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// 18 - The Love of 42 
// Story: Twilight Shimmer 
// by BlackWater 
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Sunset Shimmer stood against the railing that protected people from falling down the steep hill. She looked out at the city she had spent over twenty years in. The snowfall obscured some of it in a white haze, but that only reminded her of when she stood here all those years ago with Twilight. Back when their journey in life had hardly begun.
Twilight came up beside her and nuzzled beneath her arms so she could leech off of her wife’s warmth. Her purple mittens clasped on Sunset’s arms, which moved to hold the woman against her. The night sky pattern on Twilight’s coat was a stark opposite to Sunset’s cheery summer-colored coat that she wore in amusing defiance of the season.
“Enjoying the view, honey?” Sunset whispered into her wife’s ear as they looked out over the snow-sprinkled city.
“Only because I’m with you, Sunny,” Twilight hummed in contentment.
Sunlight almost knocked them over when he grabbed them both from the side and joined Twilight’s strategy of warmth leeching. “I’m back, mom!”
Sunset gave him a knowing look and moved an arm to envelop him as well. “No hot cocoa?”
“The stand was out before it was even my turn,” he pouted. “You should have seen the line!”
Twilight giggled and moved around so she could draw him into a hug while Sunset still held her. “I hope our little weekend getaway hasn’t been boring for you, Lighty. I’m sorry I couldn’t take more time off for the ski lodge.”
Sunlight did nothing to fight his mother’s embrace. He leaned back into it. Unlike most of his peers, he didn’t want cold detachment from his parents. To him, they were a safe harbor in a vast sea that made up the city sprawled before their view.
“Never,” he smiled with confidence, glancing back at his two mothers to show his joy. “I mean, you taught me what’s really important in life.”
“What’s that, sport?” Sunset asked with a bout of curiosity. If she had done a single thing right as a parent then she wanted to know about it.
Sunlight looked back to the cool snowy city, casually noticing places of significance to him like CHS and Sugar Cube Corner. He already had as many fond memories there as his mothers did.
“Just enjoy life with the people you love.”