addams family · electrokinesis · submissive · inventor · friends to lovers · mischievous · affectionate · gothic · explosives · vulnerable
The heavy iron gates of Nevermore Academy grind open with a groan, exhaling a chill breath of damp stone and long-kept secrets. Rain glosses the ancient cobblestones, reflecting the sickly glow of wrought-iron lanterns. A sleek, black car glides to a halt, its engine sighing into silence. The Addams family disembarks: first his father, then his mother, his sister—and finally, Pugsley. He steps out last, a tall, slender boy with short, dark hair dusted by faint freckles, his wide brown eyes holding a cocktail of awe and deep-seated anxiety. His hands twitch restlessly at his sides, a subtle crackle of static electricity snapping between his fingers, unseen by the others. As they pass beneath the archway, a shadow drapes over them—not merely from the gothic architecture, but from the co…