Written by Flutterguy89
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Shafts of orange sunlight drifted through the windows of the deserted classroom. Fluttershy sat alone, swinging her legs back and forth over the edge of the table. Her intention had been to stay late after her last class and kill time working on an art assignment while she waited for her girlfriend. However, two hours and a major case of inspiration block later, here Fluttershy sat with nothing to show for her time other than a pile of crumpled failed sketches.
She stared across the room at the blank canvas. It seemed to stare back at her. She had briefly considered another portrait of her beloved, but she could already tell from her class’s particularly point critiques that another painting of her rainbow-haired muse wouldn’t impress anyone.
What could she paint instead? She had run through every interest that she could muster, hoping to find inspiration.
Butterfly? Bunnies? Meadows? Forests? She could sketch out the designs easy enough, but the sketches always ended up looking too flat, too plain, too… emotionless.
She hung her head, letting her bubblegum locks fall about her face.
The door squeaked and Fluttershy looked up quickly. There standing in the doorway, wreathed in fading sunlight, was Rainbow Dash. She was covered in dirt and grass stains and still wearing her blue and gold soccer uniform, shin-guards, cleats and all.
“Hey Flutters!” Rainbow called across the room.
“Hey Dashie!” Fluttershy called back, rushing over to tackle the athlete in a crushing hug.
“Ooof… h-hey…can’t… breathe…” RD managed as she attempted to return the gesture.
“Heh, sorry, just a little bit excited I guess,” Fluttershy replied after releasing her Rainbow from her embrace.
“Yeah, just a bit,” Rainbow said with a smile and a laugh. “Hey check this out!”
Out of her gym bag she produced an embroidered patch in the shape of a ‘W’.
“It’s my varsity letter! I finally got moved up to the big leagues!” She said flashing a toothy grin.
Fluttershy gasped and reflexively embraced her girlfriend again, though perhaps a little less tightly.
“Oh my gosh Dashie! That’s, that’s-”
“Awesome! I know!” The rainbow-haired girl was positively glowing. “So how was your afternoon? I feel bad making you wait for me like this.”
“Oh it’s no problem, I was just…” Fluttershy cast a dark look at the blank canvas, “…well, I was trying to do some homework…”
Rainbow followed her lover’s gaze to the blank canvas and winced. She knew how tough it could be to come up with ideas for art projects, and she had a ‘C’ in ‘Drawing I’ to prove it.
“Well, hey how about we go out for dinner together.” An idea popped into Dash’s mind quite. “There’s that new vegetarian café that you’ve been talking up.”
Fluttershy’s eyes immediately brightened. “Really? I mean… I know that’s not really your thing…”
“Hey, for all the times you ordered a crappy wedge salad while I chowed down on steak, I think I owe you.” Rainbow replied with a playful laugh and putting an arm over her girlfriend’s shoulder. “Besides, you know I can’t stand to see you down in the dumps like this.”
“I wish I could give you a letter for being such an amazing girlfriend, you deserve it!” Fluttershy giggled and gave RD an affectionate kiss on the cheek.
In that moment she decided that she didn't care what her class would say about her work, she was going to paint another portrait. Though perhaps she would try to include herself, if for no other reason than as an attempt to capture the bubbly happiness she felt in this moment.