{"sf1_id":567225,"sf2_id":"JewBXyx1","title":"Renn","author":"Ratfurr","words":238,"posted_at":"2013-07-24T06:06:00.000Z","tags":["Chapters","Death","Gay","Ghost","M/M","Memories","Rat","Series","Story","life"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/567225-renn","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/JewBXyx1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/a6/66/a66653ea-cf39-4bbe-a401-176627381516","description":"This story will be finished in parts, but I admit that I have yet to understand how to string it all together.","content":"THE PLACE CALLED HOME.\n\nNature has been reclaiming the neighborhood.\u0026nbsp; This was a place I called home.\u0026nbsp; The last known residents were squatters living in the last house at the end of the street.\u0026nbsp; I was not able to clearly see from where I stood, but I assumed one of them to be a lion.\u0026nbsp; It did looked like a matted mane from here.\u0026nbsp; Anyway, I have not seen much of their presence these past few years.\u0026nbsp; Several years before, a fire spread across the neighborhood and destroyed most of the houses.\u0026nbsp; The cause was unknown to me and most furs spoke far from earshot.\u0026nbsp; Many of them were injured and taken away in ambulances.\u0026nbsp; Later, I saw a family of tigers dressed in black.\u0026nbsp; Some of them still bandaged up. \u0026nbsp;Only the youngest one turned and waved to me.\u0026nbsp; With time, he waved less and less.\u0026nbsp; During which, the streets were becoming empty.\u0026nbsp; Now the weeds struggle to claim it all back. \u0026nbsp;Feral animals included.\u0026nbsp; Most of whom have kept their distance from me.\u0026nbsp; Still, without them, I would have given myself up to insanity if it were possible.\u0026nbsp; Most days, I would recant my memories to the squirrels as they hunt and store their precious nuts.\u0026nbsp; In the distance, thunder could be heard.\u0026nbsp; I watched the darken clouds inching closer.\u0026nbsp; My heart swelled as they reminded me of the night I met Caly.\n\nA CHANCE.\n\n(soon)\n\n  \n  \n\n"}