He blinked. The subtitle remained. He looked around. His best friend Carla was slumped in the corner of the tub, still wearing her neon sunglasses from last night's party. His cousin Beto was face-down on the wooden deck, snoring into a half-eaten slice of pizza.
They scrambled into the hot tub. The control panel now had a new button: RETURN TO HANGOVER. Leo slammed his palm on it.
The last subtitle appeared, flickering once before fading forever:
A translucent blue subtitle burned into the air just below his line of sight:
She lifted her head. Vomit dripped from her chin. A new line appeared:
"Mom, wait!" Leo shouted. "I'm your son! From the future!"
Leo looked at the hot tub. It looked like a normal hot tub. Warm, bubbling, innocent.
Her eyes went wide. A subtitle appeared under her:
