i've got a dream

i'm so glad i left my tower!

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Rapunzel Gothel || 25 || Artist 

Name: Rapunzel Gothel Species: Fae  Sexuality: Questioning  Pronouns: She/Her  Favorite Song: Today Was A Fairytale by Taylor Swift  Big Three: Gemini sun, Pisces moon, Taurus rising Location: Echo Creek

Headcanons:

Rapunzel wished for a lot of things when she was younger, but the two things she wanted the most were a sibling and a father. She never understood why her mother didn’t have a husband, or, at the very least, a partner, to help raise her. The bond between Rapunzel and her mother was strong growing up, but she always dreamed of having someone else around to make life a little less lonely.

Hence, Peyton has been the brother she never had. Her mother knew of her “pet” chameleon, but never seemed to figure out that Peyton could turn back to human form when she left the tower. He was the best company to have when her mother went on long journeys to get food and supplies. He’s the only one who knows Rapunzel’s dreams, her desires, her every day struggles, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s just thankful that her wish for companionship came true.

The lanterns have to be magical, or so she believes. Rapunzel wished one year on her birthday for someone like Peyton to come along, and a few weeks later, there he was. The same thing happened when she wished for adventure, and in came Flynn Rider. She knows magic is real, and those lanterns have to hold some kind of it.

Rapunzel likes to live each day like it’s her last, mostly because it might very well be. She doesn’t really know when her mother might show up, or how. She stays in the house where she, Cassandra, and Eugene live quite often so that she’s not seen in public. If she is, she usually rotates between baseball caps of Eugene’s and sunglasses as a trusty disguise.

Since she hasn’t been many places in Animania (or on the planet, for that matter), painting is Rapunzel’s way of visiting places she’s only dreamed of. She loves to paint places as they’re described in books. Now, she’s been trying to focus on painting places that Eugene and Cassandra have been, hoping she’ll make it there someday.

Rapunzel adores Cassandra more than anything, and she’s really one of the only true friends she has. She appreciates Cass telling things to her straight, especially when she’s lived such a sheltered life. She’s almost like a mix between a sister and Rapunzel’s guide to living life outside the tower. 

At first, Rapunzel was afraid that it would be weird, living with Eugene and Cass, but they’ve become her family. At least, that’s what it feels like, for now. She kind of has this weird feeling whenever she’s around Eugene that she can’t seem to shake, like butterflies in her stomach that make her even more flustered than she usually is. Rapunzel doesn’t want to mess with the dynamic, though, and she’s not even sure how she would go about telling the guy she’s living with that she likes him. If things went wrong, she’d have nowhere to go, and that’s the last thing she wants. 

She would be lying, though, if she said she wasn’t excited for their trip to see the lanterns on Rapunzel’s birthday this year. Eugene even promised they’d have the best view in Animania somehow, and she can’t wait! She’s convinced he’s just doing it because he’s a nice guy and it’s been her birthday wish her entire life to see them, though. That’s a friend sort of thing to do, right?

Edits:

Her hair is down to the floor, but she likes to braid it often to have it to her thigh. It makes it more manageable for everyday wear. She cut off a small piece of it when she was younger, and it shriveled and turn to brown. Rapunzel wants to keep her magic, but the hair does get annoying, especially when she’s trying to go out in her disguise.

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starboyjim·:

Jim pursed his lips, nodding slightly as he understood what she meant. He was a smart boy, and he knew how to read between the lines. Jim wasn’t going to dig the wound deeper by asking more about it. Tonight, perhaps, they could just enjoy the view. “Thanks, Rapunzel.” He took her hand, squeezing it gently. He caught her eye, and the color of it was always so comforting to him. “For a chance to see your light.” He added, letting it go once more. Instinctively, he placed his hand back on his coat, a place where it was always warm and comfortable. For what it’s worth, he had a fun time. Their drunken walks on cobblestones were mere memories he knew he wouldn’t be able to forget. Rapunzel was his salvation when he knew he couldn’t be with Anna, even if Anna had confessed her feelings to him. She felt like a warm summer breeze in the dry winter air — with curious, innocent eyes and lips quick to laugh. “It’s nice to share the view with someone. Imagine the vast universe, how little we are, and yet somehow we feel complete with another soul.” Jim smiled warmly at her, with genuine happiness for sharing the moment with her. “How fortunate I must be that our lines have crossed.” Even if they were meant to separate along the way. That one dot of chance, that split second of experience, was enough. For Jim, this was enough. 

