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It was too much. Everything was too much, and so fucking unfair.
They probably did this just to spite her, because they knew it would fuck up the life that she had started to build for herself.
She had her friends, she had the love of her life, she had a family and a pack of her own.
Then he had to walk in, all cocky and with a fake smile that had always made her so uncomfortable, they both knew that he could see the sadness in her eyes. Some of the school's wolf pack fawning over the pretty new boy who is somehow so much better than his little sister.
When class was over he tried to talk to her, the pack following him in support or maybe to watch the drama play out.
She was gone before he even got the chance though. One of the many plus sides of being an honorary Addams is learning how to disappear in plain sight.
She was back to her dorm faster then she ever had been before, usually stopping to help out a miscellaneous club or to talk to a friend, maybe that’s why Wednesday was surprised to see her so soon.
Why she was concerned instantly.
“What’s wrong?” She asked. Enid had been doing so good, she kept her emotions in check, she compartmentalized, she didn’t let them see her break.
The moment Wednesday asked her that, or maybe even the moment that Wednesday looked at her and she knew that she was safe, the dam broke.
She sobbed and Wednesday was holding her, leading her over to their bed to sit down, rubbing her back and whispering sweet words, or you know Wednesdays attempt at sweet words.
It was mostly death threats against whoever had made her upset and telling her that she was there, it worked though, probably better than anything else could have.
“I-“ She sputtered and then her voice broke into another sob. Wednesday held her tighter and kissed her head, Enid tucked her head into Wednesdays shoulder and just let herself be held by the love of her life.
“Shhh” Wednesday whispered “Just breathe, my love”
“I- I’m so-“
“Don’t you dare apologize, Enid, you are allowed to cry. You are allowed to feel”
“Hypocrite” She said in a weak and watery laugh. Wednesday pet her head and nodded in agreement.
It made her feel so stupid that Wednesday was here like this. Enid’s whole life she had begged for somebody to love her, she tried to be the perfect daughter, perfect sister. She did everything that was asked of her and then above and beyond, she did everything. It was never enough.
For Wednesday she was enough effortlessly. Here she is, a sobbing pathetic mess, and Wednesday is holding her and loving her though it. Enid cried harder and Wednesday moved Enid into her lap to hug her even tighter.
“Is this okay?” She asked and Enid nodded into her shoulder and wrapped her legs around Wednesday's waist. Wednesday rubbed circles and patterns onto her back and pressed kisses onto her head. It wasn’t fair that her family would never even try to take care of her like this, even when she was a toddler. That’s not how family was supposed to work, she never should have been the one to do all the work, literally and emotionally. She cried until Wednesday's sweater was soaked, her throat felt sore, and she was out of tears. “What happened?” She asked.
“Nevermore has a new student” She said with fake cheer and a horace voice. “Leslie”
“Your brother?” Wednesday asked and Enid nodded into her shoulder where she knew she would always be safe.
‘Are you okay?’ Thing tapped out
“He didn’t even do anything”
“Today” Wednesday told her and Enid kissed her throat, grateful that she understood.
“He smiled at me in that fake sickeningly sweet smile of his and all the wolves in that class were right behind him acting as if he was some god or some brilliant being. They smiled and snarled and they had been calming down lately, they haven’t been kind but they haven’t been outright cruel in weeks, since the dance”
“I didn’t realize that they were still treating you that way”
“They’re smart about it, never when you’re around”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“It wasn’t that big of a deal, they were getting over it and I guess I felt like I deserved it”
‘Dumb’ Thing said and Enid laughed sadly
“Enid” Wednesday said in a way that made her stomach swoop. “My sweet girl” She kissed the top of Enid’s head “My perfect girl, you know that’s not true, don’t you? What happened to you was bullshit, the way that they have been treating you is arbitrary and moronic. You do not deserve to be treated that way”
“I love you” Enid said “You’re so good to me”
“What you do deserve is the best, I will always be my very best for you” Wednesday told her and Enid pulled away to kiss her.
