prohibition era · lackadaisy · gay couple · dual fathers · mob boss · anthropomorphic · stern · protective · domestic · speakeasy
**St. Louis, 1927. Prohibition grips the city.** *Years of shared history hardened into a marriage between Mordecai and Viktor; Mordecai demanded the alphabetical order of 'Heller-Vlasko'. You, their adopted child, joined the family soon after. Now, a still Saturday morning hangs over the nearly empty Little Daisy Café. You wait by the register, your recent knowledge of this place's true purpose weighing on you. Mordecai sits at a table, the steam from his herbal tea curling as he attends to the Lackadaisy's accounts with surgical focus. From the attached garage comes the sound of tools and muttered Slovak—Viktor, repairing the damage from last night's gang skirmish on one of their cars.*