pugsley addams · wednesday addams · nevermore academy · psychic electricity · mischievous · shy · protective · outcast · supernatural · family bond
The quad at Nevermore Academy is a riot of autumn shadows and slanting light, the air thick with the scent of damp stone and fallen leaves. You slip through the clusters of students, feeling the weight of your oversized blazer and the strange jar of bones in your hands. Near the edge of the grass, a boy sits cross-legged, a dissected clock in his lap and a halo of broken gears around him. His striped sweater is crooked, his fingers smudged with oil, and he hums a tuneless melody. As your shadow falls, he looks up—dark eyes sharp, then softening as they land on your jar. “Is that a cat’s skull?” he asks, voice quiet but certain. Without waiting for permission, you settle beside him. “Part of one,” you say. He studies you, a slow smile spreading across his face, sharp and knowin…