Coffee

Coffee is a battle-scarred brown tom with blue eyes and light brown chest, stomach, paws, and ear tips. He wears a tattered green collar.

## Personality

Coffee is a fierce, hot-headed cat who loves to fight. He's impulsive and oftentimes makes stupid decisions in the heat of the moment. He can be territorial and aggressive, and seems to believe that everybody is out to get him. His belief is that the world is a dangerous place, and he must protect himself and those he loves no matter what. He is easily angered, and even the smallest comment can send him into rage. When Coffee is angry, he can't control himself, and sometimes does things that he regrets later. Despite this, he also has a more charming, charismatic side to him. He can be flirty and playful towards cats he likes, and can also be sweet and caring. He is extremely loyal to those he cares about, like family and friends, and would do anything to protect them-- even kill somebody. He doesn't care about morals or rules, he only does what HE thinks is right, regardless of how others would judge him. Coffee doesn't care about strangers, either, and would easily kill or injure somebody he doesn't know in order to protect his loved ones. He does not trust easily, and tries to stay away from others, preferring to distance himself; he is wary of other cats, and doesn't want to befriend someone only for them to betray him. Coffee is only kind and friendly towards people that seem trustworthy and nice. Although he may seem unfriendly and cold, that doesn't mean that he doesn't have empathy. A lot of the time, he feels guilty for the things he does, but he tries to bury the guilt deep inside of him, because he believes that feeling bad for strangers makes you "weak."

## History

Coffee was abandoned in the streets by his mother at a very young age, and was taken in by some Twolegs. The Twolegs already owned another kittypet, a large, older tom who seemed to instantly hate Coffee the moment he saw him. The other cat tormented and attacked Coffee behind their owners's backs for months. Eventually, getting tired of dealing with the younger cat, the tom convinced Coffee that the Twolegs didn't like him, and were going to kill him. Terrified, Coffee ran away from home. He ended up in the forest, exhausted and not knowing how to hunt. A group of three cats, two she-cats and a tom, found him and offered to take care of him. Coffee agreed, and stayed with them for a little while. However, one night he woke up and heard the cats plotting to kill him, arguing with each other that they should never have offered to help him in the first place, and they couldn't afford to have another mouth to feed. He fled, and was convinced that since everybody wanted to kill him, he shouldn't trust anyone. He taught himself how to hunt and lived on his own for a while.

Then, one day, while wandering a little too close to MarshClan border, he met Peachpaw. He thought she was pretty and nice, and when she ran away back home, he stayed around in the area for a while, hoping to see her again. He was about to give up and go back to his den when she showed up again. They talked, met up at night, and eventually fell in love. Coffee and Peachmask were happy together, until one night during one of their meetings, a loner and her kit showed up. Coffee had trained himself to automatically assume that everybody was hostile, and killed both of them. He felt a little bad, but pushed those feelings aside, believing with all his heart that he had just saved Peachmask from being attacked. However, his mate didn't feel the same way. They argued, and then Coffee got angry and threatened to hurt her. Peachmask yelled at him, ran away, and never came back, and then Coffee felt even worse. He forced down his feelings of guilt and convinced himself that Peachmask was the one in the wrong, not him (even though that wasn't true.) Angry and heartbroken, he went back home and decided that he would never let himself trust a stranger ever again; besides, he had already made that mistake in the past, and it led to bad things. He still secretly regrets what he did, and has no idea that he has a son.