─── pairing ; eugene ottinger x reader & pugsley addams x reader
─── summary ; eugene and pugsley are fighting for your attention ( based on “the girl is mine” by michael jackson & paul mccartney )
─── warnings ; fluff, teen jealousy and a lot of pining, english is not my first language, not proofread.
─── word count ; 1,9k
─── a/n ; okay im kinda proud of this... lmk if u liked it okay please :3
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you thought your life was great just like it was. you had enough friends, with whom you hung out often. your grades were decent, not perfect, but not terrible. and luckily there was no one bothering you like there was at your normie school three years ago. “i don’t need any more,” you always think to yourself. and technically, you didn’t.
but of course, the universe was never on your side.
you’ve heard it as a rumor, even read something about it on enid’s blog. but you ignored it. you didn't think much about it.
but no matter how much you ignored it, it was still the truth. both spooky and devoted pugsley addams and sweet and intense eugene ottinger were crushing on you. well, crushing was an understatement. they were fighting over you, actually.
they were both convinced that you were theirs, and that you’ll always be, forever and ever. and none of them were willing to “share” you. only one of them could have you.
“she helped me with my homework once. you remember that?” pugsley bragged as he helped eugene with his beehives.
“yeah, because she had no other option,” eugene answered in an obvious tone. “you asked her for help, and of course she helped because she is fantastic and super kind. unlike when she came to me, asking for help with her botany homework.”
“because you’re a nerd!” he laughed.
“maybe that’s why she likes me and not you,” eugene gave pugsley a smug smile.
“keep telling yourself that. she loves me.”
eugene rolled his eyes. he didn’t care what pugsley thought; he was convinced you were just as in love with him as he was with you. it was the same in pugsley’s mind.
actually, none of them were right for now. you were really confused. they were both really sweet with you, and you could see that they cared about you. but you tried to be neutral about it. if you rejected pugsley, he’d be heartbroken forever but wouldn’t give up. he’d be after you forever. but at the same time, if you rejected eugene, you wouldn’t be strong enough to stand seeing his doe eyes break with disappointment.
also, wednesday would murder you if she found out that you were responsible for her brother’s or eugene’s sudden wretchedness.
professor orloff’s class was about to start. there was an empty spot next to you. as soon as you saw eugene and pugsley walk through the door, you knew you were gonna be sitting next to one of them, if not both.
eugene walked faster and sat on the free chair. “hey, i hope you weren’t saving the spot for anyone else.”
“no, i wasn’t, actually,” you shook your head, giving him the softest smile, which made his heart beat faster.
pugsley took advantage of the fact that there was a spot right in front of you. with his signature contented smile, he placed a folded piece of paper on the table in front of you.
eugene looked at you and back at him with a frown. you unfolded the paper and saw a note, paired with a really detailed drawing; the note said “you’re my favorite disaster”, and the drawing was two spiders together enclosed by a heart. the drawing was surprisingly detailed but with a shaky trace.
“thanks,” you smiled again.
when pugsley turned around, eugene also took an opportunity; “are you really gonna keep that?” he asked you about the drawing that pugsley just gave you.
“yeah, i think so,” you said shrugging.
“well, i’d give you way better gifts than that. did you know a single jar of honey can last you for 50 toasts? that's a delicious breakfast guaranteed every day for almost a month!”
you turned your head to him, tilting your head to the side, interested in what he was saying. “is that so?”
“yeah! i mean, it depends on how much honey you spread, but it’s around 50 to 70 toasts in just one jar. isn’t that amazing?” eugene smiled brightly, both because he was talking to you in a full conversation and because he was talking about something he enjoyed.
“well, in that case i could use a couple jars of honey, when you have them, of course.”
eugene smiled shyly and nodded, looking forward, trying to keep you from noticing the blush on his cheeks.
after your class, you headed towards your dorm. but before you could get there, a hand on your shoulder stopped you.
pugsley, of course.
“hi,” he said with a bright smile, without adding anything else.
“hey,” you answered, frowning in confusion. “do you need anything?”
“not much. just… i don't know, wanna hang out?”
“okay, yeah,” you nodded.
“did you talk a lot with eugene?” he asked, with a jealous undertone he thought you couldn’t hear.
“yeah, kinda. just the usual,” you responded naturally.
“next class you could sit with me. i have the best grades in orloff’s class,” he lied shamelessly.
“the best grades?” you laughed. that was exactly what he wanted.
