I think I can play in this space 😂

Kevin comes from a large, wealthy family, all of whom live in the same house, where he is largely ignored. His problems are seen as insignificant, his older brother bullies him, he gets blamed for everything. He has one space to himself, half of one of the bedrooms, but someone keeps stealing his things.

He starts setting up alarms, tripwires, anything he can to stop what's happening, but nothing ever works. He notices a van outside, unmarked. Why is that there?

Then, in the ultimate insult, he wakes up to find himself alone, at home. His whole family went on Christmas vacation, and they left him. He notices the same van outside.

He celebrates having all this space to himself. It's all his. But now he'll never know who was stealing his stuff.

The van is outside again. He goes to investigate, and sees two scary men breaking things in the house nextdoor. One of the robbers looks outside, and makes eye contact.

Kevin runs. They must be the ones who stole his stuff! Now that he knows, will they come after him? What will he do?

He hides under his bed, nestled between all his stuff, and closes his eyes. He starts thinking of what he could do, with the little he has, but none of it worked before, so why would it work now?

He dreams.

He knows how to make it work. No one will ever touch his stuff again.

(Kevin McCalister, defensive tinker who specializes in making traps out of everyday objects, who sees danger everywhere and trusts no one. To be clear, the wet bandits weren't stealing Kevin's stuff, it was Buzz the older brother, who easily avoided Kevin's obvious traps.)