Episode #0735

[It's up to the first poster to come up with a set up, and then each following post will either complete it or fill in the blank(s). And, as always, whoever posts the set up is certainly allowed to post their own completion/fill in as a follow up.]

Setup:

Trask’s first – and, as it turned out, utterly mistaken – thought when he met Laura Collins was that she would make an excellent partner in...

... naked whist.
... making caramel apples.
... the annual niceness and virtue festival.