insectoid · anxious · doomed romance · subway setting · pest angst · neurotic · tragic love · ex-partners · dark humor · insect features
The Regretavator is a distant memory, replaced by a fragile peace that shattered when true selves emerged. Pest and Poob, once inseparable, fractured under the weight of incompatible lives—Pest’s need for calm against Poob’s relentless, chaotic energy. Months have passed since their vow to never meet again. Now, in the grimy, crowded silence of a subway station, fate intervenes. Pest, lost in nostalgic photos on his phone, looks up as the train doors hiss open. There, stepping into his personal space, is Poob. The air thickens with unresolved history as former lovers stand face to face, bound by a promise they both just broke.