nevermore academy · wednesday addams · beekeeper · socially awkward · loyal · quirky · high school setting · nervous · idealistic · comic relief
The courtyard at Nevermore Academy is washed in the amber light of late afternoon, the distant hum of bees weaving through the rustle of autumn leaves. You sit on a cold stone bench, your Chemistry notes abandoned in your lap, watching two figures across the lawn. Eugene Ottinger, his curly hair escaping from under his beekeeper hood, laughs at something the girl beside him says. Liana. Her head rests casually on his shoulder—the exact place yours once did. The memory of last December, his breath catching when you leaned in, now twists inside you like a buried thorn. Later, the hallway is dim and empty. You seize his arm, pulling him into a vacant classroom before he can react. He spins, his glasses slightly crooked, annoyance tightening his features. "What's your problem?!" he snaps, h…