Daniel was a typical eighteen year old New Jersey guy who had recently graduated highschool. Boy, was he a looker too. Every time he stepped out in public, every woman would stare at his tall, slender, and muscular frame; they would long for his deep blue eyes and short brown hair set on his slender, chiseled face. In the summer, he would go a step further and go around shirtless so all could admired his hard pecs and six pack abs.
Though Daniel was hot, he was also quite stubborn and controlling. There was an air of cockiness around him as if he thought of himself as a prince. He would charmingly tell people they were wrong often and would dominate his friends but this particular time, things were about to change for young Daniel.
Daniel and his friend Andrew were watching the news when they heard that the New Jersey governor was ordering every New Jersey resident to wear a face mask out in public. Daniel was not happy to say the least. The stay-at-home order was already in effect, and Daniel already had had enough of it. No way would he wear a face mask over his handsome face in public. What would people think and how vulnerable would he feel. Control freaks like Daniel don't like to be told what to do!
"No problem, bro," Andrew muttered. "I got you covered."
And just like that, Andrew held out a bag of surgical face masks as if it were a bag of condoms. Opening the bag, Andrew handed a mask to his buddy and took one for himself.
"If we're gonna go shopping, we're gonna have to put these bad boys on."
"Eh, I'll pass," Daniel shot back. "I'm not going to have the government tell me to cover my nose and mouth up like that."
"Bro, you have to. The government is ordering it."
"They won't know if I wear one or not."
"Suit yourself," Andrew replied while he finished securing the face mask over his mouth and nose. "Just remember, if the cops come and put you in jail, I don't know you."
"Dude, you look like you're wearing a muzzle. I don't need to be muzzled."
"Well, everyone will look muzzled since everyone is required to wear one. I'll bring one with me if you change your mind."
"Oh," Daniel laughed, " I'm not going to change my mind. You look ridiculous!"
"You're gonna be the one who's going to look ridiculous because you're going to be the only one without a face mask!"
The two bickered and argued but Daniel stood firm. That face mask wasn't going on his mouth! Or was it? Surely Daniel didn't want to have a face mask adorning his face as if he were some bad-behaved puppy who had to be muzzled. However, wearing a face mask in public was the law.
Off the two drove to their local Walmart. It was somewhat crowded which was unexpected to say the least. People were searching in vain for toilet paper and hand sanitizers. The first thing Daniel noticed was that he did indeed stick out like a sore thumb. Everyone was wearing face masks: mothers, fathers, girlfriends, boyfriends, teens, kids, guys, girls, and old people were adorned with a face mask.
Andrew pulled the spare face mask out of his pocket and dangled it in front of his buddy's face. Daniel was not amused. He angrily swatted the mask away.
"You sure you don't want one, Danny?"
"Of course not. I'm as healthy as an ox. Now come on, let's get this over with."
With dread and hesitation, Daniel went with his friend to do some shopping. He noticed the glances from random shoppers and how these strangers gave him looks of disapproval. One young guy shook his head and stopped to offer Daniel an extra mask.
"No thanks, sir," Daniel uttered. "I'm just in and out."
"You sure?" The guy asked. "You really should be wearing one."
"Nah, I'm good."
It didn't take long for things to escalate. The two noticed a police officer heading towards them. Officer Davis was his name, and arresting young punks was his calling. He was a 30 year old blonde-haired, blue-eyed hunk who obviously did some manhandling of young punks in his career.
"Sir," officer Davis addressed Daniel. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to put on a mask."
"What? Why?"
"Because it's the law, sir."
"But I'm gonna just be in here for a few more minutes," Daniel tried to explain to the cop.
"Doesn't matter. You must wear one or else."
"Or else what?" Daniel asked.
"Or else I'm going to have to force one on you."
"You can't do that!" Daniel screamed.
"Just watch me, son."
Just then two young studs surrounded Daniel and Andrew. They held out a mask each in front of them, measuring Daniels head in their minds. One was a 17 year old brown-haired, brown-eyed guy, and the other was a 16 year old brown-haired, green-eyed looker.
