Jade Leaf is a lucky stallion. He has a steady job, good and caring friends, and most importantly of all, a special somepony to call his own.
Every year on Hearth's Warming eve, he remembers just how he met his partner, and how his life turned out the way it did when he finally came to realise the truth about himself.
Because Hearth's Warming isn't just about the founding of Equestria. It should be spent with a pony you love.
Written for the The Coltcuddlers Holiday Classic write off. Contains M/M shipping, but nothing that could be considered NSFW
An entirely OC populated story.
Thanks go out to Evening Storm and Guy_Incognito for the use of their OC characters.
Honey Drop, Sunny Side, and Vincent are all from Guy's fantastic 'There's Something about White Mane,' while Nightengale came from collaboration attempt between Evening Storm and myself a while back.
Go show them some love.
Great story deferentially got a FAV from me, only one small thing that bothers me. It pains me that he is named Jade.....Jade is not a man/stallions/colt name IMO
3714760 Equestrian naming conventions are different to ours. Just go with it.
Plus, he is somewhat effeminate. I didn't want to go with the common naming method of choosing a name based on his cutie mark (Something that makes little sense, given that the mark comes after naming), or picking a random pair of words. Jade Leaf describes his fur colour - a light, leafy green.
That was adorable. I'd love to see these two in other fics!
Honey Drop and Sunny Side remind me of Greg and Terry from American Dad
3716861 The original collaboration idea was going to be gay clopfic, but it halted due to real life getting in the way. I cannibalised the story when this prompt came about and I think this turned out better. Interesting point of trivia - Apparently in some Eastern lore, especially Persian, a Nightingale's love for a Rose (Jade's Cutie Mark) is a common thematic metaphor. We didn't discover that until after we have begun writing the original story. Even before we started considering a collaboration, they were meant to be together.
3718094 I know what you mean. Apparently, they are meant to be based off of Cameron and Mitchell from Modern Family. Their author, Guy_Incognito said he always watched an episode featuring those two before trying to write their scenes, just to get back into the right mood.
That fiction reminds me of my boyfriend and I. Its amazing Fimbulvinter one of your best fictions yet. XD
Aww! There was a time when this kind of thing would make me shudder and pretend to vomit. Now, I cant stop reading M/M shipping stories. What happened, I wonder? I blame my friend, Lynn! She talks about Star Trek Slash fiction constantly, and now I'm reading Gay Ponies! God Damn you, Lynn! Jk, I love these stories. So cute and heart warming. Still can't read M/M clop, but I'm getting there. I want to break all of my boundaries. NO LIMITS!
3731560 I know exactly what you mean. When I first came to this fandom, I never had any aspirations about writing to begin with, and now my name is almost synonymous with slash fics and gay clop.
Damn you ponies for broadening my horizons.
But seriously, if you ever decide to read a M/M clop, I can recommend a couple of good ones, or you could read the ones I've written. This story seems to have flown under the radar though.
This was so sweet
4053713 Apparently Kill Joy thought so, because this won first place in the Hearths Warming Contest.
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That's awesome!
Such a cute story! Fav!