I read renaniemand’s fanfic idea and thought of Elsanna fanfic idea with the same starting point but with a slightly different storyline. Please tell me what you think of this.



Inspired by that above mentioned fanfic idea, various movies about the Victorian era, and of course Fingersmith, my favorite book (&miniseries).



I decided to split this into several parts like I did with My Queen headcanon.



Let’s run away together, part 1



Anna’s stepfather (her mother has passed away recently, she never knew her real father) arranges her to marry some nobleman in exchange for a lot of money. Her stepfather doesn’t want her to live in his house any more, so Anna is forced to move to the mansion of her fiancé.



Anna quickly realizes her future husband is a douche bag and a tyrant. He gets violent tantrums if something pisses him off. He is said to beat a servant to death when he thought he was stealing from him.



Anna thinks about running away, but the mansion and its lands are guarded, so she’s practically living in a prison. Also, even if she was to escape, she would be an unmarried woman with no money. Noble-born or not, her social status would be barely above a prostitute. And with no money, prostitution might be something she would have to do unwillingly to be able to buy some food. That thought sickens her. It’s two weeks to her wedding day. She fears what will happen after they are married. Would he treat her as his property?



Elsa is Anna’s sister-in-law and an old maid. Anna thinks she is ten to fifteen years older than her. Anna hears from the servants that something happened in Elsa’s twenties which made her distant and unwilling to marry despite her brother’s many attempts to marry her. He can’t wait to get rid of her, but she has shown nothing but disinterest in her suitors. This angers him and their relationship is quite chilly. It’s no wonder they aren’t so keen to see each other.



When Anna sees Elsa by chance for the first time, she appears emotionless and cold. Within the next few days she sees her more and it seems Elsa is taking in interest on her even though they have yet to speak to each other. One day Anna is surprised to hear Elsa has invited her to her room. They talk, or more accurately, Elsa asks questions and Anna answers like an obedient schoolgirl. Their meeting (interrogation) ends when Elsa says she has to lie down for a while. In the following days, Anna is invited to Elsa’s room every day.



After a week, Anna notices that something has changed in Elsa’s behavior. She appears more vivid and less emotionless. She smiles more, at least when she’s with Anna. And Elsa has even touched her lightly a few times with her gloved hands, when usually she just keeps her hands in her lap, almost hiding them. And now when Anna has spent more time with her, she has noticed how beautiful Elsa actually is. Even though a nasty scar mars her otherwise beautiful face; she has gotten her first grey hairs; and she has some wrinkles on face, she has natural, ageless beauty. Anna has seen a picture of her mother and thinks that much of her beauty comes from her mother.

(will be continued…)

All posts for this particular headcanon can be found here.

