((Ler Rapunzel and Lee Varian. Shippers DNI))
Varian walked to Rapunzel’s room and knocked. He and the Queen finally both had some free time away from their duties and had decided a quiet afternoon of art and pleasant conversation was exactly what they needed.
“Come in!” Came the sing song lilt of Rapunzel’s voice. Smiling, Varian opened the door and walked in.
“Varian! So glad you could make it! Come on over! Have a seat!” Following her over, the alchemist settled himself on a plush bench next to Rapunzel.
“So, what are you working on lately Rapunzel? Any big mural ideas?”
Groaning, the Queen shook her head.
“Don’t ask me that! I just got an art block! I’m trying to push through it, but the last time I got art block, I almost released a demon art teacher from the Netherworld!”
Blinking at his friend, Varian tilted his head.
“I will admit, that is not what I expected you to say.”
“It’s a very long story.”
“Longer than defeating Zhan Tiri with the power of friendship?”
“Hey, it was more than that mister! Need I remind you that you were also there? And I saved your life and the kingdom?” Rapunzel retorted reaching over and tweaking Varian’s side making him flinch away with a squeak.
“Yeah yeah, whatever. Is there anything I can do to help with your art block?” The boy offered once he was certain that he wasn’t going to be wrecked at that moment.
Rapunzel hummed and stroked her chin in thought.
“You know, there is something that might help actually.”
Varian cocked his head with a smile.
“Name your price. I am at your service, my Queen.” He flourished this response with an overly dramatic bow, to which Rapunzel rolled her eyes.
“Very funny. But seriously can you listen?”
“I’m all ears Raps.” Smiling, Rapunzel continued.
“Can I paint your hands?”
“I asked if I could paint your hands. You wear your gloves all the time, and I thought some colors might help. Besides, you really should take them off once and awhile and clean them.”
Varian sat back and thought for a bit before shrugging,
With a delighted squeal Rapunzel threw her arms around Varian’s shoulders in a tight hug.
“Thank you Varian! You won’t regret this, I promise!” Varian chuckled and hugged her back.
Pulling off his leather gloves and setting them to the side, Varian held his hands out palm up.
“Go nuts. Consider me your personal canvas.”
Rapunzel beamed at him and chose her colors and squirted them onto her palate and dipped her brush in.
Until that moment Varian hadn’t even thought about whether or not he would regret this. But then the brush tip stroked his palm and he had second thoughts. Squealing, he jerked his hand back as a reflex.
“Woah! You okay, Varian? We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.” Rapunzel said, startled a bit by her friend’s reaction.
Biting his lip, Varian smiled awkwardly.
“N-no, it’s fine Raps. It just tickled, that’s all.” A wide smirk crossed the Queens face.
“You have ticklish hands, Varian?”
Blushing, the alchemist nodded.
“I guess. Even I didn’t know.” He admitted and then,
“Can you do it again please?” He held his hands out again, shyly, but happily. Rapunzel giggled,
Whining the boy pouted at her.
“Yes, now just do it. You said you wanted to!”
Laughing, Rapunzel gently took Varian’s wrist in her hand and lowered the brush.
“Try not to squirm too much, V. I would hate to mess up my work.” With a giggle Varian nodded.
Varian instantly burst into giggles as the paintbrush stroked bright lines of color across his palm. His entire body demanded he pull away from the sensations, but he didn’t want to. His hand instinctively twitched and he squealed when Rapunzel painted a swirl in the center of his palm.
“Ah, Ah. No squirming, you’ll make me mess up, Varian.” The artist teased, dipping her brush in fresh paint.
“I’Ihihihim trying! Ihihit tickles!”
“Then maybe I should just paint really slow, so it’s easier to adjust to the feeling.”
Doing just that, she being painting torturously slow and detailed, sending Varian into fits of squeals.
“Nohohoho! Ihihihihit’s wohohorse thahahat wahahay!”
“Well, perhaps you’re just too ticklish for this.” Rapunzel teased, taking Varian’s other hand.
“Mahaybe!” He responded, to giggle drunk to come up with a way to answer anymore coherently.
Rapunzel smiled and began painting again, using a softer brush that made Varian shriek.
“Oh yeah, I switched brushes by the way.”
“Thahahahanks for the wahahaharning, Rahaps.”
“Wow, someone’s sassy today. Maybe if I just-“,
Raising Varians palm to her lips, she blew a raspberry against it, sending him into another giggle fit.
“Hehehehehehey! Thahahahat’s not pahahainting!”
“Astute observation, Royal Engineer.”
Rapunzel grinned and went back to painting best she could with Varian squirming and giggling uncontrollably. She would occasionally sneak a few gentle scribbles and unexpected raspberries into the mix, just because he reacted so hilariously.
By the time Rapunzel’s palate was empty of paint, both she and Varian were somehow covered in blotches of color, undoubtedly from all Varian’s squirming.
“Varian, I have never met anyone with ticklish palms, but of course it was you. You really are ticklish everywhere.”
Varian groaned and went to hide his flushed face in his hands before remembering the paint hadn’t completely dried yet.
Rapunzel giggled and reached over, lightly scribbling his tummy, making him giggle again.
“A curse? I don’t think a curse is something you would enjoy so much, V.”
“Fine, curse and a blessing. Is your artist block cured?”
Laughing, the Queen shook her head.
“Not yet. Maybe I should add some color to your tummy!”
Varian was bolting out the door before Rapunzel had finished her sentence. Not that he wasn’t completely and utterly in a lee mood by that point, but he wasn’t going down without a fight.
Rapunzel smirked and gave chase.
“Oh, no! You are not getting out of round 2 that easily mister! Gimme that ticklish tummy!”
Based on the shrieks of laughter coming from Rapunzel’s room not too long after, they didn’t get much paint on an actual canvas. Nor did the afternoon turn out very relaxing after all. Neither Varian nor Rapunzel minded much.
A/N: Y’all thank you so much for all the love these little drabbles are getting! I honestly didn’t think that many people still were into TTS/Varian, let alone tk content that I make because it’s what I want to see! You guys are amazing!
This Drabble is inspired by a head canon that I shared with @anxious-lee! They are amazing and we’re so welcoming to me! Thanks for letting me infodump my random Varian tk headcanons in your asks! <3
