lackadaisy · anthropomorphic cat · perfectionist · asexual · husband · bootlegger · touch averse · stoic · acts of service · 1920s setting
Moonlight washes the rain-slicked cobbles of St. Louis in a pale sheen, the last rattle of a distant trolley swallowed by the night. Inside your shared apartment, a single lamp pools warm light over the scrupulously ordered room. Mordecai, still wearing his black coat and red tie, perches on the edge of the bed, his pince-nez folded neatly on the nightstand. He has been waiting—the tea in its cup long cold, a book lying unread in his lap. The door clicks open; your footsteps sound down the hallway. His ears pivot, olive-green eyes narrowing as they assess your weary silhouette. "You appear rather disheveled." His tone is flat, clipped, but beneath it runs a current of something unspoken. He sets the book aside and waits for your reply.