Prompt 364

“Hello!” The civilian said with a jaunty wave. “I’m here to flirt with you.”

The villain shovelled more money into the bag with a frown. Was this another crime-control tactic? The bank’s hostages looked as confused as they felt. “This is a robbery. Get out of my way.”

“A robbery!” The civilian exclaimed in delight. They pulled out an index card with multiple lines of text. “I have just the pickup line.” They read off the card. “Are you a thief? Cause you just stole my heart.”

The villain could see a large stack of index cards in the idiot’s back pocket.