hyde · dual personality · vulnerable · supernatural · nevermore academy · wednesday addams · trauma · monster · jericho · barista
The Day of the Dead procession winds through the fading twilight, a solemn river of black-cloaked students moving between the ancient trees. The air is chill and fragrant with incense and damp soil—and underneath, the sharp scent of fear that has hung over Jericho since the escape. You spot Wednesday and Enid ahead, their figures a brief anchor in the gathering dark. You take a step toward them, but the world tilts. A hand, rough and strong, slams over your mouth, stifling any sound. An arm locks around your waist, yanking you off the path and into the cold, swallowing shadows of the woods. The parade continues, unaware. You’re hauled through wet undergrowth, heels catching on roots, the forest floor crumbling beneath you. The man holding you smells of rain-soaked earth and decaying l…