"Are you sure you wanna wear that, Elsie?" Anna asked, an eyebrow raised as she stared at Elsa's dress disapprovingly.
Elsa's eyes narrowed, offended by her sister's comment as she stood in front of the full-body mirror. A form-fitting sleek black dress hugged her body and accentuated her curves and Elsa really liked the lace sleeves that covered the entire length of her arms upto her wrist. "Why, whats wrong with this one?"
"My dearest sister, may I remind you that it has a huge fuckin window at the back stretching from the top of your shoulder blades to the starting point of your butt crack," Anna deadpanned. "And if that isn't enough, the slit literally comes almost all the way to your hips! We're choosing a dress for Jack's celebratory party, not for your honeymoon! One look at your creamy back and your boyfriend's gonna be horny all night!"
"Anna, please! We're at a store!" Elsa hissed, cheeks flushed as her eyes darted to few of the women who turned their heads.
As Anna huffed and returned to the aisles in search of another dress, Elsa looked back at the mirror. This definitely wasn't the first time she wore any revealing clothes and she knew Anna's words had at least a little bit of truth in them; the last time she wore a summer dress that was way shorter than any dress she's ever worn, Jack refused to leave her alone all day and Flynn caught them making out in the backyard.
Despite having been a happy couple for the past four years, Jack still managed to make her weak at the knees and she knew he also had a hard time keeping his hands away. Their busy schedules allowed very little time for them to actually enjoy their time together but when they did, Jack always made sure to make it a memorable time.
Glancing over her figure one last time, Elsa decided to buy it but save it for some other time. She changed into her normal clothes and stepped out of the changing room, joining her sister in searching for a proper dress.
"What about you, Anna?" She asked, placing back another dress in the rack. "Is your dress ready yet?"
Anna hummed from two aisles away, walking towards her with few dresses in hand as she patted her swollen belly. "Can't be wearing any ready-made clothes with the little one in here. So I had a friend of mine stitch one for me and I've already brought it to your penthouse. I am happy with the dress but Punzie looked sad that she couldn't do it for me."
"Of course she couldn't," Elsa took the clothes from her sister and made her sit down before going through each of them, "I heard Little Varien has finally started showing his dad's genes and is going around wreaking havoc inside the shops."
"Oh God, trust me, its like the Triplets all over again," Anna groaned. "And whats worse is that the three of them are training him to pull pranks!"
Elsa smiled and picked out a certain dress that Anna had brought over. It looked beautiful and suited her tastes very well, and also looked formal enough for a business party and casual enough for an event including their family and friends. She tried it out in the changing rooms and admired herself, loving how the dress revealed her collarbone and shoulders. She smiled to herself at how soft the fur around the neckline was and decided that this dress was the one.
Once Anna was satisfied as well, they paid for both the dresses and quickly got back into their car.
As they drove through the busy streets of New York, Elsa couldn't help but glance up at all the billboards with her boyfriend's face displayed on it, congratulating him for his second win at the Race of Rapidity. She smiled at how all the advertisements showed him off as this hot-and-cool badass and lovable bad boy whereas literally anyone who has spoken to him for more than five minutes would know that he is a determined and proud crackhead. She giggled when she saw a toothpaste advertisement he had acted in, and how much he had cringed in embarrassment when he had returned home that day.
Realizing that her sister had been silent the whole time, Elsa glanced to her side when they stopped at a red light and saw her deep in thought as she twisted her wedding ring around her finger. When Elsa voiced her concern, Anna quickly brushed her off and started talking about this phenomenal chocolate cake she had tasted at a Cafe nearby and how much she wanted to eat it again. As any good sister would do, Elsa quickly lead the car to the Cafe, happy to satisfy her pregnant sister's sudden cravings.
They spent the rest of the day catching up after months of just seeing each other on video calls, enjoying their first Only Sisters hangout after so long. Anna continued groaning about how Kristoff wouldn't let her continue running the ice rink -even though she is the Head of the rink now, mind you- and always insists that she should take rest, and how literally everyone else at the rink keep supporting him. Elsa asked if business got better at the rink and Anna replied enthusiastically, explaining how she was becoming such close friends with all the customers that stay at the rink.
Elsa watched her sister with a smile on her face, happy that the rink was finally thriving again. She fiddled with the chain Jack had gifted her as her thoughts slowly drifted to the man who helped turn her life colorful and exciting again.
Both Elsa and Anna paused when they heard their own voices in the speakers of the Cafe and turned to see that the Cafe television was showing their series.
