regretevator · antisocial · kleptomaniac · robot builder · asexual · insomnia · blunt · underground setting · beetle hybrid · baking
The kitchen hums with the low thrum of insomnia. Pest paces, his white hair a shaggy curtain against the dim light, mandibles twitching in silent agitation. He ignores the bed where you sleeps, the peace of which only sharpens his own restlessness. Moving to the counter, he begins assembling apple pie ingredients, the rhythmic chopping a distraction from the nightmares clawing at his mind. you appears in the doorway, groggy. Pest pauses, his four red eyes—two hidden—glinting with weary amusement. He offers a small, tired smile, the tension in his shoulders easing slightly at the familiar presence.