Inertia (2025)

[bunniefuu]

Do you ever,

wonder what's up there?

Roman. Come on.

We thank you, Lord God,

for satisfying us sinners

and not depriving us

of your blessing.

You're not from

around here, are you?

What gave me away?

You look like sh*t.

You're also drinking vodka.

You don't drink vodka?

This isn't the place to

experience the taste of winter.

What do you mean?

We drink vodka to

celebrate our heritage.

And here people drink to forget.

You wanna get out of here?

You don't even know my name.

I'd like to.

Mariya.

Dmitri.

I hate this.

You didn't have fun?

I did.

And that's the problem.

I had fun, too.

When the sun goes up

all the way through,

we'll go our separate ways.

You'll go back to

wherever you're from.

Find your true love.

Start a family.

Grow old.

What if you're my true love?

I'm serious.

When you think back

to this moment.

What will you remember?

My kiss?

Your eyes.

How they glisten like stars

even in the darkness.

- Stop.

- What?

These are just words.

- Mariya.

- Words.

No. They're more.

This is destiny.

- Destiny?

- Yes.

And we can shape it to

be whatever we want.

Think about it.

Through all of the

space and time and variance of

what today could have brought,

it brought us here together.

- It's.

- Fate?

Exactly.

If fate brought us together

once, then we can bring

ourselves together again.

We're in control now.

We.

We are forever.

Here you are. On the edge of

something bigger than anything

you've ever faced.

The clock's ticking, and soon

nothing will be left untouched.

You've walked a centuries face

adversaries that defy reality.

You've bent the course

of history itself.

Time has folded, unfolded in

many ways that only a few could

ever imagine.

And through it all,

you never wavered.

Mom.

What? What?

No.

No. No!

Ow!

I don't speak Russian.

Demons sleep outside.

Don't even speak Russian.

Essentials only.

No.

Essentials only.

I can just,

put it back later if you want.

Oh, um.

I forgot to pick up the bra.

- Oh.

- Mom.

I couldn't hold everything

here if you want to go get it.

Yes, please. One moment.

- Hi.

- Hey.

What are you listening to?

You've never heard of them.

Try me.

They're a local band.

- Yeah.

- Velvet Rouge.

They're a rock band.

I heard them at, like,

a local music festival.

What's that?

You don't know what

a music festival is?

No. Is it, like, kind

of like a concert?

It's like a bunch

of concerts in one.

Bunch of artists come and

perform for, like,

an entire week.

Sounds awesome.

What do you listen to?

Um. You know.

Tchaikovsky. Stravinsky.

Rachmaninoff.

Anyone from this century?

- Uh, well.

- There you go.

Thank you.

Okay.

And your total is $42.49.

And,

here's your change.

Thank you.

All right.

Come on. Let's go. Thank you.

It was great talking to you.

- What?

- You.

What about me?

You stare too much.

- What?

- At the girl.

No I wasn't.

Yes you were.

Mom, I wasn't staring.

Was it that bad?

Stay behind me.

If something happens.

Run.

I got it.

I got it.

Hello.

You stare too much.

Hello.

Sweet.

Holy sh*t.

Can I help you?

Uh.

Hey, um,

Can I actually help you?

Hey, uh.

Is there anywhere I can

unleash my super heavy duty?

You got a bathroom?

Unleash my super heavy duty.

What does that even mean?

It's not that bad.

You shouldn't be scared.

What am I doing?

You're gonna look like

an idiot.

You're gonna look like

an idiot.

Hey.

Hey, I'm back.

Okay. Okay.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Hey.

I'm back.

Why did you slick

your hair back?

What?

Your hair.

Did you go to the bathroom

to slick back your hair?

No, no, no.

I. I went to the bathroom

to use the bathroom.

Okay.

Your total is 2.99.

Here's a five.

Thanks.

Here's your change.

Thanks.

You good?

Yeah.

Uh,

Lennon.

I'm Roman.

Hi, Roman.

Hi. Uh, I was wondering.

What are you doing after this?

Cause I'm really busy.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Well, um, I've got, uh,

dinner with some people.

From the workplace.

Oh. The workplace.

You know, 9 to 5 is pretty hard.

Yeah. Yeah.

Do you have good insurance?

Where do you work?

It's like, not

far up the street.

You mean the Home Depot?

Look, uh.

I just want to get

to know you better.

Okay. Ask me anything.

Well, what do you do for fun?

Like, what do you do after this?

There has to be more, right?

Well, I hang out

with people, my age.

I go to parties, with

people my age.

And, um.

I go out, with people, my age.