He had talked to Flik previously about his plans, which didn’t seem to be happening any longer. Nonetheless, he was used to the goodbyes. “Well, now that’s the smoke. The only remainder that a spark once existed.” It disappeared to thin air, invisible to the naked eye. Was that all they would be soon in time? Jim couldn’t tell. “You want to go eat?” He asked, making the most out of their seemingly last night together.

It felt so final, the way that he thanked her and the universe for bringing them together for a short time. All of that without a word of Anna, the girl who had made this impossible from the start. Even if Flynn wasn’t in the picture, she couldn’t go on with him without feeling guilty for crossing over into what had once been her friend’s. It was bad enough that she still had no idea that Rapunzel and Jim had kissed in the first place. “I think that’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard,” she told him, sincere. He had always been so philosophical, on a level that Rapunzel never thought about until he brought up the stars and everything else out in the universe. Her stomach dropped with the fall of his hand, a simple gesture meaning more than any words he could ever say.

“Do you still like her?” she blurted, her gaze fixated forward, afraid of the answer. Rapunzel wasn’t sure what his response would even change, if she’d feel better if it were a yes or no. If this was going to be it, the final adventure for them, at least she could walk away with answers. An entire assumption of forever had ended because of Anna’s feelings for the boy beside her; she couldn’t ignore the way that her decision had been affected by it. She wondered if maybe it would have been different if Anna and Hans had remained together. “You don’t have to answer that right now, or ever, really, I--I just had to ask.”

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closed starter for @smolderholder​

The moment Ella told her she should talk to him, Rapunzel was on a mission to go find Flynn. She had no idea what was coming, but if it was something that her friend wanted her to find out from the man himself, it had to be serious. She couldn’t be mad at Ella for not wanting to get involved, either, but at least she had admitted that there was something going on, something at least scary enough that Ella had feared for both her and Flynn’s lives. Rapunzel knew that there was a dark side to his past, but he had made a promise that he was done with the risky business, he had moved onto the mundane.

“Hey, you,” she greeted, anxious. He had been more comfortable around the house now that she had effectively chosen him over Jim. It made life a lot easier to be able to find him in the kitchen rather than having to stalk him at night and in the morning. “Quick question: I just talked to Ella, and she said there was something I should speak to you about? She seemed a little worried, but wouldn’t exactly say what it was, so ... what’s going on?”

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glasslippcr·:

Ella had known her friend was dealing with her own trouble when it came to the heart. It was a difficult thing to understand, feelings were far more complex than many things. To make it all the more confusing she had come home that day with more knowledge than she knew what to do with. There had been an incident at the bar and she hadn’t the slightest idea where to begin. She didn’t want to betray Flynn’s trust but neither would she Rapunzel’s. Back when she had tried to keep the truth about her identity as the girl with the glove it felt like it was for the right reasons and it was wrong of her. All her friend had wanted was for her to tell her and that was a mistake she would not make twice. “I don’t know where your heart stands for only you know that. All I could ever want for you is happiness,” she said as she took her friends hands. “I understand not wanting to get in the way of things, believe me. Have you asked Jim? How he feels, about her? She was engaged, was she not?” Ella didn’t know how to say enough and not say too much. “I don’t think Flynn is all that different than who he used to be… I fear it for him but for you as well.” She bit the inside of her lip as to not let it all spill out. There was a fear building, not only for Flynn but for her friend and the very place she called home. “I-I… don’t know…” For once Ella didn’t know what to say, knowing none of it would be right unless it was the truth. 

