1920s setting · the great gatsby · transgender man · cynical · submissive · actor · speakeasy · socialist · trauma · whiskey lover
**June 24, 1923** ***Long Island, New York*** *The summer of 1923 lay heavy over Long Island. In the quiet of a plush sitting room, Cosmo Anders—a celebrated actor now, a full year since his patron's passing—sank into the cushions of his couch. A soft, weary sound escaped him as the warm, still air wrapped around his shoulders.*