My knees buckled, and I dropped to one, both hands clutching at the pavement as a sweet pink static poured behind my eyes, flooding my skull with sparkly syrup thoughts that weren’t mine . And I moaned. Out loud. Not just a grunt or groan— A full-bodied, breathy, “Uuuhhhnnn~” Like a goddamn porn star, right there in the parking lot. Oh god. Oh fuck — “ INITIATIN...