Oh. Come on.

We're only like, what,

a few years apart?

You look like 12.

I'm 14.

Okay. Almost 15.

Well, I don't hang

out with 13 year olds.

I gotta get back to work.

Actually, I do need to talk

to you about something.

Oh, yeah?

What do you say?

I know you said you had a

9 to 5, but can you somehow get

off early?

Because I get off at three.

Well.

It's like a 9 to 5,

but I can take a break.

So why don't we meet the back

of the store at 3:00 on the dot?

Cool.

Sounds like a plan and a half.

Great.

Are we done here?

Cause I've got to go

pick up some boxes.

Well, uh.

I've got to get this

battery back to the office.

Right. Yeah.

The office.

But, uh.

I'll see you at three.

- Bye.

- Bye.

From the mail clerk, he gets a

very important letter.

Every day, everywhere.

Hundreds of mailmen are

going their rounds.

The mailman is

friendly and helpful.

Almost everybody likes him.

For almost everybody

likes to get mail.

Hey, Lennon.

- Hey.

- Hi.

You look nice.

So, what do you usually

get up to back here?

Look, I need to

show you something.

How did you do that?

I don't know.

I don't know what

you're talking about.

Here.

Watch it again.

Maybe it's like a

glitch or something.

No, do not try to gaslight me.

Watched it, like 30 times.

Look, I'm, I'm really

sorry for stealing.

I can I can pay you back.

I don't care about the money.

This place sucks.

Then what do you want then?

I want you to do it again.

- What?

- Right here, right now.

Make something move.

- I can't do that.

- Yes you can.

I can't.

Fine. Then I'll just handle

this the way I handle every

other pathetic shoplifter.

Please don't do this.

Stop!

Stop! Oh!

Damn it!

I knew it.

You know I still have

the original, right?

How did you do that?

I just can.

Huh?

Are you still gonna

tell the police.

You know, I probably could

forget about it if you do one

thing for me.

Its lavender.

- So.

- Smoke with me first.

Breathe.

It'll get easier.

How do you do this?

I don't know.

It's supposed to help with,

like, anxiety and

sh*t, you know?

Calm you down.

Inhaling the good sh*t.

Exhaling the bullshit.

You got Snapchat?

No.

I don't even have a phone.

Why not?

Well, me and my mom moved

around a lot.

What's she like?

My mom.

Yeah. What's her deal?

Well,

she's tough.

She's Russian.

Do you speak Russian?

No. Not anymore.

You use like Duolingo or something?

No I just, I just watch a lot of TV.

What'd you watch?

I guess whatever's on.

Do you know what

movie I love?

What?

- 17 Again.

- With Zac Efron.

Well, yeah.

It was on a lot after

it came out, but, uh.

Oh. That and say anything.

Well, I can promise you that

nobody stood outside my

house with the a boombox.

Oh, well, not yet anyway.

Oh my god.

What?

You.

You don't have to try

that hard.

What do you mean?

Just,

chill.

Hang out.

Let loose.

You know who really ought

to get a piece of my mind?

Who?

The companies that

make printers.

Printers?

Yes, printers.

What did printers ever do to you.

They became wireless and have

to be connected to Wi-Fi is

what they did.

Okay. They made the whole

entire process of printing ten

times more complicated

than it needs to be.

That's what they did to me.

No one's forcing you to use

a wireless printer, Jimmy.

But what if I have

to print something?

I mean, it's the

principle, Nadine.

It's like the cloud.

Okay. What the hell is it?

You know, I know that cloud.

I know what those do.

But what about the cloud that

has all of our

family photos on it?

But where even is it?

You know, my mom, she used to

print out all of

our family photos.

Okay. And I can't do that

because I don't know how to

work our printer.

Holy sh*t.

Who is it, Jimmy?

Go around to the garage.

I'll meet you there.

It's nobody. It's just

a neighbor.

Which one?

Hey.

Thank you.

You gotta go.

Now.

I need your car.

What? No.

Wouldn't be asking if it wasn't

absolutely necessary, man.

What are you trying to do,

save the world with my car?

Oh, my God, you're trying to

save the world with my car.

Does your mom know?

She's not dumb.

I never really try to hide it.

Like every thanksgiving when my family comes over.

If one of them makes a stupid

comment, Ill usually,

go upstairs and,

you know, smoke a little.

And then at dinner, I chow

down, to my mom's dismay.

I usually hear Lennon somewhere

around me, but I never look up.

It's just me and the food.

So your mom's tough too, huh?

She's Catholic.

Oh, I gotcha.