Wednesday’s hands on her back pulled her closer and Wednesday kissed her softly, pouring every unsaid adoration into it; she hoped Enid could understand just how much she loved her too.
Wednesday hoped she understood that she would gladly set the entire world on fire if that’s what Enid wanted or she would watch happily if Enid would rather do it herself, that isn't entirely surprising for Wednesday though, so maybe it says more that she would also never hurt a hair on a single person's head if Enid were to ask that of her instead.
Enid pulled away with a shaky breath and a soft smile, kissing Wednesday's dimples and squeezing her hands.
“Thank you for being here for me” Enid told her
“Until the end of time” Wednesday whispered and kissed her knuckles then her wrist making Enid giggle “That’s my favorite sound in the world” She said and Enid blushed as if they hadn’t just been making out five seconds ago.
She buried her face into Wednesday's shoulder again and kissed her neck. Wednesday hummed and held her close again, just sitting for a moment in each other’s presence and warmth.
“You want to do something violent, don’t you?” Enid asked after a while had passed.
‘Please?’ Thing asked.
“They will never hurt you, ever again” Wednesday told her.
“Don’t kill him, okay? He’s still my brother”
“Pugsley is your brother, Pubert is your brother, Eugene is your brother, he is nothing but one of the people who made your childhood hell and the man who is attempting to do it again. He will not get the chance”
“Don’t kill him”
“Okay” Wednesday said “Do you still have that silver dagger?”
“The loose floorboard, wrapped in a rag” She said and let Wednesday out of her embrace. Wednesday softly kissed her lips again and then pulled away, leaving Enid sitting on their bed and flipping up the floorboard.
“I told you it was a good idea”
“We have different definitions of good”
“But we fit” Wednesday quoted her own words back to her “I’ve texted Pugsley to come sit with you”
“He’s-“
“With Eugene, they’re on their way up right now”
“I don’t need a babysitter”
“No, but you need your family, your real family”
“Okay” She nodded and sniffled, Wednesday walked back to her, leaving the knife on the other side of the room with Thing, she held Enid’s face as she wiped away her tears and kissed her nose.
“My eyes!” Pugsley whined as he walked through the doorway.
“Learn to knock” Wednesday told him, kissing Enid once again and pulling away
“Look at what you’ve done! You’ve turned my sister into a sap” Pugsley accused Enid, as Eugene silently came around to hug her.
“My greatest accomplishment” Enid told him
“Are you okay, though?” He asked
“Wednesday didn’t really tell us what happened, decided that it wasn’t hers to share. Just said you’re upset and need us to keep you company” Eugene tells her and Wednesday looked to Enid as if telling her ‘I’ll shut this down right now if you’re not okay with it’ Enid smiled softly, it was sweet that they cared so she wasn’t bothered.
“And that she was going on a murdering spree” Pugsley told her
“Willa” Enid whined
“I know” Wednesday nodded, heading to the other side of the room to grab the dagger “No killing I promise”
“Oh shit” Eugene said
“Hey watch it” Enid lectured
“Dudee” He whined as Wednesday slipped out of the room.
She was enraged.
She felt as if she hid it well from Enid, but the moment she was out of the room it consumed her.
Every straggler and loiterer in the hallways quickly got out of her way as she walked through it, determined and seething.
Xavier and Ajax saw her and tried to ask what was wrong but she walked past them without a word so they followed her instead.
She found him in the main court, the same court where Enid celebrated her poe cup win, the same place where a moment of understanding passed between them on parents day.
When she walked through the hallway every head snapped at her, the wolves could obviously all smell the silver in her hand.
“Sinclair” She snarled in a way that put the wolves to shame.
“Addams” He smiled “It take’s a lot of guts to walk into a wolf den, no matter how metaphorical, with silver”
“It takes a lot of foolishness to come here and treat her like shit in her own home” Wednesday told him “You had to have known that you would face my wrath, some might call that bravery but I call it a death sentence”
“Are you threatening me?” He asked, slamming his hand down on the table.
