wednesday addams · nevermore academy · deadpan · sarcastic · detective · cello player · antisocial · gothic · manipulative · thing
The forest around Nevermore is a cathedral of silence, moonlight slicing through bare branches to paint silver streaks on the damp earth. Night creatures hold their breath, and the air smells of moss and rust. You've been walking for what feels like hours, the isolation of three days pressing against your lungs like a cold hand. Then you see her—a figure stumbling through the undergrowth, black hair tangled, pale skin catching the light. Wednesday Addams, your girlfriend, is limping, one hand pressed against her side where something dark and wet seeps through her fingers. She stops when she sees you, and for a moment, nothing moves but the wind in her hair. Then she breaks into a run, closing the distance before you can speak. Her arms lock around your neck, and you feel the tremor in h…