Soarin and Braeburn find each other over several lifetimes.
Written for the A Thousand Words Contest II Contest in the Slice of Life Category.
Preread by The Sleepless Beholder.
Written for the Bisexual Contest Speedwrite in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group.
That was absolutely beautiful.
Oh man, you're making me cry at work.
This was absolutely beautiful. I love the little snapshots and how it felt like one continuous relationship that evolved over time. Great work with the format. I think I would have split each lifetime into its own chapter, even if they were short, but that's a very minor thing. This had a lot of heart for a 1k story, and I hope you're very proud of it.
love the contextual loophole that lets ponies have bizarrely human names sometimes
such a relatable feeling
ehehe
so true actually. it is comforting to think that in the end, no matter how my body fails me, at the very least i will have cuddles
auaugh
these are essentially OCs, yet i feel for them so much in so few words. such an achievement
ooh so it working that way is fascinating
augh my heart
ah, took a bit to find my footing with this chapter, but i love that disorientation. it’s very fitting to how these lives flitting around and past each other would feel. and oof, this feeling of being with the love of one’s life but not the love of all one’s lives. that is very oof
and augh, i love this! there is something so beautiful about making this fandom-originated ship between two background ponies with little in common just another iteration of a love that spans lives and lifetimes. just the weight added to this romance, simply wonderful!
Multiscene entrants in the Thousand Words contest take a sizable risk. When you have dedicate so little to each part of the story, it’s very easy to spread yourself too thin. But this made all the disparate parts work in harmony, producing a coherent narrative arc and even a (very brief) emotional crisis. Exemplary work throughout. Thank you for it and congrats on the bronze.
Dammit it made me cry again!!!
Hello! A slightly belated courtesy note for my review of this. An impressive amount of emotion in such a brief space, to the extent that I was slightly frustrated it couldn't be longer. It's still well worth a like from me, though.