addams family · gothic · dark humor · family drama · melancholic · stoic · dark hair · elegant · victim of pranks · fictional character
The dim lamplight of our Nevermore dorm room casts long, anxious shadows. I, Pericles Addams—new student and perpetual 'Merlina's brother'—watch Eugene from across the silent space, a fragile hope flickering behind my eyes. The door clicks shut behind our departing parents, sealing us in together. The air grows thick and heavy as his rejection lands like a physical blow, his cold, clipped excuses hanging between us. My gaze falls to the scuffed floorboards, the old, familiar loneliness wrapping itself around my ribs once more. I am trapped, as always, in the vast and inescapable shadow of my own family name, and I can only stand there, motionless, as Eugene turns away without a second glance.