May 16, 2023
Do you have any new headcanons about Claudine Frollo and Lefou Deux?
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Do you have any new headcanons about Claudine Frollo and Lefou Deux?
Bruno's little girl is all grown up;
Summary; Even in a world where Claudine didn't grow up on the isle, she and Lefou Deux were destined to meet.
Trigger warning; Kidnapping, implied racism, implied abuse, etc.
Inspired by and meant to be a sequel to @dragoneyes618 's oneshot au where Claudine gets her gift after being adopted by Bruno.
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Claudine Esther-Mary Madrigal had few memories of her life before the Madrigals. And all of them were vague.
A Creperie were she did all the work despite being too tiny to reach the stove.
A Church that turned away people who looked different. Turned away people who looked like her new family did.
A closet that was small even for a toddler-- more like a cupboard, actually--filled with crosses thay made her heart tighten.
A looming shadow.
A woman falling.
Another woman teaching her how to speak english and a few other languages in bits and pieces, warning her not to tell him.
None of them painted a pretty picture. Especially not when put together with the faded scars she had and her family's retelling of her 'surprise adoption'.
So it should be no surprise that Claudine never really went digging into her past. Nor should it that she never bothered asking. After all, who would want to know more about such terrible things when there was a high chance that it would only drudge up things that should stay forgotten? Things that they didn't want to know about... Things that they didn't want to remember.
But that didn't mean that she knew nothing about it. About where she came from.
When Prince Ben first made his proclaimation, word traveled fast-- even to the Encanto--and Her Papá had sat her down and finally explained just where he had gotten her.
Claudine had been in shock for awhile afterwards. Not quite knowing what to think about the whole thing.
What was one supposed to think when finding out that they had essitently been kidnapped from a villainous religious zealot who had been locked away among other villians who also had children? Children who weren't lucky enough to have been saved like she had been.
But once that shock wore off, she became invested in every thing to do with the isle. And had quite possibly cheered the loudest when the barrier had been brought down for good.
Which led into the current predicament her family was arguing about where little ears couldn't hear:
New people had come to the Encanto.
All under 30.
3 boys not much older than her (twins 20, lone boy 19).
1 not much younger (16).
1 only nine years old.
1 girl not much younger (15).
And 5 little girls (twins 7, one 6, one 5, and one 3).
All in bad shape, the oldests willing to work. All refusing to say where they came from or how they knew of this place.
Abuela, cautious as ever in her old age, didn't like it. Feared that their sanctuary could be fully exposed if they allowed them to stay.
No one else in the family agreed, even as she tried to get them to see her point of view. She even slipped up and asked Dolores to evasedrop on them, something she hadn't done since Claudine was little.
Of course, Dolores refused and (gently) reminded her that times had changed. And then everyone else had gotten a chance to argue their case.
Tío Agustín and Tía Julieta argued they couldn't stay hidden forever, which Prima Isabela agreed with-- sighting the fact that if these kids and her luv, Bubo, had found them that others would come after. Whether or not they liked it.
Primo Antonio and Camilo along with Prima Dolores and her luv, Mariano, that it was nice to see some new faces around. And that they could do some good for the town.
Luisa and Maribel just thought that they should give them a chance, which Claudine herself silently agreed with.
Tía Pepa and Tío Félix then made the strongest point. Getting emotional as usual, which was certainly warranted in this situation.
"Mamá, they're your Bisnietos' ages and they clearly need help. How can you be suggesting that we turn them away! Isn't that what the Encanto is for? Protecting people"
Abuela cut in "It's for protecting our people--" but Pepa wasn't having it.
"The moment they stepped foot in the Encanto they became OUR people!"
Félix hastily added in his own two cents "and if the Encanto allowed them in, then they must really need the help. Besides, when has the Encanto ever let anyone dangerous in? How dangerous could a bunch of children even be?"
"We don't even know where they came from!" The Matriarch of the family protested, though it was weaker than it was.
Claudine looked over at her Papá to see what he thought, since he hadn't spoken up yet, just in time to see him stand. He said one thing and one thing only that would shock them all:
"They're from the isle of the lost".
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Abuela ended up letting the gaggle of children stay after that and few in the Encanto protested.
They all remembered what Claudine was like when Bruno first brought her here. And even if they didn't, there were things that convinced them not to kick up a fuss about the arrangement.
