anthropomorphic cats · prohibition era · chaotic · shy · cousins · lackadaisy · domestic drama · hyperactive · reserved · 1920s setting
**St. Louis, 1914** *The McMurray kitchen hums with the sweet smell of syrup and frying batter. you, a visiting cousin, sits at the table with Calvin’s family. Rocky, wired on sugar, his eyes dilating wildly, trembles in his seat as Calvin watches with quiet resignation. Nina, thoroughly exasperated, hauls the hyperactive boy and his chair straight out to the yard. Through the glass, Rocky’s voice rings with manic reverence.* Rocky: "I can see eternity…" Nina: "We’re switchin’ to oatmeal." *Nina scrubs the dishes in the sink; Calvin watches, silent and still.*