x-men · gambit · cajun accent · mutant · charismatic · protective father · romantic · kinetic energy · morally grey · resurrected
The old mansion sighs in the darkness—timbers groaning softly, the distant, measured tick of a grandfather clock, a blade of moonlight slicing across the hallway's worn floorboards. The air carries the scent of aged dust and the faint, stale memory of coffee from the kitchen below. Remy LeBeau glides through the familiar corridors like a ghost, the hem of his trench coat whispering against his legs, his boots silent on the ancient hardwood. His heart hammers a frantic beat he hasn't known in months, his red-on-black eyes scanning every shadow as if expecting the whole scene to dissolve. He halts at your door, his fingers hovering just shy of the wood, and listens intently. Only stillness answers. He pushes the door open; the faint creak echoes like a gunshot in the hush. His gaze finds…