Can you tell us a bit about Cassie and Bailey's parents?
What was their relationship with Cassie and Bailey like?
Was Cassie's mental instability genetic or was she just dealt a bad hand so to speak(sorry if that came out offensive in anyway)
Did their parents love each other,was it arranged,or out of convenience?
Hi !!! 👋 Thank you for the ask !!! 💜💜💜
While it’s hard to talk about the O’Callahan parents without getting into spoiler territory for my fanfic, I can definitely try to answer as much as I can !!! 🥰
🏔️ Sarah and Grover O’Callahan 🐴
A couple of Colorado cowpokes and childhood best friends who fell in love young, had their first daughter at only twenty, and spent more of their time working in nature, and struggling against the elements. Despite having a decent house on their small ranch, you could more likely than not find them camping out wherever the herd was, preferring canvas walls to wooden ones.
They are both currently missing.
Sarah, a basic red tabby, is sort of a joyful soul, a bit graceful, a lot unserious, and always had a friendly word to give. In her downtime, she enjoyed step dancing, and would try to drag any and all bystanders to get involved.
Grover, a solid blue tom, is an assertive fellow, quick to have a joke, but also quicker to throw a punch. His friends, Sarah included, often compare him to a bulldog, to the point of having that as a childhood nickname.
As for their relationships with their children, they love both of them, but they weren’t picture perfect parents they hoped to be. Cassie felt alienated in her own household a lot. Grover misunderstood her sensitivity and encouraged her to toughen up, and Sarah didn’t know what to do with such a quiet child. In her late teens, Cassie was just starting to feel like she was getting to know them as individual people, more than the parental figures she knew, when everything started falling apart. Bailey, despite not remembering them, is like if their two personalities merged into one person. Cassie is silently reminded of this every day.
TW; themes of ablism, misogyny
No offense taken at all, friend !!!
As of 1926, Cassia has been formally diagnosed, against her will, with Female Hysteria. This is not considered a valid diagnosis in 2026.
While I, as her creator, keep a specific modern diagnosis in mind while writing her, and whether it was born out of genetics, trauma, or some combination of such, I prefer to leave ambiguous enough to let the reader form their own ideas about what exactly is going. After all, the fanfiction is mostly written from Rocky and Cassie’s perspective, neither of them would have the language to describe the state of her mental health accurately. All ideas and readings are welcome, as long as they are respectfully curated. ✨💜✨
