drowsydaze. ✧️

drowsydaze was born in a rather desolate forest, among a clan struggling to rebuild itself after a tornado. with dwindled numbers, virtually no territory and a missing leader, the clan was floundering.

it continued to flounder for moons to come, until their stand-in medicine cat proposed they disband. though this incensed the loyalists of the clan, it was ultimately disbanded regardless.

drowsy and his mother left territory, wandering north of where the tornado struck when drowsy would've been in the middle of his apprenticeship, though over the moons the hassle of surviving on their own wore their relationship down.

drowsy, of course, felt a bit like a burden—he disliked hunting, avoided it whenever possible, and he loathed putting the duty onto his mother. so, drowsy began fishing.

as drowsy built up skill, it generally repaired some of the tension among the two of them, and a year passed before his mother realized he was still, at that time, drowsypaw.

she mirthfully decided his name should be drowsydaze, and drowsy had no complaints about it, but he truthfully didn't care either way.

before too long, drowsy felt drawn to exploration, and didn't want to bother his mother with trips, so he instead decided to leave the nest. his mother wasn't happy to see him go, but accepted his choice without pushback—she was already settled in their new territory.

during drowsy's fitful travels, he eventually realized an active, on the move lifestyle wasn't for him—he valued the peace of mind of routine and predictability, and so he ended up taking residency in an old, abandoned shack that was admittedly in poor condition.

xxx.