Prompt from Guest: Could you do Tiana x Dr. Facilier pairing. It's AU where Mama Odie finds out Facilier's plans and removes his magic, until he can earn it back in honest way. And only way how he can get his magic back is help someone fullfill their greatest dream completely unselfisly. Facilier ends up working same cafe / restaurant where Tiana is. When Facilier see how hardworking and kind Tiana is he falls in love with her. Also Facilier's first name could be Jean or Jehan, because i think those names would fit him. My only other wish for this story is Mardi Gras kiss scene for Facilier and Tiana.

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Tiana shook her head fondly when she heard the dishes hit the floor, a familiar string of curses following on soon afterwards. Thankfully, it was in a completely foreign language, meaning that the family she was currently taking the order from, didn't pay it any mind.

When she had their order, she rushed to the kitchen. "Jehan?" she called out, "Is everything alright?

Jehan Facilier had been working there for a little over a year, having stumbled in through the doors, ranting and raving about an old blind woman who had 'robbed him of everything'. The owner had taken pity on the poor man and offered him a job, and the room above the diner.

The man in question was glaring down at the broken plates and food all over the floor.

"Ah…" she winced, "… well, we tend to make large batches, so this should be a fixable issue if you don't mind mopping up?"

"Of course." He sent her an apologetic look, "I'm sorry, I- "

"- Don't worry." She placed a hand on his cheek as he glanced down at the floor in embarrassment, "Everyone makes mistakes. But you owe me!"

He owed her a lot… she never really meant it.

As she walked away to grab the mop, knowing that the customers were all taken care of and the dinner-time rush was over, Facilier couldn't help but watch her go.

This entire situation had snuck up on him. He was only a few days away from total power, when Mama Odie swooped in out of nowhere and took away his powers, forcing him to live a 'normal' life.

He would have to fulfil someone's else dream, unselfishly. With no ulterior motive.

A year ago, he scoffed at the idea… until he met Tiana.

She worked multiple jobs in order to try and save up enough money to buy the old theatre building around the corner, and honestly, it was the most admirable thing Jehan had ever seen. Moving to refill the straws, he heard a fond chuckling behind him.

"You know, my days used to be really boring without you dropping food every other day."

Jehan knew he was flushing at the teasing, focusing on his hands as he muttered something about the trays being faulty. When he did turn around to look at her, the words refused to come forth.

Once again, she had managed to render him speechless.

Even when her hair was all over the place and she had flour smudged on her cheek, she was still a vision of beauty. He was so absorbed with her, that his grip on the straws loosened and slipped out of his hands, scattering all over the floor.

Thankfully, Tiana just rolled her eyes.

"I'll clean that up." He muttered, however, when he went to bend down, his foot slipped on one of the straws and he fell to the ground, landing with a loud THUD.

"Jehan, are you alright?" Tiana fell to the ground beside him, wrapping one arm around his shoulders and gently taking his arm, despite the fact that the floor was slightly sticky.

Even though this had happened several times, Tiana never seemed to get frustrated with him.

She had the patience of a saint.

She helped him to his feet, as the cook called out to Tiana. "Order up!"

"Thanks!"

She grabbed the plates and headed back out into the diner, unaware that Jehan was watching her leave.

"You should say something to her." The chef pointed out from his window, "The worst she can say is no."

"… I'm too old for her."

"True… but she does like you."

Facilier ignored him, getting back to work. The diner was small, and whilst it wasn't the most popular place to eat in town, it could still get fairly busy.

"Jehan?"

Instantly, he snapped to attention as Tiana beamed at him from the doorway. "Can you grab some cutlery for table 7 please? Charlotte's here and you know how loud she can get if I don't pay her any attention immediately."

He nodded, grabbing some clean forks and headed out into the main area of the diner, missing how Tiana stared after him with a fond smile, which only turned fonder when the lanky man tripped over a chair, thankfully managing to right himself before continuing on his way.

Two hours later, when everything had completely calmed down, the pair rested at one of the tables.

"I don't understand how you can do this and keep down other jobs as well without collapsing." Facilier sighed wearily, "Why do you do it?"

