Title: Tangled Dorm Assignments

Fandom: Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons

Pairing: HiccupxMerida, JackxRapunzel, JackxMerida broship!

Plot: So flamingly AU that is burns to read it. (But it's a good burn.) Jack and Merida have been friends as long as either could remember; they went to the same daycare, pre-school, elementary school, high school, and now college. But all is not perfect in their worlds, and they're torn apart... dormwise. Jack gets roomed with a slightly awkward boy called Hiccup who isn't awful company and Merida gets roomed with an almost annoyingly peppy girl called Rapunzel who grows on her. Merida might be slightly annoyed by the puppy dog eyes Jack always shoots Rapunzel if she herself didn't always somehow ending up looking at Hiccup the same way. So, all in all, college could be a lot worse. | Or, the Big Four in college.

1

"Jackie, this is insane!" Merida gushes, the Scottish accent that she never quite lost becoming even more prominent than usual with her excitement. "Do you think we'll be roomies?"

Jack laughs and shrugs. "If they have co-ed, we might. We could probably ask."

"They might think we're screwing and say no." He scrunched up his face at Merida's comment.

"Ew."

Merida, they discover, is roomed with Rosalena Raputzki. It's a strange name, and she's sure her roommate will be just as strange. She groans and her companion grins.

"Alright, smartass, let's see who yer roommate is, yeah?"

He shrugs and looks at his papers. He doesn't even attempt to hold back his groan.

"Nicholas Horrendous Haddock the Third." He reads aloud.

Merida doesn't think she's ever laughed so hard.

::

Despite their doubts, Merida and Jack do try to change their roommates to each other.

The residency people do think they're screwing and say no.

Merida hasn't ever been so upset to be right before.

::

The first thing they notice about Merida's roommate is that her hair is really long.

Like, really long.

It just touches the floor in a braid. Neither of them even want to think about how long it would be flying free.

Her roommate - Rosalena - sings along to Rhythm of Love by the Plain White T's as she sets about putting trophies on a shelf that she apparently claimed as hers above a bed that she apparently claimd as hers.

"My head is stuck in the clouds, she begs me to come down, says boy - "

"Quit foolin' around." Merida cuts in a normal voice, expression flat. Jack has to stifle a chuckle but nudges her disapprovingly. The girl turns and blinks big, green eyes and presses pause on what appears to an iPhone, set in a dock on the shelf that she thinks is hers.

"Oh, hi!" She chirps, waving. Jack waves back and she grins wider. Merida elbows him hard in the gut.

"Just because you got here first doesn't mean you can just take the bed closest to the window, ya know."

"I know." She says, still smiling brightly.

"Mer." Jack says, shooting the ginger a warning look. The girl shoots him one right back and runs a hand through her unruly hair.

"Do you want it?" The blonde girl asks, her eyebrow raising.

"Well, no, but you should wait. That's rude."

Jack snorts before she can respond. The girl furrows golden eyebrows at him and he shakes his head and sticks his hand out. "M'Jack. Jack Frost."

She giggles and shakes his hand. "Really?"

He shrugs. "Parents thought'd it be real clever, apparently."

"I'm Rosalena Raputzki."

"We know, genius." Merida rolls her eyes.

"I wasn't done." Rosalena pouts and Jack can't help it when he thinks that she's really, really fucking cute. "My name is Rosalena, but call me Rapunzel."

The ginger actually cracks a smile. "Wait, seriously?"

She nods eagerly. "Of course! I've been called that since I was a kid. I really love it." Then, she leans in close to Jack. His breath catches in his throat. She moves around so her lips are near his ear and says lowly, so as to keep Merida from hearing, "You can let go of my hand now, Jack."

He flushes and does so. Merida lets out a booming laugh.

"I like ya, blondie." Merida informs, tossing an arm around the other girl's shoulders. Her response is an excited squeal.

::

Even though he helped her bring her stuff to her room, Merida does not return the favor. He wouldn't have let her, but still. It would've been nice for her to offer.

He ends up knocking on the door with his head, amidst a pile of boxes that surround him and pile in his arms.

He is pleasantly surprised when his roommate takes the ones out of his arms, albeit with a bit of a struggle. He lets out a laugh when he almost drops them and takes the top half, setting them down by the empty bed - Nicholas Horrendous Haddock the Third must've claimed the other one. Haddock the Third follows his lead and puts them down. The other boy has shaggy brown hair and looks sort of nerdy, but it works for him. He internally rolls his eyes when he realizes his eyes are the same color as Rapunzel, but not quite the same shade.

"Do you want some help with the rest of them, too, or?"

Jack shrugs. "Sure. M'Jack, by the way." He says, sticking his hand out.

"Jack Frost, right?" He asks with a smirk.

"Yup. S'nice to meet you, Nicholas Horrendous Haddock the Third."

"Hiccup." He corrects.

"... Really? Are you sure?"