“I’m making a TV show,” Sunset blurted out one night as Twilight crawled into bed.
“You’re what?!” The bespectacled girl asked, looking at her confused.
“Princess Twilight has been writing up journals of all her adventures with her friends. I wanna make them into a children’s TV show.” Sunset looked over at the identical journals that had been accumulating on their bookshelf.
“So that’s what those are.” Twilight hummed.
“What do you think?” Sunset looked at her wife. Spike jumped up onto the bed with them, settling down in between the two.
“I think it’s a decent idea. Talking horses going on friendship adventures is certainly a premise nobody would ever guess is based on reality.” Twilight giggled to herself.
“Sounds like something Flurry Heart would watch,” Spike said. Sunset nodded.
“That’s what I was going for.” Sunset nodded. “I started on some concept art but can’t really land on a style.” Sunset reached for a nearby sketchbook on the nightstand. Twilight leaned over, resting her head on Sunset’s shoulder to get a better look.
“I like that one,” she said, pointing at a large-eyed sketch of just a pony’s head. “It’s simple. That’s what kids like.”
“Yeah. I was thinking that too.” Sunset nodded before starting to yawn. She closed the notebook, setting it back on the bedside table. “Can we talk about it more in the morning?”
“Yeah. Ready for bed?” Twilight asked.
“Yeah. You?” Sunset looked down at Twilight, who hadn’t moved from her spot on Sunset’s shoulder.
“Uh-huh.” She slid her glasses off her face and handed them to Sunset, who set them on the table on top of her book. She reached over and flicked out the light, getting settled into the pillows before Twilight moved to lay on her chest.
“I love you Sunny,” she said in the dark of the room. The only sound was Spike's snoring as he was already fast asleep.
“I love you too, Twily.”
It had been three months since they had that conversation. A lot had happened over the summer. Sunset had seemingly been working non-stop on this show. She had come up with the title: My Little Pony and now had at least four different sketchbooks and journals filled with notes and drawings as she went along the process of creating a script for a pilot episode based on Princess Twilight’s retelling of her move to Ponyville and the defeat of Nightmare Moon.
Twilight also had her own thing going on. One she was both extremely excited and a nervous wreck about telling Sunset.
“You’re acting weird.” Sunset observed one night when Twilight crept into their bedroom. It was after midnight she had spent so long in her lab working on her secret project. She had assumed Sunset was asleep as the room was pitch black.
“Ah!” Twilight jumped as she dropped her bag to the ground. Suddenly the light flicked on and Sunset looked at her with a raised eyebrow from the bed. “Uhh…” Twilight looked down at the ground as she crossed the room to change into a pair of sleep shorts and a t-shirt.
“Come on, talk to me. It’s obviously eating you up inside.” Sunset crossed her arms over her chest, pushing her hair back behind her shoulder.
“I want to have a baby.” Twilight rushed out. She didn’t even realize she had said it until she saw Sunset’s eyes go wide.
Sunset was quiet for a few moments.
“And I think I know how we could do it! I’m developing a new method for two girls to biologically create a baby! I have been for a while now, actually…” Twilight bit her lip, looking at the ground again.
“I dunno Twi. I guess I just never really ever saw myself as a person who would want kids.” Sunset couldn’t look at Twilight as she said it but sensed her visibly deflate from the corner.
“It doesn’t have to be now… I’m still working on the logistics behind it all. I’m close, but I don’t know how close…” Twilight shuffled over to the bed and climbed in next to Sunset. Sunset pulled her into her side.
“Tell you what, if you can get this method to work, we’ll do it. I think I could put up with a kid if it’s what makes you happy.” Twilight beamed, looking up at her.
“Oh, you’re the best Sunny!” Twilight wrapped her arms around her wife, hugging her so tight it rivaled that of Pinkie’s hugs.
Twilight looked at Sunset and could tell she still wasn’t very happy about the situation, despite her smile.
“Hey, I know you don’t like kids. It’s surprising considering you have a little brother and all, but it’s whatever. What if I asked Cadence and Shining if we could babysit the kids? Maybe that’ll help you warm up to the idea.” Sunset bit her lip.
“Okay, sure. We’ll babysit Flurry and Star.”
“And if you still don’t want one after that, we don’t have to have one. I don’t even really know if this will work anyway.” Twilight looked off at the wall.
“Hey, I know you’ll get it to work. You never stop, even when it gets hard. Just think of how many people you could make so happy with this. How are you doing it anyway?” Sunset cocked her head to the side.
“Bone marrow transfers! It’s not my idea and most of the research is already there but the tech is lacking. I’m trying to figure out how to make it work and have the pregnancy be both viable and successful.” She looked back to Sunset, finding her with the dorkiest smile on her face.
“Sometimes I forget just how brilliant you are.” She slowly leaned forward, kissing Twilight gently.
“I couldn’t do it without you.” Twilight smiled.
“Ugh, turn the lights out and go to bed. It’s sickening how sweet you are sometimes,” Spike spoke from his spot at the foot of the bed. Both girls laughed before getting back under the covers. Sunset reached over and turned out the light.
“G’night Twi.”
“Night Sunny.”