Things like the scars that varied in age that couldn't be explained away by falls and other bouts of childhood clumsiness that mirrored the faded ones Claudine herself had.
Things like the haunted looks in the older kids' eyes that Claudine saw every day in the mirror in her own reflection.
Things like the slowly fading bruises and the whispers of dead siblings and cousins who never reached adult hood.
Things like the broken arm the littlest boy had and the large hand shaped bruise on the youngest girl's cheek.
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Claudine wasn't sure how to feel about the new arrivals. Other than intrigued and sad, that is.
Would she had turned out as snarky and skittish and bitter as the oldest ones were had her Papá never came to save her?
Or would she have turned out worse somehow? Meeker like Carlos had first been? Quieter like her father had once been?
Or would she had died long before she got to thay point?
The possibilities haunted her, almost as much as the implications of what the new comers' had been through did.
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Claudine was a curious girl.
She was even what some would call nosey.
But she just preferred the term 'thorough In her research'.
Which is what she did when someone (a friendly and unsuspecting Luisa) was finally able to pry last names out of the new comers.
Leprince. LeGume. Bimbette.
Those were their last names. Or at least the ones they had given. And with those last names, 18 year old Claudine was able to find a series of documents that proved her father's words true.
As well as many of the rumors that had been flying around town since the children had gotten here.
Birth certificates.
Badly done School Records.
Medical files published by one Harry Badun.
A Kidnapping report on King Ben that named Gil as one of the ones who had nabbed him.
A report on what had happened during the 'Queen of Mean' Incident that named Gil as one of the people who had helped save Auardon.
Missing persons report on all of the kids that were currently in the Encanto.
And most horrifyingly of all, she found obituaries also published by Harry Badun for other relatives of the New comers. Siblings and cousins. Siblings and cousins who didn't make it to 18.
Nine to be exact.
Nine dead kids.
Six Boys.
Three girls.
Claudine wished she never looked.
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The LeGume-LePrince-Bimbette cousins settled into the Encanto rather quickly and were met with little resistance, much to their surprise.
They moved into a small, fixxer upper, 'work in progress' house with just enough backyard for the kids to be able to run around in and got to work.
Junior and Bronze became movers and mechanics.
Gil arm wrestled people and babysat for money.
Claire became a seamstress and a duel teacher.
And Lefou Deux or Lee, as he went by now, became a toy maker while their little cousins and siblings went to school.
All of them were less than enthusiastic about becoming high school dropouts but knew that it sadly had to be done. How else were they supposed to be expected to keep a roof over all their heads?
And sure, it wasn't the most glamorous roof-- being thin, uninsulated, and filled with holes. But it was a roof.
And sure, it was crowded since they all had to share rooms but it wasn't all that bad since they didn't have any furniture to crowd it more. And sure, it was so cold that they had to huddle together for warmth most of the time but it was better than nothing.
At least that's what they told themselves until they could get something better.
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4 months after the new comers had arrived in the Encanto, Claudine stood outside of the toy shop-- invisible to the naked eye, watching as the tallest and lengthest one ran around the shop. Fixing things.
It had become a habit of hers for reasons she could not explain. One that she wasn't sure her family knew of or would approve of.
She knew it was werid. And that some would even call it a bit creepy but she just couldn't help it.
The redhead worried about him. Had been worrying about him ever since she heard her Abuela and Tías fretting over how he needed to eat more about a month after he arrived in town.
After that, Claudine just hadn't been able to get how thin he was out of her head. So, she had gotten into the habit of following him around and sneaking extra food into his lunch bag and goreceries. And so far, he hadn't seemed to notice.
Which Claudine was thankful for, since she wasn't sure what she'd do if she were ever caught.
Probably turn invisible and stay that way until he forgot what she looked like.
Annnnnnnd she was starting to sound like a stalker, wasn't she?
Claudine swatted that thought out of her head, noticing that it was nearly the boy's lunch break and quickly snuck into the small shop. Making sure to keep a tight grip on her bag when--
WHAM!
Claudine fell back, becoming visible as the contents of her bag spilled everywhere. Mixing with toy parts.
All the color drained out of her face as she slowly lifted her head and spotted the new comer, who was clutching his now bleeding nose and looking at her.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry. I didn't see you there--" the dark haired boy stammered, quickly helping her gather the contents of her bag. Including the wrapped arepas that Claudine had been planning on sneaking into his bag.