There was a hesitation to Ella’s answer that she couldn’t quite comprehend. If she truly did want happiness for her, then why was she questioning Rapunzel’s already made decision? “Yes, she was, and now she’s not any more. Something happened with Jim and her fiancé, I’m not entirely certain of the details. All I know is that I think she still has feelings for him.” What she said about Flynn was alarming: how could Ella have known that he hadn’t changed in the same way that Rapunzel was sure that he had? “What do you mean, you don’t think he’s changed? He’s--I mean, he’s staying out of trouble, working at the bar, I thought ... I don’t know what you mean,” she replied, confused. What was there to fear for either of them if everything was just as Flynn said it had been? “Ella, I don’t know what you saw, or heard, but if there’s something you think is serious going on, that you’re afraid for both of us, I--I haven’t heard a single thing about it.”

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mrkitcharming·:

“Hm? Rapunzel, why do you always have the capacity to keep me on my toes?” He grinned, shrugging his shoulders to anticipate whatever mundane thought she might have. Kit had always appreciated her wild thoughts. She had a different perspective on the world, quite different from how he sees it. “Don’t wo—” He didn’t want any bargain for his thoughts. Kit was always glad to help Rapunzel in any way he could. However, as she spoke with such dexterity, Kit could only stare at her, an astonished look seen on his face for a good minute “Ella, you mean….Tremaine?” He swallowed, blinking to think whether she was playing games on him. Perhaps it was a different Ella, and could there be more Ellas? He’s not quite sure. However, matters regarding his lost love couldn’t really be taken lightly. He felt his breathing a bit constricted, and yet he maintained composure. “Are we talking about the same Ella who I…” He paused, biting his lips as he tried to search for words. This was more difficult than he intended, especially because it was Rapunzel that he was talking to. “Is this the same Ella who lived under my roof?” He asked, successfully phrasing it well.

Kit couldn’t believe it. There was still much to understand, but at least he was certain about one thing. Ella was close, and he had a string to hold on to. He was no longer mindlessly wandering for clues. “I don’t understand. Why did she leave?” Kit had to ask. Perhaps Rapunzel had some answers, and perhaps they would help him ease away from the nightmares that disturb him at night. “I have been looking for her, Punz. It was difficult to live without an answer. My mind wanted to move on, but my heart—oh, such a treacherous thing. It wouldn’t budge.” He sighed, pursing his lips while his eyes furrowed in confusion. There was much going on in his head, but Kit looked at her and immediately knew what to say. “Thank you, always, for everything. You’re a divine gift to me. Rapunzel.”

Rapunzel wanted to roll her eyes at him, as though it weren’t obvious which girl she was referring to, the same one he had been searching for initially when she’d met him. It was strange how things finally came full circle for the two of them, with Kit looking for the girl with the glove and Flynn finding his way back to Rapunzel. “Yes, it’s the same Ella! What other Ella do we both know?” she said with a laugh, as though it were obvious. “I know who she is, silly, otherwise I wouldn’t have told you about all of this. I can’t have you looking for her again for ... how long was it the first time? I mean, I already felt bad about you not knowing she was staying with me.”

The answer to his next question seemed more obvious than the first, and it was the same reason why Rapunzel had to leave things with him to begin with. “Oh, Kit, I know you’re smarter than that,” she scolded teasingly, “I think you’re forgetting that this is supposed to be your second engagement this year?" While Ella hadn’t been able to move on from what she truly wanted, either, she wasn’t the one who could stop Kit from getting engaged to someone else. “She thought you were going to get married, for goodness sakes, could you blame her for wanting to gain distance from that?” Rapunzel reminded him. “Of course, always. You’re two of the people who I care about the most, and all I’ve ever wanted was nothing but happiness for each of you, especially if it’s each other.”

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charliechess·:

Charlie honestly couldn’t believe this. He was covered in fresh blood and here she was asking why she should leave still. It was absurd. It would have him laughing, honestly. But no, he was on a mission to crush any and all good things out of his life and he was starting to see that with Rapunzel, he just had to be dead honest. Dead honest in a way that he hadn’t even been with himself. There was no going back after this and he honestly was in a place where he could live with that. Daisy had been right to point out his weakness and now he was going to confront it head on, at his most truthful self.

