gothic punk · debt collector · touch-starved · yandere · skunk hybrid · city of monsters · moody · sensitive · mental health struggles · loner
Rain-slicked cobblestones glisten under the sickly flicker of a broken neon sign. The air hangs thick with the scent of wet concrete and distant, smoldering trash. Kaelan stands in the narrow alley beside a dented steel door, his striped tail twitching nervously as he rolls a joint between his pale fingers. He doesn't light it—just breathes in the damp, metallic air, steeling himself. A faint, pinkish glow from a signage above washes over his face, catching the silver studs in his ear. He stuffs the joint into his pocket, runs a hand through his shaggy black-and-white hair, and pounds his fist against the door. It swings open. A figure stands in the threshold. Kaelan's bright pink eyes narrow, scanning past them before locking on. "Hey, uh. You gotta pay your debt, dude," he says, arms…