A.N. This pairing is from the movies Brave and Tangled.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

Summary: In which Merida introduces her girlfriend to her family. Or, the author is tired and doesn't know what else to do so they wrote some bullshit and posted it as a one-shot.


"Come on Punzie!"

"But what if they don't like me?!"

"Who couldn't like you, you're adorable!"

"It doesn't matter if I'm adorable or not; what matters is that they are your parents."

"And I am not worried so you shouldn't be worried."

Merida was currently trying to coerce her girlfriend into meeting her parents; they had already scheduled the meeting but Rapunzel had started to overthink things and thus this conversation had started.

The thing was, Merida had only recently told her parents that she was dating someone, and had been for the past few months. That would not have been a problem seeing as Queen Eleanor and King Fergus had been overjoyed to hear that someone had managed to steal their daughter's heart; the problem was that she had neglected (been too scared to) tell them that who she was dating was a female. It wasn't uncommon, exactly, for two of the same sex to marry (not that they were thinking that far ahead yet) but it was on the rarer side for a princess, never mind two, to court another female.

"Remember when you introduced me to your parents? Everything went well, you said yourself that they loved me. I've even been invited by them to dinner in a few weeks time and it was after the first dinner!"

"I know Mer... But if your parents don't like me then they may just force us apart! I mean, didn't they try to wed you to a prince a few years ago? And you didn't tell them my gender!"

Merida cowered (maybe) away from her girlfriend's fierce glare that came with the last exclamation. It had been a bit of a sore spot with the two of them ever since Merida had admitted to not telling her parents about Rapunzel being, well, a girl. Yeah, they were both on eggshells on how the news would be taken by her extremely blunt dad and strict (although she had become much better) mother. Okay, it was more like they were walking on scalding coals that were sharpened in such a way that there was no way to avoid the points unless they were to wear thick boots.

"It's going to be okay, Punzie. And if they decide that they don't like the fact that you are a girl, they'll change their mind once they see how you act. You're everything that they ever wanted for me: you're kind, you can put me in my place, you're unafraid to put me in my place, you love children, you can fight if push comes to shove and you're one of those extraordinary people that others love on sight."

Rapunzel smiled softly at Merida who returned the gesture and took a deep breath, looking up at the castle that Merida called home. She felt her hand being taken into a slightly bigger one and gathered strength from the gesture as the Princess of Dunbroch and the Princess of Corona marched to where the dining room was.

After her family had been seated, Merida stood from the table to get their attention but her mother beat her to the chase.

"Where's our guest, Merida?"

"Uh... I was actually going to say that I wanted to introduce my date, Rapunzel the Princess of Corona."

Merida spoke slightly louder at the end, signalling the entrance of her date from where she had been lingering outside of the door with Maud (the two immediately hit it off and Maud had taken to soothing the princess's last minute nerves.

When Merida got Rapunzel seated they looked at the King and Queen for their reactions and did a simultaneous double-take. What made them do a double-take was the sight of Queen Eleanor looking smugly at her husband who was grinning at Merida: a face-splitting Cheshire cat grin.

It was Eleanor who spoke first, addressing Rapunzel.

"It is wonderful to finally meet you, dear."

"I return the sentiment Queen Eleanor, I'm glad you have allowed me to dinner."

Rapunzel was as polite and courteous as ever which made Queen Eleanor shoot an approving look at Merida who breathed a sigh of relief. It was what her dad said next that made her shoot her drink in a perfect arc across the table.

"So, I must say you seem like a lovely young lady. I'm only disappointed in how Merida insisted on not letting out her interest in girls although she seems to have inherited her father's taste for them."

Not the best thing to hear when you have taken a mouthful of water to calm your nerves.

So, apart from the choking fit that nearly killed Merida (over exaggerating as always), the dinner passed by smoothly and when Rapunzel left, her brothers immediately asked Merida if she could come over again to which their parents nodded.

"Dad, what did you mean when you said, 'not letting out her interest in girls'?"

The question had been plaguing her ever since her father said it and now Merida was on edge from the look her parents gave her. Halfway between amused and knowing.

"Merida, I'm your mother. I think I should be aware on which sex my own daughter is interested in. And your father is no fool."

And with that they went off to their room, leaving Merida to gape at an empty space for the next twenty or more minutes. Eventually she went back to her room in a zombie-like state and threw herself down on the bed. The redhead's last coherent thought was 'Rapunzel's parents think alike to mine'.


A.N. Bad, I know. Started this at 3 in the morning, fell asleep and finished it at 2:30 in the afternoon. Next one is probably either going to be a Shiro x Matt from Voltron: Legendary Defenders or Meliodas x Ban from Seven Deadly Sins. Maybe. It might not be either.