Brushy Bill's submission for the M/M shipping contest! Inspired by multiple songs: "Up On A Hill" Dan Seals 1983, "Blue Clear Sky" George Strait 1996, "Stranger in my House" Ronnie Milsap 1983, "Cold Hard Truth" George Jones 1999, and more!
(Takes place between "The Ending of the End" and the time skip in "The Last Problem".) Sugar Belle and Big Macintosh prepare for the arrival of their first foal. And Big Mac shares what it was like for his parents when they had him.
Sweetie Drops and Big Mac go out to an amusement park for a romantic date. However as they explore one of the rides, the two become lost and find that they are locked inside the park. What could possibly go wrong? There is no actual sex in the story.
Big Mac is a wise stallion, growing up in a house full of mares he had learned that secret language that mares use. Though as good as he is, Rainbow Dash is not like any mare out there: can he figure out her issue? Hot chocolate and snuggles help
(Takes place after "Hard To Say Anything".) Cheerilee is crushed to hear that Big Macintosh has found a new special somepony, but convinces herself it's for the best. That is, until Big Mac meets with her to share an important confession.
Big Mac visits his parents' graves only once a year, and every year, he leaves in tears. But now, with his marefriend Dash at his side, he hopes that he can break that cycle.
Rainbow's Wonderbolts career requires her to go to all sorts of events, including fancy parties. She has a big charity event coming up, and needs a little help.
The engagement of Big Mac and Rainbow Dash is the talk of Ponyville! Everypony wants to know how the proposal happened, when the date is, and how Rainbow Dash reacted! There is only one problem, Big Mac never proposed.
There are not many things that Rainbow Dash can't withstand. She can take on danger all day long, but when it comes to the bitter cold she is beat. In search of shelter from the cold, she ends up spending the night at the Apples, alone with Big Mac.
When Granny Smith sends Big Mac to visit the Pie homestead, his manner of speech leads to an embarrassing misunderstanding. Will his request force one gray little pony to make a choice she'd like but doesn't want?
Mac and Dash end up having drinks with a couple they meet in Manehattan. The couple makes some assumptions they shouldn't have, and Dash gets her feathers ruffled.
Tealove never would have imagined her life twisting from her little Tea Room in Ponyville to the Forbidden Seas,gun chases through Manehatten and the HQ of Equestria's Rebel Society, all while trying to fulfill her destiny as Celestia's Covert Agent.
Hearts and Hooves Day is a time to appreciate that special somepony that makes your life complete, or in the case of Rainbow Dash completely forget. Can she find a gift in time for Mac who had already surprised her with gifts or did he ruin it all?