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Briarlight


A writer, artist, and animator. My fav fic genres are romance and grimdark! Misty <3

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It's been 25 years since Mac and Sugar Belle have been married. They have a kid, a succesful farm, and a wonderful relationship! When Applejack and Rainbow Dash go away on a mission it is just Mac, Sugar Belle, and their kid... until Feather Bangs shows up?

What happens when this romance from the past pops it's head up again?


Written for the M/M Shipping Contest 2022
Art by LeopardSnaps for the fic!

Chapters (2)
Comments ( 11 )

Definitely got my interest here

Well this is an interesting development, I do very much like the premise of Feather Bang somehow interested in Mac, I wonder how he still remembered Mac and Sugar after so long and why he thinks he would had been welcomed by them, sounds like a big gamble to get his hear broken or get chassed out for being hard work he wasn't used to at his age. Looking forward how this shipping with develop, I do like the shy show burn story development so far, keep it up.

I was hopping to have a longer story then this but it was still a fun read dude, keep it up.

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Yeah was a bit restrained on time so it had to be a bit snappier, but im hoping to make a sequel sometime to expand on em!

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I will be looking forward to reading it then. Best of luck.

Despite having seemingly super pony strength, he was somehow the least remarkable of the Apple family, which he was fine with. Mac was never one for the spotlight; maybe in his teenage days he would've been more ambitious.

hehe that is the issue with the show going on so long beyond its slice-of-life roots! BIg Mac’s importance felt a lot more equal to his sisters in the early seasons

“Uh, eyup!” Mac greeted him with a hoof shake. “Kinda surprised ya’ remember him, it’s been about 20 years perhaps?”

“Oh, we listen to him all the time Mac! The lovey-dovey tunes I adore, remember?”

hehe, i do like this idea of Sugar Belle still listening to Feather Bangs after all these years! after all, what better musical nostalgia could there be? and definitely like the idea of this reunion between all three of them

Feather Bangs brow raised as he chuckled. “Your sister has literally saved the world a dozen times over; your farm by proxy is famous. You haven’t changed a bit lil’ Apple Bloom.” He stepped up to her and scruffed up her hair. Apple Bloom groaned as she tried to tidy up her mane again.

i mean Apple Bloom is at least in her mid-thirties here!

“Kinda weird place for ah personal backstory Feather. It’s a bit… romantic, which ah don’t think you were goin’ for.” Mac tilted his head side to side as he stared at the sun setting.

ironic…

“Yeah so we got together, initially it was sorta a fight like us with Sugar Belle; then we figured we could try polyamory. You know what that is, yeah?”

well that is how it looked like that situation might resolve

Mac was about to nod before deciding to respond. “Eyup, I’m poly in fact.” Mac relaxed against the tree as Feather’s eyes perked up and looked at him.

“Oh! You are seeing some other pony as well as Sugar?”

“Nope. Ah’ just mean I’m open to it, heart and feelin’ wise. Nopony’s really perked my fancy ah’ suppose.”

convenient…

“It’s… a weird thing. I don’t know! I guess I feel ashamed that I wasted what many ponies clambered for their whole life, that even in all my days I still haven’t found myself, that I still feel like maybe I like others but I’m not letting others in? I’ve been doing stupid things my whole life.”

aww, i definitely do like this image of an older Feather Bangs that never found himself even after all these years. and trying to look for it with the stallion he shared a meaningful moment with in his youth is a lovely idea! like i am fully rooting for the MMF polyship here

“Geez Mac, does Sugar Belle have to always worry about you crushing the life out of her every time you two sleep? I was practically squished like applesauce under you!” Feather gasped as he tried to catch his breath.

“Eyup.” Mac smiled as he blushed a little. He looked down at Feather who had an annoyed expression that had a distinct blush on his cheeks.

hehehe…

Feather sighed again as he splayed out, breathing fairly heavily. Some hoofsteps came into earshot as Mac turned his head to spot… Sugar Belle!

“Wow! This hill certainly has an effect on ponies.” Sugar Belle grinned wide as she tried to stop herself from bursting into laughter.

ok that is a great Sugar Belle reaction

“You know, you two do look cute together~” Sugar Belle chuckled as she gave him a small peck.

“Ya’ seriously should stop readin’ those books Sugar.” Mac deadpanned back at her.

well that seals it, Sugar Belle definitely reads yaoi in my headcanon

Mac was turning 50 soon. It reminded him of his own parents. Mac never got the chance to watch them grow old. Mac was now older than his parents ever were.

and oof. always a disquieting thing to think about with aging characters

“I call this one, ‘Love in Red, Pink and Yellow’, it’s kinda something I thought of here!”

“Ya’ got this ‘sugar’!” Mac cheered on Feather as he blew a kiss back to Mac. Both stallions blushed at each other.

“3, 2, 1!”

and aww, i did like this ending! of course Feather Bangs would cap it all off with a song. thank you for writing!

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Glad you liked! Also yep, Sugar Belle is def the type to read yaoi lol

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Nice to see ur thoughts!

convenient…

i mean I did specifically choose big mac for a poly fic bc hes canonically poly :P (I was wanting for mac to say it more eloquently, but its big mac, hes simple and to the point really)

aww, i definitely do like this image of an older Feather Bangs that never found himself even after all these years. and trying to look for it with the stallion he shared a meaningful moment with in his youth is a lovely idea! like i am fully rooting for the MMF polyship here

Hehe yeup, i didnt quite get to write all i wanted (i might expand more later)
I def write some of my own thoughts and some stuff i thought would work well on developing feather bangs. Helps that since its such a large time gap i can make up any personality and backstory for him really!

Cute story. I like what you did with Big Mac's voice especially. The back half felt rushed, which I'm guessing was a contest timing thing. That said, I appreciated the frankness and honesty of the characters. It very very adult. Nice work!

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