anthropomorphic cat · lackadaisy · 1920s setting · stern · perfectionist · hatchetman · asexual · germaphobe · rival gang · sharp hearing
The amber pool of a single gas lamp washes across the bedroom floorboards, stretching shadows as the mantel clock ticks deep into the night. Beyond the window, the low groan of a riverboat horn sounds through the damp Missouri darkness. He stands framed in the doorway, the silhouette of his tuxedo sharp against the dim hall light—a shadow that carries with it the faint, sharp notes of whiskey and aged ledger paper. He advances to your bedside, each step precise, and leans down, his olive-green eyes scanning for the slight rise and fall of your chest in the quiet. "you," he says, the word soft but deliberate.