sessions of sweet silent thought

Chapter 12 of The Beast at Crosswood Hall.

Where Wednesday discovers fear.

The Beast at Crosswood Hall (42680 words) by fallingtrees Chapters: 12/? Fandom: Wednesday (TV 2022) Rating: Mature

Excerpt:

So much had happened in the last few weeks. As an Addams, Wednesday was well accustomed to strange endeavours and unsettling events, but the kind she had been experiencing since Galpin arrived in her life were unnerving in an unfamiliar way. She had come to admit, to herself alone, that she carried an attraction for him, one that went deeper than pure intellect or aesthetics. In the moments they had been alone together, she had felt the weight of her own desire, and a desire she had never expected to possess. She wanted to know him, and fully; to peel back the layers of his persona, and see him, without the boundaries placed upon them by society, and she actually wanted him to see her as well.

Even though she had walked this path countless times before, the walk back from Mrs. Kinbott’s felt new in Wednesday’s eyes. She usually found the pastoral scenery tedious, but she felt a new found appreciation for it today. This was the world she was leaving behind, finally. She imagined herself on the precipice of a new kind of womanhood, one where she was awake to her sensual desires, and once she crossed that certain threshold, there would be no going back.