do u have any headcanons about what emma is like as a mother to her girls (the step ford cuckoos)?
Of course I do! I have so many, I utterly adored their dynamic during Krakoa when they were acting like an actual family unit. They mean so much to me
And, as a plus, I’ll throw in some for Sharon as well because we love Sharon Smith in this household!
I love Emma and her daughters so much y’all
Sophie and Emma love riding the most out of the family. They’ll take nighttime rides together along the cliffs of Hellfire Bay or simply gallop along the shores of Krakoa side by side, enjoying the rush of wind, the stars above, and the thrill of it all. Sophie absolutely dotes on the horses of Emma’s herd
Emma will sometimes get dragged into watching Small Town with Sophie. She’ll relent because she knows how much Sophie loves the show (it’s really cute to see her cry over it) so she’ll prep a bucket of popcorn and some tissues and they’ll binge it together
Emma planted a small flower garden around the White Palace for Phoebe that is filled with her favourite blossoms. She’s the romantic, after all, and a quiet afternoon reading a book or enjoying the sun amidst a garden of the most beautiful flowers on Krakoa is perfect for her
Phoebe wanted to learn piano on a whim, so it was Emma that taught her. They’d spend hours on the crystal grand piano at the White Palace, sitting side by side as Emma taught or simply played for her daughter
Mindee got the worst of Emma’s sweet tooth, and she’ll find pastries or expensive chocolates laid out for her in the kitchen from time to time. Emma can’t cook or bake for shit, but she’ll shower her girls in high-end treats and sweets from the best bakeries money can afford
Mindee is a light sleeper and has nightmares the most often out of her sisters. On nights where it gets too bad, Emma will bring her an extra fluffy blanket, a hot drink, and will use her telepathy to soothe her daughter’s mind over in order to let her get some sort of restful sleep. She’ll stay at Mindee’s side until she’s fallen asleep again, quietly hush the other Cuckoos in the bedroom, and then leave. They never talk about it in the mornings.
Emma will let Celeste play with her hair. Celeste would never ask to do so, but sometimes they’ll find themselves in each others’ company and Celeste will have started plaiting Emma’s long hair into an intricate braid. Emma loves the attention, and Celeste loves the task, so they won’t say anything and simply enjoy the moment together
Celeste steals Emma’s jewellery the most out of the Cuckoos. Emma knows full well, and has made it a point to leave her jewellery box out and unlocked for her daughter to take what she wants from it (as long as she returns the pieces once she’s done with them. They are expensive, after all)
Emma taught Esme hand to hand combat. She’s a black belt in judo for a reason, and out of the Cuckoos, Esme was probably the one who would actually use martial combat skills. They have diamond forms, after all, may as well ensure Esme’s punches packed some heat in case she needed to dish out some non-psychic damage or defend herself
For the Cuckoos’ birthday, Emma got Esme a rapier. It was one of the skills she taught the girl, and Esme is absolutely wicked with a blade. They will fence one another from time to time, and Esme is the only one of the Cuckoos who is able to consistently take down their mother. Emma is extremely proud of her every time this happens.
Emma reads to Sharon to get her to fall asleep sometimes. Perhaps this is a hallmark from their Hellions era where Emma was the one who taught a young Catseye how to read and write, but Sharon loves curling up against her mother and just listening to her read aloud whatever novel she has for the week
Emma had a room custom built at the White Palace to be a cat’s dream. Multiple layers of climbing spaces and little nooks and crannies to nap in, a multitude of surfaces to claw at, and plenty of things to shred or play with. When in doubt, Sharon is probably in her room taking a nap under a warm beam of sunlight
Sharon will slip her way into Emma’s home office and just lay down across her mother’s lap sometimes. No matter what she’s doing, Emma will drop what it is to give her daughter some much deserved attention and scritches
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