Kristoff wakes to the sound of distinctly male laughter, and before heâs opened his eyes, heâs imagined fists and icy water and people will beat you and curse you and cheat you
What he sees when he does open them are Eugene and Rapunzel. âGood morning,â Rapunzel whispers to him, giggling before leaning over andâ
He still has no idea whatâs going on, but moans into the kiss anyway because wow, good morning is right.
"Kristoff?" asks a sleepy voice from hisâlap? He looks down to meet Annaâs eyes. "Whaâ happened?"
He frowns, looking around; theyâre on the massive sofa in Annaâs room, there are overturned bottles on the floor, some clothesâŚ
"Not my tiara," mutters someone leaning against his shoulderâwait, what?
"Oh my gosh, thatâs so cute,â Rapunzel gushes, beaming. âElsa talks in her sleep!â
"Yeah, I guess," Anna says, but Kristoffâs still stuck on the fact that Elsaâs, you know, here when last night they probablyâ
The important thing, he thinks, is not to look terrified.
"Threw that âway," Elsa mumbles, apparently still asleep, "Gâask Marshmallow."
"She used to, back when we slept in the same room?" Anna says, answering the question no one asked. "I didnât know she still."
Eugene chooses to swoop in that second, running a hand up Annaâs thigh and doing this over the top Flynn Rider eyebrow thing that makes her laugh and makes Kristoff want to roll his eyes and join in at the same time, except that his mind is now plowing onto even scarier scenarios, because Elsa doesnât even like men, so whatâ
But bits and pieces of last night are finally starting to float in: music, and laughter, and Elsa drinking them all under the table, andâŚ
"We just talked," he says, feeling stupidly proud. Andârelieved, obviously. âWe stayed up talking.â
"We know, we were there," Eugene snorts, and reaches out to tickle his chin.
Kristoff makes a half-hearted move to bat him away, but doesnât get very far becauseâŚwell, Elsaâs still sleeping on his shoulder, and he doesnât want Anna to fall off his lap. "How come you guys woke up so cheerful?"
Rapunzel giggles again, snuggling into his other side with Eugene. âWe never slept.â
"You can have my orb," Elsa mumbles.
"Oh, good," Kristoff says. He leans back again, feeling the warmth of everyone around him, and idly tangles his hand in Annaâs hair.
Itâs a very long time before any of them tries to move again.