There was a brief moment of silence, before Tiana sighed wearily.

"It's just… a dream I have."

When Jehan remained silent, Tiana chuckled. "I want to open up my own restaurant… like my Daddy always wanted. There's a lovely building a few streets away that I'm saving up for, and when I raise enough money, it'll be mine."

"The big one? The old sugar mill? That's a lot of money."

"And a lot of hard work." Tiana beamed, "But you don't get anywhere without a bit of hard work."

Before Jehan could say anything, the bell over the door chimed again, alerting them to probably the last customer of the day. He moved to get to his feet, only for Tiana to gently push him back down. "You keep resting." She gently ordered, "I've got this one."

She walked off and Jehan found himself lost in thought.

Just a dream of hers, hmmm?

….

The following day, Jehan couldn't help but notice that Tiana's usual bubbly attitude, appeared to have completely disappeared.

In fact, she seemed like a completely different person.

"Tiana?" Jehan slowly made his way over to her, "Is everything okay?"

She shook her head silently, her usual smile nowhere to be seen as she served the customers. With Mardi Gras happening that evening, many of their usual patrons were setting up and preparing for the evening, so the diner was full of visitors.

"Tiana?"

Tiana took a shaky breath, before turning to face him, and Jehan was stunned to see tears in her eyes.

"I almost had it…" she whispered, "… I put down the deposit and everything."

Instantly, Jehan knew what she was talking about. "What happened?"

"…. Someone else had more money, and they didn't give me the chance." Tiana sighed, "Charlotte gave me the last little bits that I needed to bid on it, and they accepted it. But this morning, they told that someone else had put in a higher bid… there's no way I can raise enough money in time now." She then shrugged, "I guess some dreams aren't meant to be."

She then headed over to a table, who were starting to look a little impatient, leaving Jehan's standing there.

He had to fix this.

But how?

When the diner was closed early, for the Mardi Gras celebrations, Jehan raced out of the building, running straight to his old hide-out. Ever since his powers had been taken away from him (for his own good apparently), he'd refused to come back to this place, boarded it up to prevent all his artefacts from falling into the wrong hands.

Thankfully, he still had his secret entrance.

Sneaking inside, he ignored all the ghoulish items and artefacts that had once consumed his very being, running to his desk. One the desk, there was an ornate box, that had a snake's head as a lock. Fumbling with the key around his neck, he opened up the box, to reveal hundreds and hundreds of monetary notes. Money that he had earnt from his days of conning and enchanting the gullible visitors that roamed the streets around this time of the year.

Yes. This would be enough.

….

'It had been a long time since he'd worn clothes like these', he mused to himself as he entered the extravagant party. Charlotte was already dancing with the newly arrived Prince (shock, horror, gasp) and Tiana was over by the buffet table, dressed in a simple dress, that still made her look gorgeous.

Quickly, he cut through the dancefloor and tapped Tiana on the shoulder, causing her to jump back in surprise.

"What- Who- "

Slowly, he pulled the skull mask off his face, and she visibly relaxed.

"Jehan." She sighed softly, "Is everything okay?"

"I need you to come with me."

She frowned in confusion, "What?"

Not bothering to answer, he took her hand and started to pull her out of the party.

"Jehan? Jehan! JEHAN!"

When she yanked her hand free, he spun around, wincing at the look on her face.

"Look just…" He sighed, "… just trust me. Please?"

There were a few moments of stunned silence, before Tiana sighed. "Alright." She allowed him to take her hand again, and he continued to pull her through the crowded streets until they reached the old sugar mill.

"Jehan, what- She frowned, stopping when he prompted her to open up her hand, placing a large key inside, "- What is this?"

"The key…. It's yours." He gestured at the building, "All yours."

Tiana was silent for a few moments, glancing between the key, the building and Jehan. "W-what?"

"I had some savings… it's not like I was ever going to use them."

Silence.

"Tiana… are you- MMPH!"

He was cut off as she flung herself at him, wrapping her arms around his neck, pressing her lips against his, just as the fireworks started.

'Huh' Jehan thought to himself, eagerly returning the kiss, 'This worked better than I expected.'