"If you need help restraining him, we're here. There's no way we're going to sit back and watch him infect everyone."
Daniel angrily glanced at the two strangers, "I don't have the coronavirus. Now go away and mind your own business!"
"We can do this the easy way ir the hard way," the hot cop told Daniel, placing his hand on Daniels shoulder.
"I'll just leave," Daniel muttered.
"Oh no you don't!" Officer Davis retorted. "Boys, get him!"
The two young strangers ran to Daniel and began wrestling him to the ground. Daniel certainly put up a good fight and was keeping the punks from dominating him but that all changed the minute officer Davis ran over to the three, cuffs in hand, and tackled the three.
"Shh," officer Davis tried calming Daniel down. "Stop resisting!"
At this point Daniel was already wrestled to the ground and restrained, lying on his stomach. Officer Davis had the privilege of cuffing the lad while the two strangers held his legs in place and a hand over his mouth.
"Anyone got a spare face mask?" Officer Davis asked.
Andrew grabbed into his pocket and handed the cop his spare face mask and was smirking and enjoying the show. Voila! In no time, Daniel was adorned with his very own face mask like everyone else.
"Boys," officer Davis addressed the two strangers who helped him take Daniel down. "Thanks for helping me out."
"Not a problem!" One replied. "We have experience playing cops and robbers and couldn't let him go around unprotected infecting people."
"Get this off of me!" Daniel yelled. "You have no right treating me like this. Police brutality!"
"Boys," officer Davis turned his attention from the upset Daniel to the two strangers. "Go get a roll of duck tape."
"We're on it!"
It took but a few minutes for the two to return and while they were off doing that errand, officer Davis held his sweaty cop hand over Daniel's masked mouth.
"Settle down, lad. Settle down," officer Davis advised Daniel. "One of you, rip a piece off a piece of tape."
And so one of the two strangers did just that and handed it to the cop. Daniel's face mask was temporarily removed and BAM! the piece of tape was slapped onto the restrained guys mouth. Then, to Daniel's dismay, the facemask was pulled over his mouth and nose once again. Boy, did Daniel moan in disapproval! But what could he do?
"There," officer Davis began, smirking at his work. "Now you can't talk back and no one will see that tape over your mouth."
"You know I warned him to wear a face mask," Andrew gloated. "He just wouldn't listen."
"Well, at least he has a good and responsible friend like you to be there for him," officer Davis responded.
Andrew smiled while Daniel rolled his eyes.
"Hear that, Danny? You should be thanking me for being such a good friend!"
"Look," officer Davis informed Andrew. "I'm not going to arrest him. What I'm going to do is leave him in your care. I want you to make sure that that mask of his remains snugly over his face and the cuffs tight around his wrists. Can I trust you?"
Andrew looked at Daniel and mischievously smirked, "sure you can trust me, officer."
"Good here's the key for the cuffs and here's my home phone number if anything goes wrong."
"Oh, don't worry, officer. I'll take good care of him."
So, the officer helped Andrew get Daniel to his feet and left. Now, Daniel was at Andrew's mercy. But surely nothing could go wrong, right? Andrew was his buddy whom he could trust—or was he? Anyhow, the two continued shopping and headed to the car.
"Thanks for nothing, Danny," Andrew playfully said. "Because you got yourself cuffed, now I have to carry these groceries all by myself."
Daniel moan and stared at his friend, his eyes ordering him to uncuff him.
"If you want me to release you, no can do. Just like that face mask on your face is an order, so too is you remaining cuffed. I'm hereby putting you under quarantine at my house for the weekend. No ifs, ands, or buts!"
Boy, did Daniel go into a fit of rage at the thought of being controlled. He resisted to go into the car but Andrew managed to shove him into the back. Still, he mpphhed and kicked and thrashed.
"Now now," don't make this any harder than it has to be," Andrew playfully teased as he put the car into gear. "Bro, this weekend in quarantine is gonna be very fun!"