A/N: So, as you know if you've read the latest chapter of "My Big Fat Addams Wedding," I recently watched the entire show on YouTube. It's great to finally know the dialogue that goes between the songs, and a few lines especially piqued my interest. This ficlet is inspired by some lines right before "What If?" when Wednesday and Lucas are planning their future.
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"So when you said 'simple,' you meant…"
"Moving from one condemned Victorian to another."
"Right. Glad we cleared that up."
The young couple regarded their new home. Now that the yellow tape and most of the window boards had been removed, its true character shone through.
A character that, in a detective novel, would have been the primary suspect.
"Disappointed?" Wednesday asked, twisting slightly in her husband's arms. "I know you were hoping for a picket fence."
He gave her a wry smile. "I'm fine, but what about your apple tree and dog named Shep?"
She groaned and rolled her eyes.
"Well, that was an apple tree," she said, indicating a blasted stump on the front lawn.
"And the baby will probably want a pet at some point."
It took a few moments for her words to sink in.
"Wh- I – you- what baby?"
"Believe me, I'm just as shocked as you. Half the things I ate growing up should have rendered me sterile. But Addamses are very resilient."
He blinked at her.
"Am I supposed to stroke your belly and croon sweet nothings right now? Or is that later?" he asked.
"You," she replied, pushing him gently away and starting across the lawn, "are supposed to start praying for the delivery nurse."
Now Lucas looked at it properly, the crumbling mansion was really quite nice.
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A/N: The house, for anyone who's interested, is a wedding gift from Gomez and Morticia. All throughout the musical I wondered why Wednesday didn't mention to Lucas her family's endless supply of obscene wealth. Kind of makes the whole "Dad will cut me off" thing moot, doesn't it?