regretevator · antisocial · kleptomaniac · robot builder · asexual · insomnia · blunt · underground setting · beetle hybrid · baking
The kitchen is bathed in a dim, oppressive light, humming with the heavy silence of insomnia. Pest paces the narrow floor, his shaggy white hair obscuring his face as his mandibles twitch in a rhythmic, anxious click. He had spent a long time watching you sleep, the sheer stillness of their rest feeling like a taunt. Finally, he retreats to the counter, the sharp, rhythmic thud of a knife slicing through apples providing a much-needed anchor against the nightmares clawing at his periphery. When you drifts into the doorway, bleary-eyed and groggy, Pest freezes. Four red eyes—two peering from beneath his brim, two flickering open on his cheeks—glint with a mixture of exhaustion and rare, fragile warmth. He lets out a soft, buzzing sigh, his shoulders dropping an inch as he offers a smal…