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CUT — BETWEEN THE LEAP AND THE FALL SERIES [rotbtd // drabble]

Prompt: [#1] Defiant Wordcount: 850 Characters: Merida, Rapunzel Excerpt: “Are you sure about this?” Rapunzel asks again, fully aware she is stalling. The princess of DunBroch is nothing if not decisive.

Hi, hi! So the other day I opened two (old) email notifications from both AO3 and FFN about comments on my fic (Like A Fist in the Eye, my ongoing multichapter Jarida AU, to be more precise <3) and was especially surprised by how long I have last wrote for this fandom. Both commenters even wondered if I have abandoned my fics in some way, so I feel like I should give a quick update on things while I still have the time to dip back into this blog.

AND EVER SINCE THE SEVENTH GRADE I LEARNED TO FIRE-BREATHE  [rotbtd // platonic modern au]

“Look, I’m okay. This is all unnecessary.” Hiccup’s hand does an illustrative gesture to the side that conveys absolutely nothing, “…I just had a rough day.”

“Yeah, but you’ve never done it at this hour,” Merida says flatly. “It’s almost bloody midnight, Hiccup. Did your parents have a fight or something?”

(or: Hiccup and Merida go for a night drive.)

LIKE A FIST IN THE EYE | Ch. 1 [rotbtd // soulmate AU]

“Are you done for the day?” Rapunzel repeats. “Or do you still have that midterm essay you said Rafiki asked you?”

“...Hell’s bells. I completely forgot about that!” Merida shoots up to a sitting position and immediately falls back to her elbows, head spinning as colors flooded her vision. “Ugh.”

“You need to sleep,” Rapunzel says sternly as she sits up as well, one hand on Merida’s shoulder. “It’s submitted through email tonight, right? Have some rest first.”

“Punz, I haven’t even started it yet.”

“You’ll get it done, I know you can! You always do. I’ve seen how you work. But first, you need to rest.” Rapunzel grabs her hand to steady her when the world wobbles underneath Merida’s feet and checks her wristwatch. “Oops, it’s almost time already. I’ll meet you back at the apartment?”

“Yeah, sure,” she almost forgot Rapunzel has an afternoon exam today, at three thirty PM. After putting back her things into her backpack, Merida yawns and waves her away. “Go now. Be brilliant.”

Rapunzel finally leaves, but not before telling her, “Take a break, Merida! Sleep!”

Which, heartbreakingly, is something that Merida can’t do. The deadline for Rafiki’s essay is nine PM. What she needs to do right now, instead of sleeping, is set up a nice cramming corner in their apartment with a good coffee on her side. A potent one.

Turns out, finding an establishment that could fulfill her request is harder than it sounds.

After being (politely) denied in every mainstream coffee chain around Walt, Merida finds herself defeatedly stepping inside that blasted café down the main street, consciousness hanging by a thread. She’s heard about the place many times before, one of the newer student haunts in town that Rapunzel has mentioned as her cousins’ favorite. But the distance from campus and her initial skepticism with its flowery name has kept Merida away from the establishment—until now.

AND WHEN THEY PLAY IT (YOU CAN’T HELP BUT SING ALONG)  [rotbtd // band au]

The lights flashed from red to green to yellow to blue. The band was approaching the final chorus. Rapunzel lifted a hand as the song neared its crescendo, hyping up the crowd, voice solidifying like gathered honey as she sang the powerful bridge one last time. And the band rose to meet her, together building up into something incredible and mystical that Astrid felt goosebumps rise on her arms; an awed tingle down her spine.

Around her, the audience whooped and screamed. Spellbound.

This is it, she thought, her eyes never leaving the stage. This is it.

(or: in which Astrid discovered her new favorite band.)

summary:

The lights flashed from red to green to yellow to blue. The band was approaching the final chorus. Rapunzel lifted a hand as the song neared its crescendo, hyping up the crowd, voice solidifying like gathered honey as she sang the powerful bridge one last time. The band rose to meet her, and together they built up the note into something incredible and mystical that Astrid felt goosebumps rise on her arms; an awed tingle down her spine.

Around her, the audience whooped and screamed. Spellbound.

This is it, she thought, her eyes never leaving the stage. This is it.

(or: in which Astrid discovered her new favorite band.)

read: AO3

{ ROTBTD College/Soulmate AU }

Things get a little out of hand when Jack Frost and Merida DunBroch find out they are soulmates.