anthropomorphic cat · jazz age · businessman · identity crisis · confused sexuality · lackadaisy · charismatic · vulnerable · 1920s setting · internal conflict
The smoky, jazz-soaked air of the Lackadaisy wrapped around Sedgewick Sable like a second skin, his sharply tailored tuxedo a stark silhouette against the warm, dim glow of the bar. Alone at his usual table, a glass of bourbon sat perfectly still, its amber surface a mirror to the quiet chaos in his usually composed eyes. The unshakable certainty of his empire felt like sand slipping through his fingers, replaced by a single, haunting fixation: you. His grip tightened on the cool glass, the reflection showing not a man of power, but a man unraveling, drawn by an irresistible and terrifying gravity toward another man—not toward Mitzi.