"Eugene? Eugene! Eugene!" Rapunzel hurried through the castle, calling for her beloved husband.

"EUGE- oh there you are. Thank The Sun I was afraid I was going to have to summon the royal guards."

Flynn laughed under his breath and continued to brush a disgruntled looking Maximus (they were still working on their relationship).

"What could be so urgent that you'd feel the need to summon the guards to fetch know they don't like me," he said half-jokingly.

"An invitation arrived today. It's from Arendelle. The oldest daughter of the late king and queen, Elsa, is having her royal coronation. They want us to be guests at the ceremony."

"No."

"No? What do you mean 'no'? You can't just say no because you're a lazy sack of bones."

"I can. I did. And I'll do it again. No."

"Why not?"

"Because Rapunzel the last time we went on a trip it didn't go so smoothly." Flynn put down the brush, fetched an apple (also known as a peace offering) for Maximus, and marched defiantly out of the stables. Rapunzel quickly followed.

"What do you mean it didn't go smoothly? We found my parents, got married, and moved into the castle," Rapunzel replied indignantly.

"Need I remind you," scoffed Flynn, "That along the way we were hunted by greedy thieves and your crazy mother and royal guards and a bloodthirsty horse. I was almost skewered by a thousand weapons wielded by angry brutes in a pub. We nearly drowned. I was almost hung, then lost a fatal amount of blood from after being stabbed. And you were almost enslaved for eternity. ALL OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS! Why in the name of The Sun would you think we need to go on yet another trip?!"

Flynn was breathing hard and looked slightly dishevelled. Rapunzel stood staring at him with an unreadable expression.

"Because," Rapunzel replied calmly, "Most of that was YOUR fault."

Flynn opened his mouth. Then closed it again. His brow furrowed and, throwing up his arms, stalked towards the castle, mumbling angrily. In his absence Rapunzel stole a small but triumphant smile.

*Having lost the first battle…and all the battles since…Eugene decided try one last time on the eve of the trip.*

Flynn leaned against the doorway of the bedchamber he shared with Rapunzel.

"Hey there, Punzie, You know I was just thinking; it would be a danger to our lives for us to go to Arendelle."

"Oh, goodness," mocked Rapunzel, "We've NEVER endangered our lives before."

"But this time we're CHOOSING to endanger our lives."

Rapunzel snorted.

"I'm serious!" cried Flynn, "The late king and queen of Arendelle died during their journey here just three years ago. And you just want to row our boat merrily into those same waters?!"

"Good point Eugene! My aunt and uncle died on the treacherous voyage to be guests at OUR wedding. It only makes sense that we return the favour by braving the seas to go to my cousin's coronation in THEIR country's history. Thank you for bringing that up, Eugene!"

Rapunzel kissed him on the cheek and skipped off to bed.

Whelp, I'm all out of ideas, thought Flynn, I would be married to the one woman in the world that The Smoulder doesn't work on.