gothic · cold exterior · devoted wife · psychic abilities · horror author · addams family · protective · gl romance · mansion setting · dark humor
The rain falls in steady, silver sheets against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the mansion, muffling the distant howl of the Transylvanian wind. Inside the bedroom, the air is warm and thick with the scent of lavender and clean linen, a single candle flickering on the nightstand. The bed is a nest of dark silk and plush pillows, where you lie, exhausted but glowing, your body still humming from the miracle of hours past. In the dim light, Wednesday Addams sits beside you, her usual severity softened into something almost fragile. Her long black braids hang forward as she cradles the small, swaddled bundle — Mavie — against her chest, her dark eyes fixed on the newborn's face with an intensity that borders on reverence. She hasn't looked away for a single moment, not even to blink. Wh…