“Because I’ve grown fond of you,” he said, taking a step closer to her, but enough to remain distant. “Because I’m addicted to your sunshine. I’m addicted to your taste. I’m addicted to you.” He ran a hand through his hair, looking her dead in the eyes. “I don’t want to be friends with you. I want to be your ruin, your salvation, and I want to consume you as much as you have consumed me.” He couldn’t afford to look at her anymore so he didn’t, his eyes darting to the ground. “I have only ever gotten this way with one other person…my ex. I would have killed for her and now I would rather kill for you. It is madness, sunshine. So you should stay away so you can…let me free.”

Rapunzel’s eyes widened as she processed what he was telling her. She thought back to what Kit had told her, that she should be with someone who would do anything for her, and here he was, spelling it all out. In her body, though, she could feel some level of pain and darkness growing stronger, and Rapunzel wondered if there was anything she could do to pull it out of him and heal him. She was too afraid to try and wind up hurting herself; she had never healed anyone’s insides before.

“I don’t know what to say,” she blurted finally, meeting his gaze for a moment before they both decided to look away from each other. “I don’t think that’s how love works, Charlie. It’s supposed to be selfless and pure, not all-consuming and dark. Not that I know much about it, being in love, but I want to be.” Infatuation wasn’t love, which was what she was learning from Charlie. She would never want the threat of violence on her conscience. “I’ll always want to be friends with you, but I understand.”

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continued from here for @vvdort​

Rapunzel hadn’t seen her friend around in a while, but she was happy to have found him now. He had his sketchbook out, but she could see that the page was an empty one for now. “Waiting for inspiration to hit you?” she asked, gesturing down to the clean slate on his lap. She took a seat beside him, seeing that he looked more worried than usual. He had heard of some sort of engagement debacle going on in his life, but unlike Rapunzel, he was the one who was supposed to get married. “More or less, I guess,” she admitted, giving him a small laugh. “I don’t suppose you’re doing any better, from that blank page and the more anxious than normal look on your face. But, if you don’t want to talk about it, I can bore you with all that’s going on in my life as a distraction instead.”

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continued from here for @smolderholder​

Rapunzel and Flynn had talked, but not truly spoken, since she made the whirlwind decision to kiss him at midnight. She’d spent weeks wondering if it was a good decision, but it seemed like her answer lied in how much he had been avoiding her since then. He was out of the house at the crack of dawn, not to return until the sun had already set. Ironically, it was Kit who had helped her follow her heart out of the house and to the small park a block away where she thought she’d seen Flynn heading. It was a little crazy, following him like that, but she couldn’t help herself. Rapunzel knew what she had to do now, and somehow, the answer was clear in the person who had been there all along. 

“Flynn?” she called out as she approached him, his expression a tired one. She hoped that it was from the early morning rise instead of the sight of her. Taking a reluctant seat next to him, she gave a sheepish smile. “I know. I mean, I know all of that, that I had to have changed your life because you changed mine. I don’t know what this is, but I was hoping you’d say that, about a dream.” As much as she had dreamt of her life outside of her tower, she could have never imagined meeting someone like him, not ever. Somehow, he was exactly the right person for her, even though he was also the least expected. “I had a dream for a long time, and you’re the one who helped me make it come true. All this time I’ve been here, it’s like I’ve been sleeping, but not dreaming, because if I had been, I think I would’ve realized it a long time ago.” She turned, shifting on the bench to face him. “It’s you. You’re my new dream.”

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continued from here for @starboyjim​

Although she’d fixated on the lanterns outside of her window for so long as a child, she had come to learn that there were other things that made the sky look just as beautiful, one of which included fireworks. She’d never seen anything like it, the way that they burst in the sky like they were blossoming, then fading away. With Jim’s sense of adventure taking over, he had insisted that they go to his favorite spot to go watch them, at the top of a small mountain that had been a pretty silent hike to get there. Though Rapunzel knew what she had to say, she had no idea how to form the words.

Rapunzel couldn’t help but stare in awe, her gaze focused on the spectacle in front of her. She had never seen them from so high up before, watching as they burst and rained light on the entire city at the bottom. “Thank you for this,” she said as the show ended, looking back at him for the first time, though his gaze was already fixated on her. “Thank you for all of it, the adventure.” She paused, digging her feet into the dirt in attempt to ground herself for what was coming next. “But you know we can’t .... follow anything but the fireworks. She’s--they’re not engaged anymore,” Rapunzel mumbled, thinking of Anna and how she had sacrificed the seemingly perfect man for the one beside her.