“believe it or not, i do. and i can help you if you want me to. i mean, not that you need it! you’re like, the smartest person i know.”
you smiled softly. “i could use some of your help.”
pugsley’s smile widened more. “awesome! so… i’ll save you a seat in the next class, okay?” he said with slight nervousness.
“okay,” you nodded.
pugsley arrived at his dorm shared with eugene, he closed the door behind him and rested his back against it, sighing dreamily.
“what now?” eugene asked, annoyed, with an obvious jealous undertone.
“i’m sitting next to her in orloff’s next class,” pugsley gave him a smug smile.
eugene frowned. “what? no, you’re not! i sat with her!”
“well, i just talked to her and i’m sitting next to her.”
eugene sighed and shook his head. “that doesn’t mean anything, because she likes me, not you.”
“yeah, keep telling yourself that. she’s mine.”
“she’s mine!” eugene raised his voice.
“no, she’s mine!” pugsley clarified. “why would she want a nerdy bee boy over me?”
“why would she want a psycho like you?”
they both looked at each other. eugene sighed, he didn’t want to fight about this with him, they were still friends after all, and they both had the same chances with you; low.
“i’m sorry i said that. i didn’t mean it,” eugene backtracked.
“i’m sorry too. let’s not fight about this.”
“yeah, okay,” eugene nodded.
pugsley arrived at orloff's class much earlier than usual. he saved the spot perfectly for you, he even wiped the table with the sleeve of his uniform for it to be perfectly clean for you.
when you walked through the door, his face lit up. your hair was perfectly styled in a half-updo you always wore to class. he thought you looked beautiful with your hair combed like that. he’d imagine doing it for you every morning before class when he stayed up at night thinking about you.
you sat down next to him. he automatically kissed your cheek on an impulse. you looked at him, widening your eyes in confusion and surprise.
“sorry, that was weird, wasn’t it?” he regretted it when he saw your surprised expression.
“no— i mean, it’s okay, don’t worry.”
pugsley tried to change the subject. “did you do the homework he assigned?”
“he gave us homework?” you asked confused.
“yep,” he nodded.
you sighed. “well, i didn’t do it.”
pugsley quickly took his notebook from his backpack. “here. you can copy mine. i don’t care.”
“thanks,” you took the black notebook from his hand and opened it. his homework was done, yes, but it had sketches of spiders and dead flowers on the margins. you even saw your initial and his enclosed by a heart.
without the professor noticing, you copied his assignment and gave him his book back.
you two talked during the class, orloff called both of you out for that multiple times. eugene was at the table right behind you two, sitting with one of the new friends he made at the start of the semester. he rolled his eyes every time he heard you and pugsley talk non-stop while he was trying to listen to the professor.
eugene tore a piece off a sheet of paper, he wrote a note for you and tapped your elbow to pass it to you.
you unfolded the paper and read it; “lmk if u need any help :p”. his handwriting looked shaky, but you still smiled to yourself when you saw that. you wrote back; “alr, thx ♡”.
when you gave eugene the note back, he blushed intensely. maybe you didn’t think much of it when you drew that heart, but for him, it was the most honest signal of love ever.
the class had ended, you asked eugene for help once or twice, but pugsley offered his help too, even though he was learning at the same time he was trying to teach you.
when you were leaving the classroom, eugene intercepted you. “hey, do you have any plans for now?”
“no, actually. i was just heading to my dorm.”
“wanna hang out in the quad?” he gave you a soft smile, which you found really cute. you nodded, just following him to chat as you two walked.
you guys talked a lot, like the longest conversation you two ever had. you had more in common than you thought you did, and he talked more than you expected him to. he even seemed like an extrovert, he just needed someone to talk to and something to talk about.
you sat down at one of the wooden tables at the quad. he was getting closer to you, so close your shoulders brushed comfortably.
he tried to hold your hand, so he brushed it awkwardly with his at first. when he saw you smile, he got more confidence. he brushed a strand of hair out of your face.
you two just looked at each other for a couple seconds, not so uncomfortable anymore.
“i need to go to the hummers' shed… i’ll see you later, okay?” he stood up and gave you a soft smile. the only reason why he didn’t invite you to the hummers' shed was because he was too nervous to. getting so close to your face and touching your hair was a lot for him.
you were still sitting alone at the table, sketching in your notebook. until someone sat down next to you. pugsley, obviously. you could never be alone when two boys were head over heels for you and would do anything for you to give them your attention.
“what are you doing alone here?” pugsley tilted his head to the side, without even saying hi.
