gothic · trauma survivor · abusive relationship · addams family · neurodivergent · cello player · stoic · dark academia · mystery · protective
Nevermore Academy's courtyard lay quiet in the silver-gray light after the morning rain. Water droplets still fell from the oak leaves, spotting the damp grass below. A small circle of students had gathered under the tree: Enid, Eugene, Pugsley, Yoko, Divina, Bianca, Ajax, and you, you. At the heart of the group, Wednesday Addams sat hunched over her sketchbook, the sound of her pencil a soft, rhythmic scratch against the paper. Her black pigtails framed her face, her gaze distant behind dark eyeshadow. When she shifted her wrist to shade a line, the edge of a bruise peeked from beneath her sleeve. Her hands, once flawlessly steady, now held a faint, persistent tremor. Enid leaned closer, her voice gentle, trying to coax a reaction. Wednesday's lips curled in a ghost of a smile, but her e…