First Date

[skybluejeep]

Characters: Stiles and Rapunzel | Closed
Date: October 1
Location: Wood, and then Earth Sector
Situation: Stiles has asked Rapunzel out on something resembling a date. Asti and the rest of Keelai is about to keel over from shock.
Warnings/Rating: Probably none. Rapunzel's a Disney princess, after all. I think there are laws against that kind of thing.

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Stiles knocks on the door to Rapunzel's suite for the second time in as many weeks. Only this time, he's there to ostensibly take her out to dinner. This is honestly the first time he's asked a girl out for dinner and had her say "YES" so it's a huge, world-shaking deal for him.

He's wearing his jeans, and a Keelai-style shirt in green, with a Mandarin collar. It doesn't suit him, but it's better than the same plaid shirt he's been wearing since he got here, right?

Oh god, please let this go well...

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[skybluejeep]

...Stiles. Don't make dirty jokes around the literal Disney princess, what is wrong with you?

"True. Especially pie. I better get back to apple peeling, or we'll never get to eat delicious pie."

But he lingers with her hand for just a moment longer, meeting her eyes and giving her a slightly shy smile. Hi. You're adorable and he really likes you.

[watcheslanterns]

She returns his smile with one of her own - equally shy. You're sweet. She really likes you, too.

But then, as stomachs are apt to do when they are empty, Rapunzel's rumbled slightly, indicating it's dissatisfaction with the pace dinner was going at. She blushed, and pulled her hand away, only to use it to tuck some hair behind her ear.

"Sorry," she mumbled before turning back to the stew pot. "I guess I was hungrier than I thought!"

[skybluejeep]

That gets a mild chuckle out of him, and he lets her go.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to distract you. I'm usually the one getting distracted, not causing it."

He crosses back over to the pile of apples, a big dumb doofy grin on his big dumb doofy face.

[watcheslanterns]

"No, it's alright," she told him as she stirred the stew. "It was something I wanted to talk about anyway. I thought it was important."

Cheeks still pink, she smiled softly.

[skybluejeep]

"Yeah, it is. And I'm glad we're on the same page."

He picks up another apple, and starts carefully peeling it again, although he's a bit more confident now. Not much, just a bit. And he's still grinning like he won the lottery.

[watcheslanterns]

"This should be done soon," she told him after setting down her spoon. "How about the apples?"

[skybluejeep]

"Almost done!"

Of course, it's Stiles. And the second he looks away, breaks his concentration, he nicks the pad of his thumb with the tip of the knife.

"OW! Damn it!"

He shakes it off and instantly sticks the thumb in his mouth, before pulling it back out. Yeah, that's a good cut. Crap.

[watcheslanterns]

"Oh!"

Rapunzel gasped and hurried back over to Stiles. Eyes wide, she looked at him with concern. "Are you alright?"

[skybluejeep]

"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm just not to be trusted with sharp things."

He sticks his thumb under the kitchen sink's faucet now, running cold water over it to help stanch the bleeding.

"Got any bandaids? Or failing that, a new thumb?"

[watcheslanterns]

Rapunzel wrung her hands nervously for a moment. She wasn't exactly sure what bandaids were, though she was guessing it had something to do with bandages. Unfortunately, Rapunzel didn't have any with her. She'd never had them at home either. Things like that just weren't necessary.

"No," she told him. She bit her lip before a look of determination shown on her face. She held out her hands to him. "Can I see it please?"

She could help. She'd promised that she would when she could. And she trusted Stiles. She could do this.

[skybluejeep]

"You sure? It's kinda gross."

He holds out his hand obediently, though. Sure enough, some blood immediately wells up, and threatens to dribble down the side of his thumb. He tilts it up so it'll roll onto his palm instead of her nice kitchen floor.

See this was why he and his dad ate out so much. Neither of them could cook. Or slice apples, apparently.

[watcheslanterns]

With one hand Rapunzel took Stiles' wounded one. With her other she pulled forward some of her hair. She held it over his hand but then paused. She looked Stiles in the eye.

"What I'm about to do...don't freak out, okay?"

The same thing she'd told Eugene. Hopefully Stiles would be able to handle her secret, too.

[skybluejeep]

"...Rapunzel, whatever you do, I promise I won't freak out."

He saves that for werewolf emergencies, and kanima attacks.

[watcheslanterns]

She nods, but doesn't say anything else. Instead, she wraps her hair around the cut thumb. Taking a deep breath, Rapunzel closed her eyes and began to sing.

"Flower, gleam and glow. Let your power shine. Make the clock reverse. Bring back what once was mine. Heal what has been hurt. Change the Fates' design. Save what has been lost. Bring back what once was mine, what once was mine."

As she sang, her hair began to glow like the light of the sun, filling up the whole suite with it's presence.

[skybluejeep]

He's about to protest, since her hair would get all bloody, but then the singing starts. Her voice is literally magical, and his eyes go wide as her hair glows.

For all the magic happening to him right now, all he can do is stare at her beautiful face, lit up and framed like an angel's. And when the song is over, he already knows his thumb's healed.

"...Rapunzel...oh my god."

[watcheslanterns]

Rapunzel hesitated to open her eyes. She wasn't sure what she'd see if she did. How would Stiles really react? Finally, she opened one eye, and then the other. Her hair and hands still wrapped around Stiles', she peered up at him.

"You're not freaking out...right?"

[skybluejeep]

He's blinking up at her. God. What a power. He honestly had no idea. And he slowly shakes his head.

"No. I've seen weirder things. It's just...amazing."

He doesn't pull his hand away from hers, though. Of course he wants to inspect it, but he also doesn't want to let go of her.

"You're amazing."

[watcheslanterns]

Looking bashful she shook her head and shrugged. "I'm just doing what I can to help."

Her hold on his hand tightened slightly as she looked back at him with urgency. "But please, don't tell anyone. It's supposed to be a secret."

[skybluejeep]

"Of course I won't! I'm really good at keeping secrets, trust me."

You have no idea just how good he is, Rapunzel. But he finally pulls back, opening his arms to her for a hug.

"C'mere."

[watcheslanterns]

Oh! A hug? Okay, she could do that. Rapunzel leaned into him, her hair slipping from around his hand. Her head ended up resting on his shoulder, while she wrapped her arms around his back.

"Thank you."

[skybluejeep]

As they hugged, he surreptitiously takes a moment to inspect his thumb: fully healed. Wow. And he tightens his arms around her, his chin resting on the top of her head.

"...You give good hugs," he murmurs. She fit against his body just perfectly.

[watcheslanterns]

She laughed gently, though it was muffled slightly by Rapunzel's proximity to Stiles' shoulder. "You know, one day you're going to find out I do something really badly and be so disappointed."

[skybluejeep]

"Doubt that entirely. Doing things badly is my wheelhouse."

He takes a chance, and kisses the top of her head. Yes, there's still food to prepare, but he doesn't want to let her go.

[watcheslanterns]

It wasn't that Rapunzel didn't enjoy the closeness, but her more sensible side was taking over quickly. Not to mention her still rumbling stomach. And she just wasn't sure what would happen next. After hugs and friendly kisses...her experience was, well, lacking to say the least. She'd already decided that rushing wasn't what she wanted to do, either.

"I should probably get the pie started. Then we can eat dinner."

[skybluejeep]

Don't worry, Rapunzel. Stiles is entirely lacking experience as well.

He finally lets her go, and nods.

"Okay. Maybe I'll stir the stew. Keep me away from knives. I mean, I'm sure that trick of yours is pretty flexible. But my limit for magic is once a night. Firm rule."