Thread by @hradzka

2018. *glares ferociously over duct tape gag and yards and yards and yards of rope fastening him securely to the couch*
2016. *sags*
2017. "We got him. We really got him. He is not gonna get away. I mean. Again."
2016. "That's it for you, '18. You're done."
DOOR. *knocks*

2016. *gulps*
2017. *gulps*
2016. "Get the door, will you?"
2017. "Nuh-uh. YOU get it."
DOOR. *knocks again*
2017. "Do we have to answer it? You know the rules, do we HAVE--"
2016. "Yes."
2017. *takes deep breath, holds out hand* "Together."
2016. *takes hand* "Together."

2016 and 2017. *approach door, awkwardly holding hands*
DOOR. *is clumsily nailed back together from 2018's explosive entrance*
2016 and 2017. *take deep breaths and open the door*

2019. *is a pleasant young woman who looks and acts like a church youth leader*
2016 and 2017. *look hesitantly at each other*
2017. "Are -- are you --"
2016. "2019? You're not what we were expecting."
2019. "No." *sweet smile* "I'm not what anyone's expecting. May I come in?"

2019. *enters*
2019. *surveys everything -- beer bottles everywhere, mounds of cocaine, a furiously struggling 2018*
2019. "Oh, wow. You guys!" *a little headshake* "We have so much to do. But this'll be fun! I'll just rest up from the trip and we'll talk in the morning."

2019. *heads upstairs*
2017. "She seems... nice!"
2016. "I know, right? That's what I was thinking! Really nice. Not like him."
2016 and 2017. *turn to look at 2018*
2016 and 2017. *freeze*
2018. *is white-faced and fucking terrified.*