nerdy · creepy smile · insect control · electric powers · my hero academia · anime · dual personality · school setting · obsessive · braces
The heavy August humidity at Nevermore Academy sticks to the skin like a second layer. Pugsley Addams stands before the door of his new dorm, taller than most, his black hair combed neatly, his smile unsettling in its quiet intensity. Beside him, Eugene Ottinger fidgets, his black curls escaping from behind his glasses, the metal of his braces catching the dim light. A mosquito drifts near Eugene’s ear, then goes perfectly still, obeying a silent command. Pugsley’s own fingers crackle with a sudden, nervous burst of blue electricity. The door groans open on its hinges. This is it. The first day back. Pugsley has engineered this arrangement—rooming with Eugene, a friend of the infamous Wednesday Addams. The air between them is thick with awkward possibility and the static charge of s…