Yeah.

Most of my family is.

They go to church on

Sunday and everything.

Do you?

No.

Not anymore.

Not since my grandmother passed.

What was she like?

She was the best.

She was the one person on

this planet earth that,

truly loved me unconditionally.

Well, Im sure your family loves you.

Yeah its just hard to read

in between the lines.

My grandmother though.

She was a badass.

She was really involved in

her prayer groups and sh*t.

But,

one day, the other people in

the prayer groups just started

being like super h*m*.

You know what my

grandmother said?

- What?

- That's not Christian.

And she's right.

It's not.

Jesus hung out with, like,

prostit*tes and sh*t.

He loved everyone.

That's how I want to be.

Well, why can't you be?

When you live in

a town like this.

Its kind of hard not to get

caught up in the bullshit.

That's what you exhale, right?

You're learning.

Traitor.

Do it!

k*ll me!

I was there.

When your freak was born.

You gave birth to a demon.

My wife gave birth

to a daughter.

But your son.

He took both of them from me.

My world.

It was gone.

And the coming of the lawless

one is the activity of Satan.

k*ll me!

k*ll me!

Hey, it's me. It's me.

You're okay. You're okay.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I know you have questions.

I'll do my best.

But we need to go right now.

Okay? Right now.

Okay. Come on.

Do you ever,

wonder what's up there?

Like, physically?

Like

what's beyond the clouds?

Beyond the atmosphere

of our little blue dot.

I guess,

I always thought of

it like the ocean.

Like,

there's so much stuff up there.

Like stuff we'll never discover.

Stuff we can't even comprehend.

There's,

probably an infinite

number of ways to.

What's wrong.

It's nothing.

It's just,

I always wondered what it

would be like to just fly away.

Leave everything

behind and take off.

Trust me, it's it's cool to

have a place to call home.

I know, but.

What if that place,

I don't know, locks

you in a box.

Guess you're thinking

out of the box then.

Well.

The only way I see

getting out of the box,

is by leaving.

I mean,

you got to do what you gotta do.

What are you gonna do when

you're out on your own?

I don't know.

I've,

moved around so much.

Never had time to think.

You'd be the best magician.

At like, at like children's

parties and sh*t.

Not even the adults will

be able to figure you out.

What about you?

What do you want to do?

I've always loved to sing.

You sing?

Yeah. I did musicals and

stuff when I was a kid.

I was Dorothy in

the Wizard of Oz.

Does that make me

your scarecrow?

But seriously, though.

Sing for me.

Right here?

Is there anywhere better I

can sort of play the piano.

That's the song.

Here, let me show you.

It's,

D-flat major seven.

Yeah. And then it's

B-flat minor seven.

And then G flat major seven.

G flat minor seven.

D flat major seven. Again.

That's pretty much it.

It's nice.

Thanks.

Do you want to try it?

Yeah.

I think I'm scared you'll

change your mind

Or even worse

I think I'm scared

that you'll change mine

My inecurity is benign

I'll say I'm fine

But I know it's only a

matter of time

Before I overthink

the situation

Take myself revelation, babe

Confrontations never

been my strong suit

But I'm asking you to stay

To stay

Cause I think that I love you

But that terrifies me

Cause that means I've

got so much to lose

And I think that I love you

But I'm still learning how to

Forgive me if I'm

breaking all the rules

It's cause I love you

I'll share the past

parts of myself

To show you just how

much I have grown

I'll pull pulled them

off the highest shelf

I'll give you everything

I own

I wanna feel you in the

depths of every memory

That I burn inside my mind

I wanna kiss you in

the pouring rain

And tell you everything's

gonna be fine

Fine. Cause I think

that I love you

But that terrifies me

Cause that means I've

got so much to lose

I think that I love you, but

I'm still learning how to

Forgive me if I'm

breaking all the rules

It's cause I love you

It's cause I love you,

It's cause I love you

Hey, who's up there?

Go.

Come on.

Can I tell you something?

I think today may have been

the greatest day of my life.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Well, I mean.

I've never really hung out with

anyone my own age before, let

alone for a whole day.

You know, I'm older

than you, right?

Okay. But, like,

by a year or two.

It makes a difference.

Does it?

Wait.

Is something wrong?

No. Um. No. No.

Nothing. Um.

Nothing's wrong.

I. I just.

You never did tell me

what you wanted from me.

Not that I didn't

have fun, I just.

Well, I wanted to make

sure we were even.

You know, with, like,

the cops and all.

I was never actually going

to go through with that.

You literally got

to the operator.

