I Can Hear Their Thoughts — Episode 1: Next Order

One jolt from a broken intercom, and since then food courier Lucas hears what people actually think. Episode 1 of I Can Hear Their Thoughts wastes no time. His regular, Barbara, a blonde influencer, opens the door in a silk robe and tells him not to look. Inside her head, she is pleading for the opposite. Those salads she keeps ordering? She never eats them. They are just an excuse to see him.

Third order, third address, same girl. This time it's a tight red dress, a curt 'zip me up and get out,' and a mind that wants it unzipped instead. Then her best friend Melissa arrives, sizes Lucas up, and quietly decides she could share him. 'Next order's mine, Lucas.' Barbara warns her off, Mel insists he's worth it, and Lucas's nose starts to bleed. Micro-story, maximum sting.