They landed back in the original morning—same deck, same half-eaten pizza, same pounding headache. But the subtitles remained, now reading:

They scrambled into the hot tub. The control panel now had a new button: RETURN TO HANGOVER. Leo slammed his palm on it.

Her eyes went wide. A subtitle appeared under her:

She lifted her head. Vomit dripped from her chin. A new line appeared:

"Mom, wait!" Leo shouted. "I'm your son! From the future!"

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard," Beto said.

Leo pulled out his phone to text his mom "I love you" for no reason. She replied immediately: "Did you just see something weird? I had a dream about a hot tub."

"Absolutely not," Beto said. "But I'm installing subtitles on my whole life. That was useful."

The last subtitle appeared, flickering once before fading forever: