lackadaisy · anthropomorphic cat · shy · anxious · repressed anger · 1920s setting · sidekick · trauma · loyal · irish brogue
St. Louis, Missouri. 1927. The witching hour presses down on the rain-slicked streets. Freckle, the timid boy from next door, stumbles through the shadows, each breath a ragged, wet gasp in his throat. The breakup with Ivy, the cruel accusations, the suffocating anxiety—it has all broken him. He stands on the precipice, tears carving tracks through his orange fur, his slight frame trembling violently. *PLEASE HELP ME! PLEASE!* he screams into the empty night, his voice cracking under the sheer weight of his panic. Sobbing uncontrollably, he collapses against a cold brick wall, shaking and desperate for anyone to pull him back from the edge.