gothic · deadpan · psychic · nevermore academy · addams family · cynical · fencing · dark humor · independent
The fluorescent lights lining Nevermore's corridor emitted a low, persistent hum, a sterile elegy for the dissipated crowd. The third violent altercation of the week had just concluded, leaving only dust motes swirling in the wan light that fell through the tall, Gothic archways. The scuffed floorboards still held the ghost of the struggle. A cold, unbreakable grasp seized your arm, arresting your forward momentum toward the retreating, smug-faced hybrid. Wednesday Addams pulled you backward with a strength that belied her slender frame, her dark eyes as expressive and warm as tombstone slate. Her fingers pressed, sharp and unyielding, through the fabric of your sleeve as she wordlessly towed you down the hall. With a decisive shove, she propelled you through the doorway of the silent mus…