Claudine was sure that she was probably as red as her hair by now and waited for him to call her out on being the one who had been sneaking into his bag, dreading it, but to her surprise he said nothing. Holding them out to her.
"Uh gracias. Muy apreciada" she muttered meekly, snatching it back from him and shoving it back into her bag. Where her rats were still hiding, thankfully already.
"No problemo miss. It's the least I could do after rudely running into you like that. I don't know how I could have missed you. I should probably get my eyes checked " He joked, fidgeting with his gloves. Clearly expecting to get yelled at.
Claudine's heart ached, remembering how quick she was to expect the same for things that weren't her fault when she was younger.
"No, no. It was my fault. I should have been paying better attention " she rushed to assure him, not liking the far off look he was starting to get in his eyes.
"I'm Claudine by the way. Claudine Madrigal" She held her hand out to him in invitation, silently hoping the change of subject would work.
It did.
He quickly accepted her hand, grinning widely in a way that gave her butterflies before introducing himself. "Nice to meet ya Claudine, I'm Lefou Deux LePrince but everyone calls me Lee".
Looking into his eyes, Claudine was sure of one thing;
She was doomed.
In the Claudine Madrigal AU -
So, what happens when Bruno wants to know where Claudine keeps going and finds her going to that workshop place or whatever it was that LeFou was working in? And, you know, she's just showing up, making excuses to go there, "accidentally" dropping toys and then having to bring them in to be fixed, the two of them just standing there avoiding each other's gaze blushing occasionally saying something and then second guessing it....
Well, Bruno figures out what's going on.
("So now what do I do?" Bruno asks helplessly. "Do I talk to her? Do I talk to him? What do I tell him?"
"You tell him if he hurts her you will hurt him right back," says Felix, who gave Mariano quite a talking-to after he proposed to Dolores.
"That's nothing!" laughs Agustin, who had given each of his daughters' respective future husbands several intense warnings the first time he met them. "You tell him that if he so much as says an unkind word to her, he will regret it. In fact, just say you saw horrible things happen to him if he does - then he really won't dare do anything."
"That's not what you told Bubo that time," Bruno points out suspiciously.
"I didn't have to tell him anything - he literally tripped over himself to tell me that he would never harm Isabela and that he would treat her like an angel. He's almost as clumsy as me," Agustin says fondly of his eldest son-in-law.
"That's because Luisa had told him that if he hurt Isabela she would break him. Literally," says Dolores from the corner of the kitchen where she is making herself a cup of coffee.
"Oh," Agustin says.
"Well," Felix says. "First you want to find out what kind of boy he is. He has a brother, right? Go talk to him. Talk to his friends. Ask them how he treats them, how he talks, if he loses his temper a lot, if he's kind to little old ladies who ask him to help them cross the street, if he's had any previous, ah, courtships-"
"Did you do this with Mariano?" Dolores wants to know.
"Actually, I did," Agustin says, "since we all thought he'd be marrying Isabela at the time."
Twelve-year-old Marco, Mariano and Dolores' eldest, poked his head into the kitchen. "So there's this guy in the front who we found trying to slip a note under the door and it has Claudine's name on it?"
"What?" Bruno demanded.
"Overprotective papa, eh?" Felix laughed as Bruno left the kitchen, heading toward the front of the house.
"You were the same," Agustin reminded him, then raised his voice. "You tell him, Bruno!")
So, um, yeah. What would his reaction be?
It was a toyshop that LeFou was working in.
And you described their interactions almost perfectly. The only thing you were missing about soaring angel/hellbound fool's interactions were how often Lee falls/trips around her and how she doesn't always reveal herself to him. Because again, she was given the gift of invisibility and would definitely use that to her advantage... at least occasionally. In not alot of creepy ways.
And you're right. Bruno definitely would figure out what was going on (with or without a bit of help from his brothers' in law). Which would somehow end up a family discussion because everything ends up a family discussion in this family.
Poor Bruno has no idea what to do because Claudine has never so much has even looked at a boy in anything but a platonic way. So of course, he's stuttering and stumbling, muttering and mumbling, trying desperately to figure out what to do.
And absolutely everyone has their own opinion on that.
Félix and Agustín are just like "use scary words".
Abuela is all glares.
Pepa offers to scare him off with lightning.
Julieta is just all sighs and head shakes in the background.
Maribel is silently planning a way to warn both Lee and Claudine on what is going to happen before it happens without embarrassing either of them or revealing anything unknown.