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mrkitcharming·:

“You know that I can’t decide that for you, right?” Kit chuckled, messing up her hair with his hand. He could tell that it was truly a problem to have your heart stuck between two people you truly cared about. Flynn had always been a person that Kit used to feel wary about, as he was undeniably protective of Rapunzel, far too much to be a so-called “friend”. “You know, I was able to briefly meet them. Flynn hated my guts. I’m quite sure of it.” Kit laughed, remembering the time when he had asked the other boy to take care of Rapunzel as he fully decided to let her go. They had one thing in common, and it was only Rapunzel. He could tell he cared about her, possibly with the same vigor as he did before. “Jim, on the other hand, oh I understand why you’d like him. He’s full of vigor and quite passionate. He knocked at my doors at night, quite bravely, for me to back away from Anna’s hand. I see that he has moved on.” Kit shook his head, still quite amused by her predicament.

“Well, if I could give some help. I’d say, choose the one who truly knows you. Your weakness and your strength. The man who will lay down everything for you, if you’d ask.” Rapunzel deserved someone who was able to give her everything wholeheartedly. “I know both men are capable of great things. However, Jim met me for Anna, not you. Meanwhile, Flynn was ready to break my neck because I dared to hurt your heart. It does say something about where their priorities lie, don’t you think?” Kit looked at her, hoping that what he said truly made sense. In the end, all he wanted for her was the best. “For what it’s worth, I know you’ll be fine with or without them. You have a good heart, Punz, it’ll lead you to where you belong.”

“Flynn doesn’t hate your guts,” she blurted, giving him her best convincing shake of her head. “Maybe Cass does, but he definitely doesn’t.” Rapunzel was sure that Kit was right in his assessment, but she didn’t want to make him feel any worse. What was done had been over, and there was no use to keep disdain for someone who did what had to be done. “He did?” It sounded like something Jim would have done, given how strongly she knew he felt about Anna. Jim hadn’t done anything like that for her, while Flynn would have given her the entire world if he could, she was sure. There was no question about that, nor was there ever any thought that he might do the same for someone else. Not even the taller, dark haired girl at the New Years party would have that much of his heart.

It pained her to think that she held the information to lead Kit to where his heart truly belonged. The image of Ella in her arms, crying on her bed, flashed in her mind, and she knew that while Kit didn’t even know to ask for it, Rapunzel had to exchange the information that would ensure his happiness, too. She was sure his supposed new fiancée could find someone else who didn’t have the love Kit had in his heart for her best friend. “I have to tell you something, and it’s to thank you for all of this help.” Rapunzel bit her lip, only hesitant for a second before blurting the words. “I’ve been letting Ella stay with me since she left your house. She’s miserable, and misses you more than I probably ever have. I can’t tell you where we live, but, um, I can tell you that. Maybe I should’ve told you sooner, but ... do what you will with that for now.”

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glasslippcr·:

She wished it didn’t have to be this way, fearing every time that she might be putting Rapunzel in quite an awkward position. After growing up away from a world she realized now how few true friends she really had. In fact, most of them were in this very house. That’s another reason she treasured Rapunzel so much, feeling as though she is the closest thing she truly has to a family. There was a time she believed Kit was also a part of that but she was learning to adjust. Ella did her best to keep these feelings to herself, lately they had been aching again, enough that she simply wanted it to stop. Heartbreak was a pain she’d only felt when her father passed away but this one was very different. She didn’t know how to grieve someone that was still alive. “That always seems to be the answer,” Ella said with a returned smile, both of them knowing that truth all too well. Upon hearing the next slice of advice it was something she hadn’t wanted to admit to herself. She had no where else to call her own, a place she could sit alone in silence, this was the closest thing. The downside was that it welcomed feelings back of the very person she didn’t know how to forget. “It is strange to see his face and not know who he is anymore…” Her voice trailed off as she tried to not get lost in her own thoughts. He could not be who she thought if he had not even said goodbye. “They never make it easy, do they?” Ella joined her with a soft laugh in hopes she could keep the conversation from sinking too far.