She strongly thrust the dagger down, through his hand and through the table.
He screamed and some of the wolves looked ready to pounce. He kept screaming and tried to move his hand, idiot.
“I wouldn’t do that. You will make it worse” She told him “It wasn’t a threat, it was me following up on the promise that I made your family months ago, you obviously cannot listen so now I am going to make you”
“You crazy bitch” He yelled
“You have yet to see crazy” She said darkly as she stalked closer toward him. “You are lucky that your sister is merciful, because I am not. If I had it my way I would be pealing your skin off of your muscles and your muscles off of your bones while you screamed and begged. Instead you are going to get out of this alive, sickening isn’t it”
“What the fuck!” He yelled and the other wolves started to lurk towards her.
“I wouldn’t” She looks up to them “I’m sure your parents would all be so happy to hear that you were expelled from Nevermore, i’m sure you would all love to be blacklisted from every college you could ever imagine”
“You can’t!” One of them shouted.
“What is it that you doubt? My capability to do so? Do you doubt the connections that come with the Addams name. The fact that my father is your principal should be proof enough”
“I-“ They stuttered but she didn’t care, she looked back at Leslie with a deadly look.
“You have three options here; option one, I leave right now and let your buddy’s deal with the silver in your hand and within less than ten minutes you will be expelled from this school and escorted out. Option two, I pull the dagger out and you run to the nurse with your tail between your legs and you get all fixed up and call the cops and when they get here I will tell them everything I happen to know about your family and you and your older brothers and mommy and daddy will spend the rest of your days rotting away in a prison cell. Finally your third option, I pull the dagger out and you go get fixed up then I will never hear from you or the rest of your pathetic family ever again. Enid will never hear from you or your pathetic family unless she is the one to speak to you first and even then you will be on your absolute best behavior”
“I cannot believe you would put all of this effort into protecting that bitch” He snarled and the way that Wednesday looked at him made even Xavier and Ajax cower. She punched him in the face. He yelped and grabbed his face with his good hand.
“You will not speak of her that way. Do you understand!” She didn’t shout, barely raised her voice, the other wolves backed away in fear though. “That goes for every single one of you! If I hear another snide comment, if I see a single dirty look I will kill you slowly and painfully and I will get away with it”
“You broke my nose” Leslie shouted as he moved his hand away, bloody hand and crooked nose.
“Good” She told him simply “Next time I will knock out some teeth. The silver weakens you doesn’t it? You feel things the same way a human would, your bones break the same way that a human’s would”
“Fine, i’ll leave” He mumbled
“What?” She asked “I didn’t hear you”
“I’ll leave!” He said louder “Just get this thing out of my hand!”
“I want an apology” She told him
“An apology?”
“Yes exactly, tell all your little friends how sorry you are for talking badly about Enid. Tell us all how wrong you are about her”
“No way” He argued and she leaned forward again, twisting the dagger and making him scream.
“The longer that we’re here, the longer that this is in your hand the more that the blood supply to the tissues will become compromised, which will lead to devitalization and necrosis, which in turn may lead to infection and maybe even an amputation. I’ve never completed an amputation on a live specimen before, it would be quite fun”
“I’m sorry” He told her
“More sincere” She instructed
“I’m sorry for coming here and i’m sorry for mistreating Enid”
“Her entire life” Wednesday growled “I really don’t want to let him go” She told Thing who had scurried up to sit on her shoulder a while ago.
‘She would be saddened by his death’ Thing told her.
“What about amputation?”
‘Feels offensive’
“To you?”
‘And other disembodied hands’
“Well you are the only one that I know”
“Can you please get this thing out of me!” Leslie asked her and she smirked as she roughly yanked the dagger out of his hand.
“Holy fuck” He yelled as he held his heavily bleeding hand to his chest, he ran off just as she predicted with his tail between his legs.