A few months after Jack's first Race, he still remained incredibly popular among the people along with Hiccup, which was very unusual since the racers and even winners of the Race of Rapidity usually remained a trend for about five months after the race and then they become old news again, with the exception of Elsa and Hans. So Jack had had the brilliant idea to use this popularity and shoot a short life-at-the-rink kind of series in which he even revealed everything that had happened in the time he had been missing.
Add the legendary racer Elsa who had been missing from the public, the racer couple Hiccup and Astrid, the support staff that broke the world record, a heck lot of banter and shit ton of romance into the whole mess and they ended up with one of the most famous shows on the internet. They had managed with a very small shooting crew to keep the setting as natural as possible and hence, all of them had been surprised when their show had gotten nominated and even won few awards. This helped the audience know more about the personal lives of racers, how much they work hard and practice and even boosted the popularity of the rink, which upgraded into a resort where people can stay within nature and take a breather for a few days straight.
Back at the cafe, Anna giggled and Elsa hid her face as the television showed the scene in which Flynn, Astrid and Anna had silently sneaked a camera around the corner where Jack and Elsa had been flirting. Both of them and a few other customers at the cafe chuckled and laughed when Elsa onscreen caught the three of them and chased them down, which was recorded by Hiccup who kept repeating that he told them not to do it. When people started noticing Elsa and Anna sitting among them, the two of them decided it was time to leave and quickly left the cafe.
Once they were back home at Jack and Elsa's penthouse -which Elsa had gotten years back for her third win- Anna retreated to the guest room to take some rest. After tucking her in, Elsa flopped down in the master bedroom, eyes drifting over all the photographs hung on the wall. She couldn't help the smile on her face as her mind took her back to each memorable incident of the past four years.
But just before she could close her eyes, her phone rang from where she had thrown it on the bedside table. Groaning, Elsa rolled over and grabbed the device, flipping it over to see that her PA and friend, Honeymaren was calling.
She received the call, put it on speaker and placed it on the bed next to her head before saying, "Hey Honey."
"Sweet Jesus, why do you sound so exhausted?" Honeymaren asked, trying not to laugh.
"Hey, you try hanging out with an eight-month pregnant over-excited sister with too much chocolate and sandwich cravings and an insatiable need to shop in high heels and then talk." Elsa huffed, pulling her legs up to undo her her six-inch stilettos before rubbing her sore foot.
"So running a specialized Race of Rapidity Board approved Training centre is easier than satisfying your pregnant sister's cravings?" Honey chuckled.
"Yes," Elsa deadpanned, "yes it is."
Honeymaren straight up laughed this time and even Elsa couldn't hold back the smile that crept onto her face. They spoke for some more time about their company's budget and a few other details which they planned to deal with later before Elsa said her goodbyes and ended the call.
This time, her eyes drifted to the biggest photo on the wall, taken in the lobby of DisneyWorks Training centre, a combined Race of Rapidity specialized training centre backed up by the biggest sports brand The Berk Associations and the most widespread charity and orphanage network The Guardians. Everyone from the rink, the Guardians and the main leaders of the Berk Association were present in the picture. And standing amidst all of them on either side of a Tachyons Cup won through friendship were the people who created this training centre, Jack Frost and Hiccup Haddock.
Right after the announcement of the results of the Race of Rapidity four years back, Jack had had the idea to use the prize from the Race to create a separate sub unit consisting of racers from both The Guardians Inc and the Berk Association. Hiccup had supported this as well, since the Berk Association mainly dealt with sports grounds and equipments at even national levels and they focussed on teaching all kinds of sports to those interested so their Race of Rapidity training wasn't actually the best; and the Guardians had initially just been an orphanage and charity organization until Manny had offered to train the kids and converted it into a Race of Rapidity sponsor. Hence, a sub unit focussed only on training the racers both physically and magically to prepare them for the Race and other similar competitions was proposed to be in the best interests of both the companies so North and Stoick had signed the agreement, thus creating DisneyWorks Training Centre.
Elsa had been appointed CEO under the recommendation of North, Stoick, Jack, Astrid and even Hiccup -who Jack hadn't know was Elsa's classmate at the Magical Academy along with Astrid and their other friends.
Elsa had openly rejected the offer at first, claiming that she is needed at the rink and since business was thriving there, she couldn't just leave her family to fend for themselves. But with Anna's assurances that she will step forward and look after the rink and Jack's pleadings to stay, she finally gave in and strove to take the Centre to greater heights.