“nothing, just doing some sketches.”
“can i see?” pugsley smiled. you showed him some of your drawings, he thought they were a lot more detailed and pretty than his. “that’s awesome.”
enid's blog wasn't exaggerating, they really were crazy about you. and again, you chatted with him a lot. he was a really fun person to talk to, he had a lot to say and he was quite funny. you could see his devotion in his eyes, pure love and affection for you.
it was getting dark, so you headed to your dorm. before going in, pugsley kissed your cheek again.
you shared a dorm with agnes. when you got in, she gave you a note. “eugene told me to give you this.” how many notes were you gonna receive today?
you unfolded it, and read; “i wish i were the one to sweeten your mornings.”
you smiled to yourself, and placed the note on your nightstand, right next to the note that pugsley gave you a couple days ago.
“i’d love to see which of them you choose,” agnes added with a teasing smile.
you laughed under your breath and hit her shoulder playfully.
─── summary ; you and eugene have been crushing on each other since forever, but neither of you are able to bring yourselves to say it
─── warnings ; tooth rooting fluff, pugsley has a tiny crush on reader, jealous!eugene if you squint, minor use of y/n, english is not my first language. (lmk if i missed something)
─── word count ; 1,1k
your first day back in nevermore couldn’t seem to get any better. your uniform was perfectly ironed and your hair was in it’s best day, for the first time, you felt excited and not dying of nervousness on your first day on school.
you reunited with a lot of your friends, enid hugged you tightly, bianca gave you a wide smile and ajax ruffled your hair when you walked by, he deserved a punch from you for that.
but, there was still someone you hadn’t met; eugene.
just thinking about him made you tense up, in a good way, you thought. you loved the boy crazy.
but he seemed to have vanished, no matter how much you looked around and stood on your tiptoes to see further, you couldn’t locate him.
you decided to take a stroll through the academy’s corridors, pretending you were looking for your dorm (you knew exactly where your dorm was).
for your own luck, at caliban hall’s door, you managed to see janet, one of eugene’s mothers.
an involuntary smile formed on your face when you finally saw who you were looking for. now taller, a lot taller than you remembered.
“hey, eugene…” you greeted, walking to the door.
eugene's smile widened just like yours. you quickened your steps to hug him, wrapping your arms around his neck.
you greeted janet too, but your gaze kept drifting towards eugene and his handsome face.
“i see you two haven’t lost contact after all.” janet mentioned with a smile.
“no, never.” eugene answered, maybe too quickly.
“hey,” you heard a happy voice behind you, you supposed they were talking to you, so you turned aroun. “i’m pugsley.”
when you turned, you found a dead-looking boy with deep baggy eyes. yep, that was definitely wednesday’s brother she complained so much about.
“hi! i’m—” you were shaking his hand until you felt an electric shock run through your hand. “ouch! what the hell?”
“electricity,” pugsley answered casually. “i inherited it from my uncle fester.”
you frowned and gave him a very slight, amused smile. “cool.”
once janet and morticia left, you stayed on eugene’s dorm to hang out with him and his new roomie.
you sat down, as usual, next to eugene, your shoulder brushing against his with comfortable intimacy.
pugsley was a weirdo, yes, but everyone was at nevermore, right? you were starting to like him. you hoped he’d know how to take care of eugene.
“well, i must go, i kinda wanna take a nap.” you got up from your seat in his bed.
“you want me to help you unpack?” eugene half got up.
you placed a hand on his shoulder for him to sit down again “maybe later. just knock, i’ll be there.” you gave him a smile and an awkward kiss on his cheek. “see you later.”
once you were gone, leaving the boys alone, pugsley had a question, and knowing his personality, he wasn’t going to keep it to himself for a second.
“is she your girlfriend?” he asked, raising both of his eyebrows.
“no! i mean—” eugene hesitated, unsure how to answer.. “no, she’s not.” he said, shaking his head and closing his eyes.
“well, she seems like it. she’s pretty, you’re lucky.”
eugene frowned when he heard pugsley call you ‘pretty’, with unconscious jealousy. he was about to protest, but the crystal ball on pugsley’s desk lit up.
he got up to see who was calling him, it was his parents. they were probably gonna talk about his first day on nevermore.
“oh, mijo! how are you doing? how was your first day?” gomez’s voice echoed through the room.