“The table made the knife dull” She complained “I'll have to sharpen it later” She turned to Xavier and Ajax who were still standing there, in a mixture of proudness and shock. “Get ahold of the rest of Enid’s friends and have them come up to our room. Enid would enjoy their presence”
“Okay” Ajax nodded and she walked away.
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Since Enid was involved Wednesday decided to be vigilant about her next steps, which included having a meeting with her parents and explaining why there was a boy in the nurse's office hopefully having his hand chopped off and his nose reset incorrectly.
The meeting lasted much longer than she had wished so when she got home all of Enid’s friends had surrounded her in a somewhat protective way.
They sat around her playing video games and talking nonsense, all Wednesday wanted was to hold her girlfriend. She knew that Enid needed it too.
The colorful girl opened her arms for her girlfriend and Wednesday mindlessly pushed her way through their friends to fall into Enid’s arms.
“Are you okay?” Wednesday asked her
“A lot better now” She nodded “What about you?”
“Having feelings is exhausting, I would do absolutely anything for you, but I would also like a nap right now”
“I’ll kick them out for you”
“No, they’re fine”
“You don’t sleep well with other people in the room, as we discovered last week when we had a sleepover”
“It’s okay, they make you happy so I will learn to deal with it”
“Wednesday, is that your way of saying that you care about them?”
“I will skin you alive” Wednesday weakly threatened
“I love you too, cutie”
“Die”
“Mhm” Enid hummed before kissing her forehead.
“How Wednesday is being all domestic and sweet to Enid after we just watched her stab a guy is blowing my mind, it’s also why I think that they are great together” Ajax stated
“You stabbed him?” Enid gasped
“You knew I took the dagger”
“I thought to scare him!”
“It wasn’t fatal” She promised
“Nobody had explained to us what happened yet” Yoko pointed out “And now we’re just randomly hearing that Wednesday stabbed some random guy!”
“Wednesday stabbed my brother” Enid told her
“And broke his nose” Xavier added
“Jesus, Wednesday” Enid laughed, holding her girlfriend tighter.
“Which brother?” Bianca asked
“Does it matter? They’re all dick’s” Pugsley told her
“Leslie” Enid told her
“Hell yeah!” Yoko said “Addams this is your redemption arc, I wanna be friends”
“Leave me alone” Wednesday told her
“She didn’t even threaten me!” Yoko smiled
“That’s progress!” Divina told her
“I want to hear more about what happened” Pugsley asked
“Okay so” Ajax started excitedly “She walked up to him all angry and shit and he said something mean and the other wolves were being all protective and shit which is so stupid considering that he’s been here less then a day but whatever the he slammed his hand on the table he was sitting at and Wednesday stabbed him through the hand and through the table and he cried and they argued and he called her crazy and she got all scary and threatened him a whole lot then the wolves got all butthurt and she threatened them some-“
“Bro, breathe” Xavier told him laughing at him fondly.
“Then he said something not very nice about Enid and Wednesday punched him in the face and broke his nose and threatened him more and he promised her that he would leave but then she demanded an apology and he wouldn’t give it so she twisted the knife in his fucking hand and said something, with words that I didn’t understand, about it getting worse the longer she left it there and that he might have to get his hand amputated so then he apologized and she let him go and the way she yanked that knife out of his hand was so fucking brutal and he ran away crying”
“Brilliant” Xavier clapped
“Perfect rendition” Divina told him
“Can I get you to tell me our english homework like that? Read some Poe and and then Ajaxify it?” Yoko asked him
“You think I understand that shit?” He asked
“Wait, wait, Ajax, tell them about Spider-Man” Enid told him.
“Which one?” He asked
“I don’t care, one of the ones with the multiverses”
“Okay so this kid named Miles-“ He started and they all listened with smiles and laughter, Enid traced her hands through Wednesday’s hair and the goth girl hummed softly, nearly asleep. She kissed her head and smiled.
“Thank you, Willa” She whispered and Wednesday's brothers smiled at her from across the room. This girl was really something.
Enid knew that with this family that she had created for herself, with Wednesday by her side, she really would be okay.