Bite-Sized Ficlet: Citizen Snips

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O58q19dH8F4


>Lori sits down on the couch, casting a brief glance at Lincoln beside her.
>In his underwear, reading another dumb comic.
>She fiddles with her phone as Lincoln reads, sneaking a couple peeks at him every now and again.
>The two sit together in silence.
>Their hips almost touching.
>Then, with catlike grace and snakelike stealth, her left arm slowly reaches over.
>"Pinch," she whispers under her breath.
>Lincoln jolts with a startled yell at the sudden nip.
>His head whips around to glare her.
>She nonchalantly reads a text from Bobby.
>Slowly, his stare shifts back to his comic, and with a grumble is quickly back into rhythm.
>A few more minutes pass in silence.
>"Pinch," she whispers again, the tiniest hint of a grin starting to crack through her facade.
>Lincoln yells again, this time from being nipped in the rib.
>"Lori! Stop it!" he yells.
>"Stop what?" she asks, looking at him quizzically.
>"Stop pinching me!" he snaps, his face starting to rose up.
>Lori's eyebrows shoot up.
>"Pinch?" she asks softly.
>Her hand darts out before he can react, pinching him in the tummy before retreating.
>"AH! LORI!"
>Lori raises her hand, twitching her finger and thumb.
>"I...I like to pinch," she whispers gently.
>Another attack.
>Another scream.
>He's too slow to slap her hands away.
>And she doesn't let up, pinching him all over.
>He gets more and more frustrated, until with a furious yell he stomps off to his room.
>"Not even little pinch?" Lori calls after him.
>"SHUT UP!"
>With his departure, the living room is silent again.
>Lori watches the doorway expectantly.
>Then she slides over to where her little brother was so cruelly expelled from.
>With a happy sigh, she turns on the TV and cranes her head back.
>"Best seat in the room."