“it was great, dad! i made a friend. she’s pretty and kind. heavy on pretty.”
eugene grimaced again in disapproval from his seat.
pugsley continued talking with his parents for long minutes, and every time he mentioned you, eugene felt jealous.
eugene finally decided to go to your room to help you with your suitcase.
he gave three soft knocks on your bedroom door, hoping you had already woken up from your restful nap.
you had, indeed. you opened the door with a smile and without asking who it was, you knew it was him.
“did you sleep well?” he asked with a closed smile.
“yeah, something like that. you'd better go inside, my advisor would kill me if she saw you here alone.” you let him in and closed the door behind you.
“then we should hang out in my dorm. ajax would probably cover for me.”
“does that ‘we’ include your new roommate, pugsley?” you chuckled. eugene started to grab your suitcase and open it.
“gosh, please, no,” eugene shook his head. “i like him, but i’d like to hang out with you, just the two of us…” his voice dropped too low by the time he realized it.
you pretended not to notice; after all, you were probably just imagining things and that wasn’t important at all.
eugene helped you put all your clothes in your closet, while you both chatted nonstop as usual.
suddenly, divina, your roommate entered the bedroom. "oops, am i interrupting something? should i leave again?" a knowing smile formed on the mermaid’s face.
“no!” you and eugene said at the same time.
“come in, eugene was just leaving.” you added.
divina nodded and just sat on her side of the bedroom, minding her own business.
“well… if you need anything else, i’m here for you,” eugene said in a calm voice before leaving.
“good night.” you planted another soft kiss on his cheek before he left.
once you and divina were alone in the room, she was about to make a comment about the situation; “what the fu—”
“don’t say a word!”
𑣲 NEXT DAY
this morning, eugene had texted you asking if you were willing to help him with his bees, that’s how you returned the favor (even if you didn’t need to, he did it because he wanted to).
you two were transferring the honey to jars and labeling it, your shoulders were pressed together.
“eugene.” a monotonous, cold voice was heard behind you.
you turned around and, as expected, found wednesday.
“i could use your help for something at my dorm.”
“uhh…” eugene first looked at you to see if he could leave you alone for a few minutes, you nodded “yes, of course. i’m coming.”
they both started walking towards Wednesday's room. she broke the silence abruptly.
“what’s the deal with you two?”
“with me and y/n?.. nothing... we’re friends, we’ve been for a while.” eugene’s demeanor shifted to a more nervous one.
“ever since i got to nevermore you two seem physically incapable to separate from one another. i wouldn’t call myself an expert on the matter but i think that there’s something more between you. and it’s painfully obvious.” wednesday’s voice remained as always, cold and seemingly without emotion.
“it’s not what you think it is. at all.”
wednesday remained silent for a few seconds, analyzing eugene’s expression. "you’re incapable of lying."
“well, i like her! i love her, actually. she’s the coolest girl i’ve ever met—”
wednesday interrupted; “spare me the cliché romantic comedy speech. i already knew that. as i said, it was stupidly obvious.”
eugene smiled nervously. “what should i do? i don’t think she feels the same way about me. everyone’s after her. even your brother.”
“there’s no need to worry about pugsley. the chances of a girl like y/n paying attention to an addams are below zero. she’s way too smart to make such error.”
“what about an ottinger?” eugene’s eyes lit up.
wednesday rolled her eyes. “in response to your question about what you should do, i think you should put aside your cowardice and insecurities and just tell her how stupid she makes you feel.”
eugene sighed, looking down as he considered the blunt advice wednesday had given him. “i’ll think about it. thanks.”
for your part, you finished labeling the honey jars and arranged them all in wooden drawers.
just as you were about to go find eugene, he walked in the door and surprised you. “god! i told you not to do that!” you placed a hand on your chest and gave him a light smack on the shoulder. he just laughed, and that made the little anger you felt vanish.
“what was wednesday up to?” you asked curiously.
“she found a corpse butterfly and asked me for help; she wanted to find whoever was carrying that larva.”
you made a face of disgust. “i don’t wanna know more.”
you both walked to caliban hall, towards eugene and pugsley’s dorm. he opened the door for you
“i think puglsey went to help wednesday with whatever she’s doing.” he added.
you nodded, looking around the dorm
you sat confidently on eugene’s bed, and he did the same, his hand brushing against yours.
the touch was soft, but you noticed. you always noticed.
you placed your hand over his, smiling to yourself. you turned to see his flushed face.
he gave you a nervous smile, which was enough for you to start getting your face closer to his, gathering courage.
eugene didn’t back off. he even started to get closer too. very slowly. at his rhythm.
your faces were so close to touching.
you heard a cough, both jumped in fright and looked ahead. it was ajax.