After a year of preparation which included reconstructing the Glacial Haven into a training centre and prepping the vast land around it for training purposes, DisneyWorks Training Centre had been opened a year after Jack's first Race. Jack had represented their Training Centre for all of his next races, Hiccup took over the Presidency of the Association after his dad passed away two years prior and Honeymaren joined the Centre as Elsa's PA about a year ago and made life much easier for her.
At some point in time as Elsa reminisced about all of this, her eyes closed shut and she drifted off in a tired slumber.
Much later, she woke up to the sound of the door opening. With a smile, she turned around in the bed, settling down more comfortably when familiar cold arms wrapped around her body and a cold nose buried itself in her neck. She reached up and stroked his hair as her boyfriend shuffled closer and threw his leg over her.
"Long day?" she asked, voice filled with sleep and exhaustion.
"Too long," he groaned. "I almost don't want to attend the party tomorrow."
"You could always turn up just a little late," Elsa suggested, now massaging his temple, to which he hummed in approval. "I don't usually suggest people to be late for their own party but you really look like you need the extra sleep."
"Mhmm," Jack mumbled, "As tempting as that sounds, I think I'd rather attend the party and be done with it and then enjoy the two weeks vacation that my boss has so kindly bestowed upon me," he stated, looking pointedly at her.
"It was Yelana's suggestion," Elsa shrugged, thinking back to how the Head Director of the Trainers had sighed deeply, exhaustion evident in her body probably due to Jack, as she suggested giving two weeks off for Jack since he had "so generously gone along with the interviews and advertisements" after he had won the race.
Jack just smiled at her and didn't reply. As Elsa continued massaging his forehead gently, Jack just stared at her with pure adoration on his face. Elsa noticed how he bit the inside of his lip, a telltale sign that he's either nervous or thinking deeply about something and worrying about it.
"What's wrong?" She asked, pausing her ministrations as she looked at him with concern laced in her voice. His expression almost seemed familiar to the one she had seen on Anna's face back when they had left the mall.
Jack snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head, smiling to ease her worries. He surprised her by kissing her deeply, which she reciprocated as much as her tired self allowed her to. When he pulled back after a few seconds, Elsa stared at him, confusion evident on her face as she tried to guess what might possibly be stressing him out.
Jack told her it was nothing and that she shouldn't waste her energy worrying about it. Seeing even more confusion in her eyes, Jack just chuckled and kissed her nose, and then fell asleep right away.
Well, whatever it is, I'm pretty sure I'll get to know later...
With that thought, Elsa leaned over, switched off the lights, and settled back in bed, savoring the last bit of rest she could have at the moment before worrying about the party preparations the next day.
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"The party is wonderful, Ms Winters," smiled the guest, one of the co-sponsors of DisneyWorks Training Centre. "You must be very proud of Mr Frost."
"Thank you very much for your kind words, Mr Dracula," Elsa smiled back politely, "and indeed, I am. He is the reason I'm here after all."
They continued exchanging polite conversation as business acquaintances usually would, until a loud child's voice called for her attention.
"Auntie Elsa! I'm here!"
Recognizing the voice, Elsa excused herself and turned around only to get an armful of her 3 year old nephew.
"Varien! My baby, how are you?" She asked, laughing out loudly with him as he jumped up and hugged her tight.
"Even better now that I've seen you," he replied, grinning widely.
"I see your father has been rubbing off on you," Elsa laughed, holding him with one arm as she ruffled his hair with the other.
As he started rambling about all the great things he saw on the way to the party, Elsa made eye contact with her cousin who walked towards them with a tired smile while dragging her husband who was whining to get to the snack table.
"Hey," Rapunzel smiled a lot more brightly, reaching out to hug her cousin.
"My my, don't you look well-rested," Elsa teased, hugging her cousin with one arm before hugging Flynn as well.
"Sleep is a luxury I sacrificed ever since I got pregnant with the angel mixed with my excitement and the rest of Flynn's genes," Rapunzel rolled her eyes before looking around, "Are we too late?"
"Of course not," Elsa shook her head, signaling to Jack a few tables away, who was talking with North and Stoick, "The man of the hour arrived just a few minutes prior so I'd say you're right on time. Speaking of whom..." she trailed away, smiling as Jack walked over to them.
"Welcome to our party, dear ones! Rapunzel, still looking as amazing as always!" Jack grinned as he hugged the blonde before turning to her husband, "who invited you though?"
Flynn grabbed him in a choke-hold and the two of them started squirming to gain the upper hand until their respective babysitters cleared their throats. Jack's eyes then met with Varien's, and a silent yet weird tension settled between the two.
