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Caramel's family has passed a priceless heirloom from father to son for generations. All he wants to do his carry on the tradition, but sometimes, it's not that easy.

Note: Submission for EQD's Father's Day Flash Fic event

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So yeah, this story uses a few head canon type elements that I haven't seen very often in other stories. The fact that there appears to be a disproportionate ratio of females to males in Equestrian society brings up some issues, but assuming all the mares just turn gay to compensate never really sat well with me. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it kinda makes it seem like they all just settled for what they could get. I actually find it more likely that stallions acting as studs would be a common thing in Equestria. Mare wants child, mare can't find stallion of her own or, in Applejack's case, is too busy or not interested in romance, mare hires trusted stallion to do the deed. Seems pretty reasonable in a society that doesn't have enough stallions to go around.

Fun Fact: Arlet apples are a sweet type of apple commonly used in desserts, closely related to the Golden Delicious. On hindsight, I guess I should have tried to fit Golden Delicious in here somewhere.

Funner Fact: Macintosh is a much sought after commodity in Ponyville. EVERYONE IS RELATED TO BIG MAC.

Funnest Fact: I didn't expect to write in Cherry Berry and Razzle Berry. I am so glad I did.

Interesting application of real-world processes involved in horse breeding. I can certainly imagine how this sort of procedure would cause quite a bit of heartache with Equestria's general mindset, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

So basically, the opposite of friends with benefits. You sleep with her once, and get all of the heartache and emotional trauma of a relationship without the actual relationship! :ajsmug:

It's like prostitution except slightly more practical and a bit crueler.

… frankly, I think polygamy, distasteful as that would be, would still be a better solution. You don't get the degradation of all those implicit "you are literally nothing more to me and your future child than a convenient way to fertilize this egg for me" declarations. But hey. No dark tag, we weren't supposed to think about that side of things, I guess?

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