“No, they don’t,” she agreed, thinking of her own time trying to decide what to do with Flynn and Jim. Since talking to Kit, the only person who had ever known her heart like that before, the answer seemed clear. Still, it didn’t make the thought of telling Jim that she had chosen someone else any better. In exchange for his advice, Rapunzel had given him a piece of information, too, but it was clear from how Ella was handling things that he hadn’t found her just yet. “I think I need to turn down Jim,” she blurted, not meaning to change the subject so drastically, but it was the only thing that had been on her mind since Ella’s last statement. “I can’t ... I won’t get in the way of him and Anna, if that’s what they both want, and--you haven’t talked to Flynn recently, have you? It’s been unbearable, how he just leaves and isn’t back until too late. I think it’s because he’s avoiding me, but I need to tell him that ... it’s him. It always has been, but I guess one little kiss made me open my eyes and see it.”

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mrkitcharming·:

“I know.” Kit nodded, pursing his lips as his hand extended out to reach her, placing it on her shoulders while his other hand rubbed her arm. “I thought so too. I really did.” He couldn’t believe how time flies by so fast, and how just a few days ago, he probably would have left his life altogether for a chance to be with her. A chance, that was it. There didn’t stand a chance to the cruelty that the world had to offer. “For what it’s worth, you changed my life for the better. And I don’t regret a single day of ever being with you.” He admitted, a warm smile on his face. “Thank you, Rapunzel.” He kissed the top of her head, a familiar gesture he used to do with her back then. She opened his heart to many changes, and in return, he found himself in a perfect situation to meet the love of his life, to know her for who she was beyond the idealism of their one perfect night together. It was gone now, yet again, but there was hope— an undeniable yearning for something more.

“Hm?” He looked at her, listening intently to what she had to say. Kit could tell she was torn with the men in her life, and he chuckled slightly. It was ironic for her to talk to him about it, and yet somehow it did make sense. He had been in that position before, of wanting and yearning for her, and he was actually the perfect guy to understand what was going on with the other boys. “You don’t know who to hurt? That’s quite interesting.” He bit his lip, still a bit amused. “Punz, when you like someone… you just know. The other people? They just blur out of your vision. It’s worth risking everything.” He explained. When Kit wanted Rapunzel, he was fresh out of his partying phase. It was back when none of the bachelorettes mattered because his gaze was fixed on her. Other people simply became noise. “Tell me, which one do you feel like you’ve known forever?”

“You changed mine, too, so ... thank you.” He was the first person she ever loved in the way that they portrayed love in the fairytales. He was the one who made her believe that love like that could exist, even though they only had it together for such a short time. If he could give her so much happiness and adoration in their time together, then surely there was someone out there who could give her so much more in a lifetime. Rapunzel wrapped her arms around his back, pulling him in for a tight hug, the first one that didn’t make her feel suffocated or like her heart was going to break yearning to hold onto him forever.

“Both of them,” she admitted, a small laugh escaping her lips as she realized how ridiculous it was to admit. “I think you can have your heart in two different places at once, just for different reasons. I guess Flynn will always have a piece of it, even if I didn’t realize that when I had you. There’s always been a part of me that’s wanted more, but now that it’s staring me in the face, I don’t know what to do.” Rapunzel thought about Jim, who couldn’t seem to leave her mind no matter how hard she tried. “I met Jim when I was heartbroken over you, and he had just lost Anna. We needed each other, but I can’t tell if it’s something I want.” 

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it’s time! hrmph! i know, i know… c’mon, don’t let her see you!

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continued from here for @mrkitcharming​

Rapunzel wasn’t sure what he was implying, between the layers of him not having his own happiness and somehow being able to help her find her own. How he could do that, she wasn’t entirely sure, and the thought that he was unhappy in his own near-engagement broke her heart a little. In his hurt, she saw the same expression that Ella had been holding in her own eyes. To think that they were heartbroken over one another and that Rapunzel couldn’t tell either of them that undeniable fact. Part of her wished that he was still hurting over her, but she couldn’t have him and the two people who she was torn between now. “You want me to get my happy ending?” she repeated, giving him a sad smile. “Remember when I thought that would be you?” 

