Grimm Affection ~Wenclair~

Distant

Enid's POV:

I sat silently next to Gomez as I listened to him puff his cigar...

Wens... Be okay... Please...

I can't take this silence...

This silence feels like it is suffocating me...

"Mr.Gomez..." I said softly as I turned my head, rating on my knees as I held them tight to my chest

"Sunshine..." He said softly back as he leaned back against a concrete collum that was apart of the mausoleum.

"This isn't your first time finding her here, is it? When I listened to you split us up and the way you looked around, it was like you knew... like you knew where she was the entire time." I stated hastily as I thought back rambling a bit

"I have... multiple times ever since she could walk... She used to wander here when she was younger to sleep when she thought the house was over-simulating... Once she was a bit older she only did it in high emotional settings. The moment I realized it was a pattern was when her Uncle Fester was not himself and she didn't know what to do so she ran away and I found her here." He explained thinking back with a small smile

I smiled as I thought about Wednesday as a toddler, she had to have been cute with her braids...

"I'm sorry if this is overstepping but... Wednesday and Ms.Morticia seem distant... why?" I asked him sheepishly trying to keep my curiosity hidden

"Because of me... Growing up Wednesday was my center of attention for so long, I mean Pugsley was so young and attached to Morticia. So Morticia parented the baby wall I parented Wednesday. I quickly learned how to cooperate and work with Wednesday as we had an understanding... Well when Pugsley came of age of needing a father and training for his Mazurka, a coming of age ceremony, my attention went to him mostly... Morticia had no idea how to work with her so when the time came for Wednesday to start experimenting and trying new things Morticia didn't know what to do and I was too focused on Pugsley to know before it was too late. Morticia made some regrettable parenting choices to try and stop Wednesday which only made it worse... There is more to it but I think you should ask her... I will forever be sorry for abandoning Wednesday when she needed me... And abandoning my wife to figure out how to deal with tough situations on her own.... Ultimately I was the rift between them but everything else was between them..." Gomez said sighing as he held his head in one of his hands before looking up at the stars, "Wednesday doesn't forgive. Wednesday most definitely does not forget...." Gomez said rubbing his hand over his face, "You know she wasn't always this distant?" He asked me with nothing but sorrow in his eyes

"I'm sure you guys will figure something out... I know Wednesday doesn't forgive but she can move on... Just maybe more time?" I said softly trying to come up with the right words. "I'm sorry, I'm sure your family being so divided can't feel right. You shouldn't blame yourself, they are both old enough and mature enough to figure it out with your heart being on the line." I told him confidently and firmly trying to ease his mind but the question he asked 'You know she wasn't always this distant?' confused me. "What do you mean?" I asked curiously

"As a kid Wednesday was not affectionate, to say the least, but she wasn't utterly distant from physical contact. Morticia would read books to the kids before they went to bed and Wednesday would sit on her lap wall Pugsley hung off the edge of his bed... Wednesday used to like to wrestle and rough house with Pugsley... When we would go on drives she would always sit on my lap and stare out the window or take a nap... It wasn't odd to see her as a child in my arms... I used to help her with her braids before bedtime when she was tired, she always fought it saying she was too independent but in the end, she would do the doll's head hair wall, I did hers... She used to run into her Uncle Fester's full force like a werewolf and pounce on him, hugging him around his neck... Sure, she always hated being cuddled, extensive affection, words of affirmation, expressing love, and lovey-dovey things but she had her own way of expressing her love... Now, her love is shown as distant. Did she ever tell you why she went to Nevermore?" Gomez asked me in a totally depressed state as if his heart was ripped out in front of him...