I desperately need an AU where the dorky sisters constantly being mistaken for a couple. Like usually they laugh it off but maybe after a series of bad dates with other people, when the same thing happens again they just think to themselves 'although that would be nice.. wait what?' And suddenly all the sisterly things don't feel so sisterly anymore idk idk

It starts off awkward. The first time it happens, they’re in the grocery store and they’re horrified at the mistake. They spend two minutes repeatedly reassuring themselves, the clerk, and random passerby that they are not a couple but they’re not offended, really.

By the fifth time, it’s a regular occurrence. They realize there’s a pattern to it. Anna points out that they never get mistaken for a couple when their parents are around to make them look familial. Elsa points out that it always happens when they’re holding hands on leaning on each other a bit–activities they’d always done as sisters that other people don’t read as familial.

They get older and don’t even flinch when it happens. It’s habit. They glance at each other and Anna breaks the tension with a laugh, followed by Elsa briefly saying that they’re not a couple.

And then it happens the week after they both had bad dates. Anna laughs, Elsa explains, and they move on their way. It’s not even awkward anymore to fall back into their unspoken habits (held hands and soft smiles) when it occurs to Anna that it wouldn’t be bad at all, having someone like Elsa to date. Simultaneously it occurs to Elsa that it wouldn’t be bad at all, having someone like Anna to date.

Pondering the thought for a moment, it isn’t a great cognitive leap to go from ‘someone like Elsa’ or ‘someone like Anna’ to thinking about Anna or Elsa (and dating) directly.

They let go of each other’s hands in the same moment and, when their eyes meet sidelong, it’s like seeing a stranger for the first time.