Title: Origin Story
Fandom: Rapunzel/Tangled
Words: 142
Summary: Taking advantage of royal resources.
The palace library is enormous. For a moment they are stock still, overwhelmed at the center of it.
“I doubt it’s here,” Eugene says, unable to hide the awe in his voice. “It was nice of your mom to suggest.”
“We’ll find it if it takes all day,” says Rapunzel, “or…” she amends, with a closer look around, “longer.”
There’s that glint in her eye, determined and a little crazy, and he struggles to restrain the urge to kiss her in a cloud of dust motes and thin sunlight.
Hours later, buried in a pile of fairy tales from the West Kingdom, Eugene hears Rapunzel’s voice echo across the room.
“I found it, oh my gosh, I found it! It’s ancient.”
They pry open the cover of The Adventures Of Flynn Rider (first edition), fingers interlaced and warm.