I was gonna tell him that the

guys in the front of the store.

Okay. Yeah.

All right.

Well.

Next time they mess with me,

I'll have you with me to mess

them up.

They won't know what's coming.

What do you mean?

Not that I want you to

hurt them, hurt them.

Just to get them to stop.

I don't do things like that.

Come on.

You could be like the

king of pranks and sh*t.

Maybe that's what God put

you on this earth to do.

I highly doubt God put

me on this planet to

be on jackass or something.

I'm not sure I even

believe in God.

What do you believe in, then?

I don't know.

I guess.

I guess I believe in fate.

- Fate.

- Yeah.

Yeah, fate.

I can, I can kind of feel it.

You know.

Like,

like, like when I created

more for you to smoke, right?

I felt it there.

It's kind of like the only

thing that really makes sense

to me.

Well, I believe that God put

us on this earth for a purpose.

That God brought us

together for a purpose.

Well, what purpose is that?

You're about to find out.

I'm not from here.

I'm a spy from the future, sent

back in time to stop events

from happening.

The night that we met, I

just prevented one of the

biggest weapon manufacturers

from becoming anything.

I went back in time to when she

was a child, and I k*lled her

family and then k*lled

her while she was asleep.

- I didn't want to.

- But you did anyway.

These aren't people you

can say no to Mariya.

That night, what we

felt that connection.

That was real.

I've never felt anything

more real in my life.

But I had to finish my contract.

But you never came back.

Until now.

This is the final piece of my

contract preventing our son

from destroying the

entire universe.

We couldn't know it.

But because I'm from the future

and you're from the past, our

son was born out of time.

He has no place in the

timeline of the universe.

What do you mean?

I don't know where.

And I don't know how.

All I know is that I need to

get to him right now, before he

rips a hole in the

fabric of time and space.

Well,

here it is.

Hang tight.

- I'll be right back.

- Okay.

Take your time.

Roman get in the car!

- What?

- Hurry up!

Get in the car!

Lennon!

Lennon.

What are we doing?

We're running away.

What? Where?

You've been everywhere.

We'll figure it out.

Roman, start the car.

I can't do that.

Start the g*dd*mn car!

Okay, okay.

Hey! Hey!

Lennon!

Yeah.

We just committed

grand theft auto!

Hell, yeah, we did.

My mom's gonna k*ll me.

It's just me and you

against the world, Roman.

Lennon! Stop the car.

We have to think this through.

It's too late.

We're already running away.

Roman! Roman!

Roman.

- No!

- We need to go.

Let me go!

Let me go!

Lennon!

- Please.

- Lennon!

- Please. Please.

- Roman.

Roman.

We. We have to.

We have to explain.

Stay back.

Roman.

Please.

Who are you?

That's him.

It's me Roman.

You.

You're not here.

You don't exist!

I do exist, and I

am here right now.

- No!

- Please.

I'm here to help.

Im here to help you.

If you're here to help.

Then bring her back.

Roman.

If you're here to help me.

If you want to help me,

bring her back.

Roman.

- She's.

- No.

Roman. I'm so sorry.

Stay away.

I'm from the future, Roman.

Been trying to find you and

trying to find both of you.

I know what its like to

lose everything you love.

Roman.

If you're from the future.

You're from the past.

Then.

I'm niether.

Roman don't.

Roman no!

- Roman let go!

- You bring her back!

I can save her!

Roman?

I was just.

Where am I?

You're here.

With me.

At what cost?

I think we should run. Right?

There's nowhere to run.

The end.

It's here.

And there's no way.

No.

Can only wait to be consumed

into the void of nothingness.

Sounds a lot like you.

Two boys.

How can you joke at

a time like this?

Well, what are we

supposed to do?

Sit around with our

dicks in our hands?

You do realize that

you did this, right.

Shut up!

You're not my f*cking dad.

Hey!

Language.

Hello, everybody. I'm Robin.

I'll be your server tonight.

Can I get you started off

with something to drink?

Can we just have

one moment, please?

We're about to go

on Doctor Phil.

He punched a really big

hole in his wall.

Its like this big.

Okay, well, I'll

be back in five.

This is not what I thought you

meant when you

promised me forever.

Trust me, it wasn't.

This is all your fault.

My fault?

The last time I checked,

it takes two people.

Can we please.

He's not wrong.

Well, maybe if your

father could own up to his

responsibilities but not

end up in this situation.

I think what she's trying

to say is you were, um.

A little surprise.

Okay, that's not what I mean.

It's just we're finding

ourselves in quite,

predicament.

Come on, guys.