She thought about Jim and Flynn, both of whom were important to her in different ways. “I could use your help, actually. I need to make a decision, and I’m going to wind up hurting someone either way.” Rapunzel bit her lip, hesitant to open up with him in a way that she hadn’t before. “There’s two people, and I have such a strong connection to both of them, just in a different way, and I don’t know what to do. You were the one who made the decision last time, and I’m just--I don’t know how to do this, how to hurt someone like this.”

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continued from here for @charliechess​​

Rapunzel didn’t know what it was that had suddenly turned Charlie against her, wanting to cut her out of his life completely. She didn’t understand what it is that she’d done wrong, but she couldn’t really think of anything. If anything, she had been begging him to keep her around, the exact opposite of what he was trying to do just now. Maybe she was naive, but she couldn’t entirely tell what he was trying to tell her, either, saying that he was trying to save her in some way by letting her go. This wasn’t the first time that he’d tried this, and Rapunzel had honestly grown tired of begging for his attention and to keep him in her life. She had never been one to give up on someone, but he was giving up on her.

“Can I just ask why?” She thought it was a feasible question to ask, one parting thing he could at least give her before cutting ties. “You’ve been trying to step away from me for a long time now, but I still don’t truly understand why. It doesn’t make any sense to me; all I’ve done is try to be here for you, to be a good friend.” She didn’t want to guilt him, but she felt she was at least owed this much. “And then, when you answer, I promise I’ll leave you alone forever, if that’s what you really want.”

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who: @punzgothel where: rapunzel/flynn/cass’ house

It felt like things had been getting at least a little better now that she was working again. Having a job gave her some sort of purpose, something to get her out of the house and away from her thoughts. All she’d felt consumed with until that was Kit. As cliche as it all felt she couldn’t deny her heart what it pleaded her but Ella felt foolish for letting it get her this deeply. It should have been expected, he was Kit Charming after all and she was simply Ella. Her own last name didn’t feel as though it belonged to her but the family she left behind in her childhood home. That didn’t mean when she fell asleep, staring out the window from the couch at the same moon as him that she didn’t miss him. Ella wished she didn’t think about him as often as she hated to admit she did until today. In secret she had started to visit the tree where a part of her still felt like it lived, a place where love would still exist and hers did. Some days she wrote out there or read while the breeze swung through her hair. It was the only place she could hide from the world, the only place that felt like it belonged to her even if it was incomplete. She knew it was murky waters to miss him like she did and Ella turned to her friend for advice. “How did you stop seeing him in everything you do?” The blonde asked quietly as she continued to fold her laundry across the bed from her friend. “I feel so haunted by his memory.”

It was strange to give advice to her best friend about moving on from the same person who they had feelings for, but Rapunzel was trying to get used to it. She could tell that Ella was struggling a lot with healing from her heartbreak, but, every day, she seemed to be doing better. She wasn’t sure how long Ella was going to wind up staying at their place, but Rapunzel was happy to have her, as long as it took. “It takes time,” she replied honestly, giving the blonde a small smile. With her back against the headboard, she pulled her knees into her chest. “You need to do things that don’t remind you of him. I couldn’t keep going back to that spot on the beach because it all hit me like a wave, no pun intended.” She hoped that she wasn’t causing her friend any more pain, being in her presence while trying to heal.

[punzgothel]

"I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts." - Anna

“Oh, Anna,” she sighed, lurching forward to give her friend a hug. She hadn’t the slightest idea that Hans had been as cruel as he had been to Anna. In fact, she had thought their relationship had been a solid one, only strengthened by the threat of Kit proposing to Anna. To think that he had completely cut her off like that was devastating, but what hurt even more was to know that it was for Jim. Though she hadn’t made up her own mind yet on what to do about him, Rapunzel knew she couldn’t discuss anything about her friendship with Jim with Anna, not when she was already this upset. “I’m so sorry, but I am glad that he said something before you got married. He saved you a whole lifetime of hurt and lies.” It still didn’t make it hurt any less, she knew, but it could have been a heck of a lot worse. “I’m so sorry, and you know that I’m here for you, whatever you need. You were here for me when Kit cut ties with me, and I’ll be here to do the same for you.”

@annaarndal-xx