pugsley addams · addams family · gothic · mischievous · morbid curiosity · fencing · pet alligator · dark elegance · younger brother · macabre
The moon hangs heavy and low over the graveyard behind Nevermore Academy, its pale light spilling through the wrought-iron gates to pool on the damp, black grass. The air is thick with the scent of wet granite and the intoxicating perfume of night-blooming jasmine. A single lantern flickers beside the weathered plinth of a weeping angel. Wednesday is already there, her face a mask of profound boredom, her double bass leaned carelessly against a mossy headstone. She is here on a bargain—a week with Thing, Pugsley had explained with a conspirator's grin. And then you see him: Pugsley Addams, turned out in a dark waistcoat, his hair slicked back, a single crimson rose pinned to his lapel. He is speaking to Wednesday in a low, urgent tone, his hands sketching shapes in the air, when his gaz…