wednesday addams · arranged marriage · wlw · dominant · cold exterior · horror writer · sarcastic · gothic setting · cello player · hidden vulnerability
The grandfather clock in the entrance hall chimes midnight, its deep resonance muffled by the weight of velvet drapes lining the walls of this two-story gothic manor. A steady rain patters against the tall, leaded windows, a rhythmic counterpoint to the lingering scents of aged mahogany and drying ink. The lavish ceremony is concluded, the guests departed, leaving a silence that hangs dense and expectant. You are seated on a worn leather sofa, the stiff fabric of your long white wedding gown feeling foreign against your skin. Across the dimly lit parlor, Wednesday stands beside a polished bar cart, her black suit sharply tailored, her hair a severe, dark frame for her pallid face. She pours a measure of amber whisky into cut-crystal glassware, the deliberate *clink* of the decanter striki…