Should he go with a standard one, the safest one, which might result in blandness and disappointment?

“Idiots on the road and low visibility,” John kept telling Caitlin as he put some rain clothes and gadgets into their packs.

That look is so carefully calculated I wonder she didn’t work it out using paper and pencil.

She made it to the fridge and latched onto the door. She took a steadying breath.