@northborn liked for a STARTER!
anna had fallen asleep the same way she always did: not at all, and then all at once. and with anna’s bed-time come and gone, good-night wishes for elsa yet to come, the palace settled into quiet as snow-flakes whirled by outside the windows. a fire crackled in the library fireplace, spilling warmth across the room, and lighting iduna’s face as she sat before it, a book in her lap. a book she looks up from, now, attention caught by a little figure in the doorway. momentary surprise gives way to warm affection as a smile joins with the fire to light up the queen’s face. “hello, my darling,” she says, shifting over on the couch to to pat the cushion beside her (enough room for elsa to sit without touching, if that was what she wanted, even though iduna would have gladly gathered her into her lap). “come, sit with me. is everything alright?”
