About nine months ago, Luna and Twilight started dating. The first couple of months were amazing. They hung out nearly daily, especially as Twilight refined her teleportation magic. They bought each other gifts, Luna specifically catching an eye on how to spot magical artifacts at antique stores. They curled up with each other at night when their schedules allowed them to, which Luna enjoyed dearly even if things hadn’t gotten super intimate yet. Their conversations were long and fascinating, even if Luna would admit that most of her interest came from her lack of knowledge of the last thousand years.
But lately, Twilight is too busy and keeps canceling all of their dates. Worried something is wrong, Luna reaches out to somepony who might be able to her.
Written for My dearest for Jinglemas 2022
Cover art by Lulubellct
"I’m gonna be honest, I don’t ship TwiLuna, let alone most of the main character gay shipping, or really ship at all"
You filthy degenerate. How dare you not do shipping? Even if it's straight (and therefore boring and not worth it)...
Have an upvote anyway.
Damnit why are the ones I really enjoy not longer!!
Like it but would love a couple chapters of twilina falling in love and figuring them out
Don't.
There are many, many different levels or kinds or whatever you want to call it of romance. Some are fluffy. Some are almost esoteric in nature. Some are more grounded. I like to think this one fits in the latter category. Being a head of state does come with an incredibly huge heap of responsibilities and therefore doesn't leave you much 'free time'. If you want to have a relationship alongside that, you need to make concessions. You need to compromise and work around your schedule. It's simply how it works. It's realistic.
And despite that, it can still be incredibly romantic. Because doing that, working around the schedule, shows persistence. Perseverance. Dedication. What one is willing to do to be with the other. To stomach the disappointment of canceled dates. To keep spirits up despite the difficulties of finding a replacement date. It can be quite 'bothersome'. But showing a willingness to keep up with that? I mean, might just be me, but I think that's romantic in its own way.
It was a very enjoyable story.
Thank you for writing!
I love this