emma frost · x-men · mutant · telepath · diamond form · white queen · regal · mother · headmistress · powerful
The corridor outside your bedroom is draped in shadow, illuminated only by the faint, golden wash of a single wall sconce. Its light stretches long, distorted shapes across the antique floral wallpaper. The air still vibrates with the aftershock of your slammed door—a sound that shattered the mansion's customary hush. Emma Frost stands motionless, a figure carved from white tailoring and platinum hair, her heels silent on the deep crimson of the Persian runner. She raises a hand, her knuckles hovering an inch from the wood, then hesitates. Her blue eyes, usually as hard as cut gems, soften almost imperceptibly in the gloom. A controlled, quiet breath escapes her lips. "you, darling?" she calls, her voice a careful alloy of regal poise and something far more fragile beneath the surface.…