"How nice to see you again, little Var-var," Jack smiled, a devious glint in his eyes as he pointedly stared at the young boy, "You sure have grown big! Big enough to stand on your own without sitting on my girlfriend's hips, I'm sure."
The small boy smirked back, wrapping his arms around Elsa's neck as he stated, "Of course, Jack. But I don't see the problem in sitting on my future-wife's hips."
"Varien, honey, Elsa is not your future wife," Jack rolled his eyes.
"Why not?" he pouted, now turning to look at his exasperated Aunt, "will you marry me, Auntie Elsa?"
Elsa made a show of considering her answer, before tickling the young boy as she stated, "If you behave like a good boy and not give your mom any trouble, then why wouldn't I marry the most cutest boy on earth?"
Varien giggled under her hands before looking at Jack triumph.
Jack made a show of scoffing and hugging Elsa as well, and the remaining adults there laughed at their antics.
They were soon joined by the Haddock family and the Bjorgmans, all of whom looked equally tired. Elsa let Varien down as he met up with Hiccup and Astrid's four year old daughter Zephyr, who excitedly introduced her two-year-old brother Nuffink to him. The children then ran off to play together, with Zephyr promising her mother and Rapunzel that she will take good care of the younger ones. When the mothers were convinced, the young girl grabbed Varien and Nuffink's hands and the three of them ran off to the kids section.
The adults continued talking with each other, laughing as Jack teased Hiccup and Flynn for growing out beards. But they couldn't talk for long because soon enough, Jack's presence was needed somewhere else and a few other people had been very interested in talking to Hiccup and Anna related to their business.
As Rapunzel and Astrid went to the kids section to keep an eye on their children and Flynn finally headed over to the snack table, Elsa walked around the party hall, making sure all the guests were taken care of.
She approached Honeymaren who was with the officer in charge of the party, and resolved few last minute doubts related to the deserts. Just as she wrapped up the conversation, she felt someone tap her shoulder in a familiar pattern and turned around with a smile on her face to be met with warm brown eyes and sleek locks of chocolate brown hair.
"What took you so long," Elsa asked as she embraced the sixteen-year old.
"Sorry, dressing up at the Salon right after my cram school turned out a little too time-consuming," Emma replied, hugging her lightly before pulling back. "Did he arrive on time this time or was he fashionably late again?"
"Oh trust me, he actually turned up early for the party," Elsa grinned before both of them giggled, "I even told him that he could be late and catch s few extra Z's but he surprisingly insisted on coming early."
Emma chuckled to herself, muttering something that sounded like "Of course he would." But before Elsa could clarify, she was interrupted by her boyfriend's patronising yet immature voice.
"How can you turn up so late for your own brother's party?" Jack asked, hands on his hips as he tried to intimidate her.
"Hello to you too Jack," Emma roles her eyes, a good natured smile on her face.
"Why didn't you come last weekend?" He asked, raising an eyebrow before dramatically placing a hand on his heart, "I was so hurt that you skipped our weekend deal! I get to see you literally just on the weekends 'cause you're too busy continuing school from Aunt May's house even though I clearly told that I have no problem reappointing a driver for you-"
"And I told you that its easier for me to continue staying at Aunt May's house since all of my friends live there and its closer to my school! You saw how much of a mess my entire schedule became in the last two attempts of me living at y'alls penthouse." Emma pointed out. " Besides, I couldn't come last week because I had extra lessons to attend at my cram school! It's tiring to go back and forth from your house to the institute so I decided to skip."
Jack seemed to ignore her words as he turned his face away from her, this time placing the back of his hand on his forehead as he pretended to sniffle, "It has started, my sweet angelic little sister has started going through her rebellious phase...! Whatever shall I do, oh great heavens?!"
"Oh my God you drama queen," Emma facepalmed before slapping the back of his head, "I promised you I'd come and chill this weekend so get over yourself."
"Such lies she spouts," Jack continued, turning the other way around as he continued his act, "now she refuses to hang out with me, and then the next thing I know she's gonna be dating boys without telling me!"
Both Jack and Elsa expected the usual shove along with a refusal from the teenager, but it never came. And to their surprise, Emma was looking away while tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, a trait she started doing whenever she was nervous or was hiding something.
When realisation finally struck, Jack gasped, face now filled with fake fury, "Wait, REALLY?! You're already dating someone?!"
Emma shook her head fast, trying to resolve the misunderstanding, "No no NO, not yet!"
"Not yet?" Jack raised an eyebrow, bending to make eye-contact with his sister who actively avoided his eyes, "So you like someone?"
"Wellllll..." Emma dragged, rubbing her hand to her elbow as a blush made way into her cheeks, "There is this one girl..."
