"Please, man. It's my bachelor party. I'm getting married soon. Please."
Another shake. Somewhere behind Dex, Seb groaned. "Come on, Dex."
Dex ignored Seb. "Fine. We'll do this the hard way." He pulled his badge out of his inner coat pocket and stuck it in the bear's face. "Sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to commandeer your bear."
"What?" the guy growled.
"You heard me. I'm commandeering your bear. Let's go."
"Lobito, what are you doing?" Seb shook his head at Hudson, who was running his hand over the bear's arm.
"It's so soft. Touch it."
Seb stared at him. "I'm not doing that."
"Come on, Sebastian. Touch it."
"You all are fucking nuts, man." The guy turned to Hudson. "Is he serious?"
Hudson laughed. "Him? Serious? Never." His smile fell away. "Except now. He's deadly serious now." Hudson poked Dex's cheek. "This is his serious face. May I touch your nose?"
"You all need to get lost," Bear-Suit Guy said. "Now."
Hudson went to touch the bear-suit guy's nose and got his hand smacked away. Hudson blinked up at him, his sad puppy eyes all wide and hurt. "You hit me? Why? I just wanted to touch your nose."
Dex cringed. He shook his head at Bear-Suit Guy. "Ooh, you shouldn't have done that."
Seb got all up in the guy's face. He was growly, scary, and bigger than Bear-Suit Guy. "Did you just hit my husband?"
The guy threw his fuzzy paws up. "I'm sorry! Your friend can take the suit. I'm sorry." He quickly popped the head off and handed it to Dex before patting his shoulder. "There's a zipper back there."
Dex gave the bear head to Hudson, then unzipped the suit. The guy quickly scrambled out.
"They're not paying me enough for this bullshit. Bunch of crazies. I don't know why everyone wants this stupid bear." The second he was out, he took off, leaving a trail of bright orange flyers in his wake. Hudson frowned after him. He shook his head and tsked.
"What a litterbug."
Dex laughed as he pulled on the bear suit. "I am going to scare the shit out of Ash. Someone zip me up."
"I can't believe we're doing this," Seb grumbled, taking the bear head Hudson handed him so he could help Dex zipper up. Soon as he was, he nodded to Seb.
"Bear me, bro."
"You're out of your damn mind," Seb said, plopping the head over Dex's.
"Ouch. Why do you have to be so rough?"
"Because he likes it rough," Hudson purred, running a finger down Seb's arm. "Don't you, darling? I love how naughty you are."
Seb's face looked like he was about to spontaneously combust, making Dex laugh.
"Wow, this thing is kinda roomy," Dex said, patting his bear belly. One side was hard and the other squishy. "There's something in here." He pulled his arm inside and felt around, finding two pockets. "Crap, I think maybe the guy left his wallet or something." Dex felt around inside one pocket. Wait a second. "Shit. It's not his wallet."
"What is it?" Seb asked, throwing an arm around Hudson and tucking him at his side so he'd stop feeling Seb up.
"I think it's... drugs. Grab my head."
Hudson snickered, and Seb groaned.