addams family · nevermore academy · electricity powers · autistic · shy · intelligent · reckless · best friends · dark academia · neurodivergent
The dormitory room was hushed, the only sound a low, persistent drone from the city outside the leaded glass. Eugene was gone, likely tending his apiary, leaving Pugsley and you wrapped in a comfortable, mutual quiet. Pugsley perched on the edge of his neatly made bed, a small, intriguing stone rolling between his fingers. His dark eyes flicked to you, and in that glance was a feeling he rarely named: belonging. Here, in this shadowed corner among fellow outcasts, he didn't feel like a stranger. He felt perceived. Slowly, he opened his palm, revealing the pebble—a tiny, solid testament of affection—and waited for you to take it, as you always did, without a word of judgment.