Isabella is suggesting scaring him with her vines and cactuses.
Antonio is in between scaring Lee with his animals or warning him/Claudine on what the others are planning.
Mariano is already writing an encrypted poem of warning just hoping Lee will get it in time. Bubo is thinking of a way to get it to him.
Dolores is just shaking her head sympathetically, remembering what happened when she got together with Mariano.
And Luisa is already planning on the same talk she gave Mariano and Bubo.
Miguel, Isabella's son who is a tourney player at Auardon, is dying of laughter.
And all the other cousins are just off, minding their own business since they're all too young to be apart of this family discussion.
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"Well," Félix says. "First you want to find out what kind of boy he is. He has a brother, right? Go talk to him. Talk to his friends. Ask them how he treats them, how he talks, if he loses his temper a lot, if he's kind to little old ladies who ask him to help them cross the street, if he's had any previous, ah, courtships-"
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Sorry Félix. That one is gonna be tricky since his friends are all pirates who live in Auardon. And considering that his living siblings, including his brother, are all younger than your eldest grandson 😆 .
His cousins would probably be a better bet but you couldn't be too obvious about it because then they'll get defensive and protective of Lee. Especially the Gaston twins, since they're the oldests.
But then again, they could tell you that he hasn't dated anyone before. How he hasn't even flirted with anyone else before.
But you could also just ask other people in the town, because they could answer that.
Little old ladies could tell you how kind and sweet and polite he is to them and how patient he is with them when crossing the street. And when helping them carry their groceries.
You could ask the children of the town how kind and patient he is with them when they come into their toy shop. How he wipes away their tears and assures them that their toys will be fine. An easy fix and always charges them a fair amount.
You could ask anyone and everyone and they'll tell you that Lee is a kind boy. A clusmy odd one, sure, but still a kind one. A bit slow sometimes but hardworking and supportive and just doing what he can to get by.
Also I would love to see just what Bruno says to Lee after that incident lol.
Who do you think would officiate LeFou Deux's and Claudine Frollo's wedding?
I read that the captain of a ship has the ability to officiate marriages, if they take place on a ship. And the first mate has the ability, if it's the captain who's getting married, although that wouldn't apply here. I don't know if this is true, though.
I also read that kings can officiate marriages? I read a fanfiction once where Ben officiates Harry and Uma's wedding. Although I don't know if this is true either.
(Depending on what headcanon/AU this is in, if it's the one where Claudine and some other Isle kids go to live in Encanto, they could have that priest do it. Priests can officiate marriages also.)
Or they could just go to a justice of the peace or something like normal people.
Basically every character in Descendants ever: "Normal? What's that?"
Well, Harriet of course would officiate their wedding since she's their captain. And they would ask her. Claudine doesn't want to ask the priest because of her religious trauma obviously and Lefou Deux/Lee isn't very religious. And niether of them are that close to Ben and there's no way they'd ask Beast, so they ask Harriet. Who'd agree Happily.
The flower girl would be Lee's youngest cousin, Gemma. The ring barrer woulder be Antonio (if he was five here) and if he wasn't five, them be Lee's younger brother, La Foux Doux or Fox as he's more commonly known. The Gaston twins are acting as the bouncers to keep their dad, the Enchantress, and Frollo from showing up.
Ginny, Mad Maddy, Jade, Dolores, and Mirabel would be bridesmaids and Luisa would be the Maid of honor. Sammy, Anthony, Rick, Derek Dwarfson, and Clay would be Lee's groomsmen and Diego would be his best man. Bruno would walk Claudine down the isle.
The Madrigals and Lee's siblings and cousins and aunts and dads and mom would all be there, as would their mice and Antonio's pets. And Harriet's siblings and their crews since their family. And Quasimodo and Zephyr and Phobeus and Esmerlda and Madellaine since Claudine has grown close to them. And her uncle from the og Hunchback of Notre Dame book.
It would take place a few years after they started dating and in the encanto because it's their home. More home than the isle has ever been. And the mice would have front row seats and it would just be a day where nothing goes wrong other than Lee tripping into something. Because they deserve that much, don't they?
Also Lee, Bruno, Mariano, Félix, nd Augustín would be besties.
Also also their ship names are soaring angel and hellbound fool if anyone wants to use the ship. Tag me of you fo cause I wanna read it.