Jack and Elsa blinked, before Jack burst, "What do you mean 'there's a girl'? You haven't confessed yet?!"
Emma rolled her eyes, trying her very best to not show her blush as she replied, "not exactly? We both know that we like each other and we might've even kinda sorta kissed or somethin but nothing's set in stone or anything yet..."
"Emma, what-?!"
"Aaaaaand someone's calling for you, Frostface," Elsa interrupted him, pushing him towards a waiting Bunny with close to no subtlety. She then turned to Emma who smiled at her with relief evident on her face.
But before they could talk, Jack called Elsa over as well, glaring at her for pushing him. Emma mouthed her a 'thank you', to which Elsa replied with a wink and a thumbs-up before she reached her boyfriend.
They spoke with a few more guests and friends, and the whole time Elsa couldn't help but notice that Jack was getting more nervous and was sweating a lot more than usual.
"Hey, you okay?" Elsa asked once they finally got some free time. She reached up and checked his temperature, eyebrows furrowing in confusion when his health seemed to be just fine.
"Hey Snowflake," Jack suddenly grabbed her hand before looping it around his, "Wanna go out on a walk?"
Elsa blinked, surprised at his actions as she glanced behind at the party, "Jack, its your party! We can't just up and leave-!"
"We'll come back," Jack assured her, already leading her to the backdoor of the party hall, "Lets step out for just a few minutes, take a breather after an entire day of preparation, ya know?"
Before Elsa could even agree, she was already walking out of the room and into the cold night outside.
Elsa had assumed that they would just be walking in the small garden outside but Jack surprised her yet again by sweeping her into his arms, pulling his staff out from nowhere before shooting into the sky. Elsa tried asking where they were going and what was he trying to do, but Jack just told her it was a secret and even requested her to close her eyes.
Suspicious but also curious, Elsa obliged and closed her eyes, trying to guess where they were going by using her other senses. But she couldn't come up with an answer and even considered peeking an eye open after they had been flying at full speed for about 30 minutes already. Despite being so curious, Elsa kept her word and stayed blind the whole time, noticing that Jack's nervousness seemed to increase by the minute.
When she finally decided to just ask him outright, Jack floated towards the ground and set her down before whispering in her ear to open her eyes.
Elsa followed his instructions, her throat clogging up with emotions as she looked around the familiar place, the one place which held all her dreams of the future from when she had been a child.
"Jack...?" Elsa uttered his name questioningly as she looked around the small clearing where she had brought him in the middle of the night years back when Jack and her had just recently become friends. The ground was covered with snow as always but the small trees around the clearing had been decorated with fairy lights and ice flowers, making the place seem almost ethereal.
She looked around in search of him- and her heart did a jump and speech left her body when she saw Jack behind her, down on one knee, holding out a box with a simple yet elegant ring which had a captivating blue stone in the middle.
Jack smiled nervously and took a deep breath before he started, "Elsa, never in my life had I actually believed in love and permanent relationships because of a strong and deep fear of abandonment after my parents' death. I always felt like no matter how hard I work, the people whom I love will end up leaving me at some point. But you changed my whole life, made me realise things I was too stupid to notice, made my heart strong again, influenced me by your smartness and had me falling deep in love for the first time in my life. These past four years have been the happiest days of my life despite all the problems I faced and overcame all thanks to you. Without you, I wouldn't be having the loving relationship I have with Emma right now, or so many friends, a family, the love for my job and my powers, and love for myself, but most importantly a home I can always return to and a life to look forward to. So will you, Elsa Winters, make me the happiest fuckin man in the universe by promising to stay with me even after we're no longer the most beautiful power couple of the country, after our children have left us to lead their own lives and until death so us part?" He paused and held his breath, looking at her with naked sincerity and love.
"Will you, my Snowflake, let me win the race of my life, one more time, by becoming my wife?" He asked, finishing his cheesy speech with a huge smile.
Elsa, who was already crying and laughing at the same time, jumped on him and hugged him tight as the two of them rolled in the snow. She scolded him for being so cheesy and for ruining his entire speech by making a race-reference even though it was blindingly obvious that she loved all of it by the tears streaming down her face and the tight hug that she held him in. Finally, a few seconds later, she leaned close to his ear and whispered,
"Yes."
The End :)
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Hey there, the Author here. I've been working on this fanfic for almost two years now I think, and yaayyy its finally over! I've been very indecisive with so many aspects of this fanfiction and even put it on hiatus for some time which is when I took the time to properly organize the plot and other details (tho most of them is just me winging it)
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