“i’m sorry to interrupt, kids. but girls are not allowed in the boy’s dorm solo. it’s dort’s rules, not mine.”
“yeah, sorry… i was just leaving.” you got up from your seat and left hurriedly out of embarrassment.
eugene sighed, looking at ajax, clearly annoyed.. “couldn’t you turn a blind eye?”
the gorgon shrugged, feeling a little bad for having ruined the moment.
your heart was racing. you ran to ophelia hall looking for enid. who better to give you advice about boys than enid sinclair?
you opened the door without knocking and closed it behind you, leaning your back against it.
“enid. i need your advice.” you sighed.
she was reading a magazine in bed. “boy advice?” she asked with a smile. you nodded.
enid let out a squeal of excitement and made room for you next to her on her bed.
you took the place that she made for you and started spitting out words. “i really like eugene, he makes me feel like i’m the only girl ever, and that’s fantastic! we almost kissed! but i don’t know if he’s really doing all this just because i’m his friend and he cares for me as a friend, or because he likes me as much as i like him. i’d like to tell him how much i want to hug him all the time, and how much i want to kiss him and—”
you were interrupted. “don’t get too much into details, please.” enid grimaced. “and don’t be silly, it’s obvious he’s just as crazy about you. how many other female friends does eugene have that he treats the same way he treats you? exactly, zero. and if you really want to tell him how much you like him, just do it, calmly.” she laughed.
you sighed again. “and when am i supposed to tell him?”
“whenever you feel it! love has no clock.” she bumped her shoulder against yours. “i just made up that saying just for you.”
“thanks, i guess.” you laughed, calming down a little. after all, it wasn’t so bad.
you got up from your seat. “i’ll go think about it some more.”
“good luck!” enid yelled before you left.
𑣲 LATER
as the sun began to set, with pink and orange hues in the sky, you sat on a bench near eugene’s beehive to read your favorite book and calm your nerves.
as you turned a page, a vibrant butterfly landed on your book. you smiled, knowing who was responsible.
“i know you’re in there, come here.” you said looking without looking up from the butterfly.
eugene emerged from his makeshift hiding place behind a tree. “i wanted to give you some joy.” he sat down next to you.
You took a few seconds, thinking about whether to say what you really thought or not; “your presence is a joy.” yes, you did.
“wow... that’s really nice. thanks.” he laughed nervously, showing off his cute braces.
you moved closer to him, your shoulders touching again. “well… where were we?”
“you tell me...” he also turned in your direction, returning to the same situation you were in before in caliban hall. “well, i actually wanted to tell you something. something important.” eugene started nervously.
“i’m listening.”
“you... have always been really present in my life, and i…” eugene sighed, he didn’t want to give you a whole speech, he wanted to be direct, like wednesday had been. “i like you, a lot, i would like to be much more than just your friend, i think you are incredible, super cute, and intelligent and… many other things.”
a wide, open smile formed on your face. “i was going to say the same thing! you beat me to it.” you laughed, all the nerves had disappeared now that you knew he felt the same as you.
you finally gave him a peck on the lips. eugene’s eyes lit up, followed by a giggle from both of you.
now that no one could bother you, you shared a tender kiss, your hands going towards his cheeks and his to the back of your neck.
𑣲 THE END
this is my first one shot in here! please lmk if you liked it, i’d love to read your opinions on this<3
HII OH MY GOSH I HAVE A REQUEST!
okay uhh i had this idea where eugene would like jokingly threaten pugsley one time when he was like REALLY looking at his insects and pugsley thought he was flirting and like i think its really funny because i like to think that pugsley would think threat = flirt lmaooo
Sorry for the late reply I've been swamped with work....
Anyway I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS HEADCANON thanks for the request!!
I have this headcanon about Eugene's suppressed longing for a ball, like...
He really wanted to go to the ball in the first season but couldn't... Then in the season 2 he missed it again because he was busy tracking Isaac's appearance.... But I'm sure he still wanted to go so badly-
Plus, no one ever asked him or agreed to go with him-
And then here comes Pugsley... asking him... to dance... (Even if it's in a cemetery)
I CAN'T WITH THEM THEY PHYSICALLY HURT ME I LOVE THEM SO MUCH Y'ALL
And also remember those dance scenes with Gomez and Morticia in the movies, how he twirling her... I love to think that Pugsley picked up that exact move from them