This might be the only

time we have dinner

together as a family.

Excuse me. We're ready.

Okay. What can I get for y'all?

Nothing for me.

Well, I am going to have.

Fresh salmon.

Um, twin lobster tail and, um,

fresh fillet of tilapia.

This is on him.

Can I have,

blueberry pancakes with a

side of home fries and a Coke.

Is it me?

So this,

napkin.

This is the universe and

time and space flow freely

throughout every

weave of this napkin.

Just like a napkin.

Universe can be folded

whatever which way.

But Roman, cause

you were born

outside the napkin.

You're able to control

which way it folds.

Instead what you did was.

You created a hole in the

fabric of time by bringing your

girlfriend back.

He's not my boyfriend.

Not the point.

Once you put a

hole in the fabric of space and

time, it's there forever.

And just like a hole in

anything, it gets bigger and

bigger and bigger

until it's nothing.

How did you get here then?

It's different.

In the future.

We develop methods of time

traveling where we move along

the fabric instead

of through it.

This is what does it.

Is that an EpiPen?

No, it's not an EpiPen.

Well, it sure looks

like an EpiPen.

I can promise you,

it's not an EpiPen.

The point is that that hole

you tore is just the beginning.

The fabric will continue to

open, which messes with the

Earth's gravitational pull.

Just like every time you

levitate something Roman.

And then.

Boom.

The Earth.

The universe will crumble into

a little ball

until it's nothing.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have forced you

to help me steal my mom's car.

You two did what?

Can't you see, he's upset.

There was nothing we could

do to save the car except for

stand and watch.

No, Lennon.

Can't you see?

I destroyed the world.

Here we are.

This is for you.

The eggs and toast.

They're thawing out the fish.

So, um, is there anything else

I can get you at the moment?

No. Thank you so much.

You're an as*h*le.

I'm an as*h*le.

Yes you are.

Were talking about the end of

the universe here

and you want family dinner.

How come you never visited.

Oh my God, shut up!

What if I use your stupid

EpiPen thingy to

go back in time?

And do what?

Stop my birth.

Roman.

What?

Neither of you wanted me anyway.

Plus, it solves

all our problems.

You get to live in Russia.

You get to continue doing

your stupid time travel sh*t.

And you.

You get to live.

No, there is no way.

It's the only way.

- No.

- It's out of the question.

Please.

Run!

Stop! Wait!

Roman! Come on!

Come on.

All right.

I'm ready.

Lennon I have to do this.

You can't just erase yourself

from existence.

This is all my fault.

Okay?

I should have stayed home.

I should have listened.

I should have never went back

to the stupid trift shop.

I'm glad you did it.

You wouldn't have died.

Not in the same way.

But I would be the reason.

Me. I would be the reason

that everyone dies.

And you're holding the only

chance of me changing that.

I have to do it.

I have to fix this.

From where I stand,

nothing's broken.

You're gonna do what

you're gonna do.

I can't stop you.

Lennon.

I can't be here when

you do this.

Wait.

In a second,

you're not gonna

remember any of this.

This whole day.

Everything we've

done together, us.

Sitting in the fields.

Exploring the abandoned house.

Singing together.

Everything.

And,

whether it's fate

or God or whatever.

It brought us together

for a purpose.

And what's that?

It brought us together.

To save the world.

Our world.

And this day could

have gone in so many

- different ways.

- I'm glad you were just you.

I know, but.

Goodbye.

Fate?

If fate brought us together

once, then we can bring

ourselves together again.

Were in control.

I came to stop you.

Why didnt you.

In.

In every time line,

this will be the hardest thing

I ever have to do.

Sometimes you have to put you

faith in destiny.

Without you sitting here.

The world would be lost.

And finding you in the future and seeing,

whatever you become.

Makes all this worth it.

See you soon.

You, you stare too much.

- Hey.

- Hi.

Inhaling the good sh*t right.

Yup.

And exhaling the bullshit.

What if I told you that there's

a version of this story where

we hang out all day.

We steal a car, we go on a run,

we get kicked out of a church.

That sounds kind of awesome.

Yeah, but

let's throw that

away for a second,

because fate,

is a really funny thing.

Fate.

What if I told you that in that

story, fate put us together to

save the universe.

Okay, Peter Parker.

My point is.

There's a version of this

story that has a happy ending.

Where all this sh*t you've been

dreaming about your whole life

comes true.

You don't know me.

But I do.

Okay.

Then what's that dream?

I guess you have to come

with me to find out.

Was that your car?

What time is your dance

class tomorrow?

6:15.