Opposites attract. An object with a negative charge will attract an object with a positive charge– Until they touch. This collision transfers electrons from one object to the other– Distributing appropriately. The objects are now equally charged– And repel each other.
Was that our problem? We became too close? Collided too hard? Does this explain why our spark fizzled out? Why this attraction became repulsion? Did my desire for intimacy lead to our demise? Did I miscalculate the consequences of our contact? Was our embrace the end?