If There's One Thing I Learned

If there's one thing I learned

Leaning heavily on the bathroom counter, the blonde wolf took a shuddering breath

it's that people like me

Glancing at herself in the mirror, she saw as her eyes fought to remain their usual cerulean instead of burning scarlet

aren't made for happy lives

Scowling, Enid bared her sharpened canines at the face staring back at her

with happy endings.

And with a swing of her fist

There's no silver lining

Broke the mirror into pieces

or a light at the end of the tunnel.

Then, with a painted smile, watched the love of her life marry someone else

There never was.

enid gets adopted by lurch when she was a kid

you'll occasionally see this stoic mountain of a man with his hair decorated in different bows and braids

sometimes they have tea parties in the library with enid's stuffed animals (some being taxidermy ones gifted to her by lurch, those are her favorite)

when enid's being particularly energetic you can almost see some concern shining in the man's eyes. because she's definitely a little daredevil and does some stupid shit and he can't help but worry because while the addams children can walk off a lot, his little girl most likely can't

But through in through, she's his tiny, colorful shadow and tries to emulate a lot of what he does. Whether it be (underage) driving, cooking, cleaning, she copies all of it. Heck, she even wears a mini copy of his suit after begging morticia for one.

anyway, maybe she was good friends with wednesday when they were younger, but wednesday froze her out after irrationally blaming her for nero's unfortunate demise. idk, enid probably got distracted chasing a butterfly and wandered off right before the bullies came.

obviously, enid is super heartbroken and retreats into herself around wednesday. she tries to be, well, less of herself around the goth and is quick to come to her defense. sometimes recklessly and needlessly.

wednesday knows she being irrational but didn't enid always promise to protect her? where was she when the addams needed her the most?

when they both get expelled (enid for having some of her previously unknown wolf attributes coming through and maiming a kid with her claws and wednesday with her nut-eating piranhas) and sent to nevermore it's basically the same as the first episode. though wednesday is more bitter about having to share the same space as the wolf as she thought she'd finally be free of her.

enid knows this and joins all these extracurriculars to stay out of the room as much as possible. this is where she meets yoko and they start hanging out more, with yoko becoming her best friend in a short amount of time.

and it's not like wednesday cares. she just always preferred werewolves to vampires. and oh, enid has a crush on a gorgon? that's fine. hope she has fun talking to a boy with more snakes than brain and a personality as dull as stone. it's like a constant battle, trying to wrestle her jealousy and possessiveness.

on parent's weekend, enid is so excited for yoko to meet her dad. imagine the vampire's surprise when this incredibly tall guy walks up to them undetected and starts to pat enid's head. yoko is seconds away from attacking before enid squeals and jumps the willowy man with a hug.

it's even more surprising when she realizes he only responds with grunts and groans, but enid can understand and translate perfectly fine.

yoko: so uh, how's it going big guy?

lurch: *groans*

yoko: ...right, that's uh, good?

enid definitely has fun mistranslating and confusing the vampire.

i think it'd also be cute if lurch reassured enid that not all monsters are bad. cuz in this, no one realized enid was a werewolf, so when she starts slowly gaining more wolf characteristics, she starts having an identity crisis

and look, lurch definitely has some personal experience with being hated for simply existing (as all outcasts do, but we're not talking about them) so he's all for telling enid that the wolf thing are just as much a part of her as anything else

Know what would be cool? If the bad ending au had a happy ending!! Never let ur enemies guess ur next move!!

-green tiger anon

ah, the ole switcheroo 😏

but what if the bad ending is the good ending? 🤔

ALSO

it's awesome seeing you here :)

sorry for the late reply, i suck

Erm, hi, do you have anymore stuff on Enid being adopted by Lurch? I'm not sure if it's a prompt or is it an AU you wanna work on

hi!

it was actually a sleep-deprived thought i had. mostly a one-off, but i can definitely work on it more

"i miss the girl you were," wednesday admitted, a glint of something melancholic in her eyes.

enid scoffed, a plume of smoke escaping her lips. do you really? or is it someone else you miss?

sunken red eyes glared into inky pools and with a voice hoarse from disuse, snarled. "i gutted that bitch from the inside out."

In a moment of weakness, Wednesday looked in Enids eyes. For a moment, she believed they would be the same inviting blue as always, that Enid would understand why and they could put it all behind them. But, instead of finding that solace, she met Enid’s eyes and found anger. Waves crashing inside those usually sparkling eyes. She had hurt Enid. She had betrayed Enid. And now Enid was looking at her with more resentment and anger than Wednesday had ever felt, even towards herself. She had crossed a line. And, now, the only person who had ever understood her, who had loved and believed in her, despite everything, was looking at her the same way everybody else did - like she was a monster.