This story is a sequel to Autumn Leaves
Beautiful, smart, talented, and passionate, Caesura was everything a Royal Equestrian Army officer could want. Fletcher rightly believed himself the luckiest stallion on earth when he married her. But that was years ago.
Fletcher now lives alone in the same rented apartment in Canterlot they once shared. The former Army officer in him has moved on. But the remainder desperately clings to a few embers of hope; hope that someday Caesura might return. So when Fletcher finds Caesura on his doorstep, he is torn. His estranged wife brings with her an unusual proposition: spend one final night together before they part ways forever. Despite his misgivings, Fletcher has waited for years to see her again, and the offer Caesura gives is one he cannot refuse.
Before the night is through, Fletcher must make a choice: finally quench the embers of a dead relationship or rekindle them into something new.
Implied sexual situations and language. No clop.
A quasi-sequel to Autumn Leaves and The Iron Saddle. Set prior to the events of Equestrian Horizon.
You're not going to post the lemon?
7429293 That assumes I even wrote it to begin with. Not to mention that it's not the important part of this story. Maybe I'll write it separately later.
7439133 No direct sequel is planned, but it is a part of the same universe as Equestrian Horizon.
Well done. You executed again with both precision and style. I do have a couple questions though...
1. Based on the information about politics in the Griffin nation, I'm guessing this is set before the Continental War from Equestrian Horizons?
2. Why did you name the Changeling Arete? Seems a bit odd for anyone who works in espionage, let alone one who does what she does.
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1. This story (and others like it) will form the leadup to the Continental War. They are meant to establish characters and polities so that there is character-based context for the larger inter-state conflict that will take place in the prequel to Equestrian Horizon.
2. Irony, for one. Also in this particular universe, changelings usually select Greek codenames as a unique identifier for themselves.
This took my expectations every which way, but that's how it goes when you're observing the technicalities of a work at someone who's exceedingly good at them. Aristotle Ironwing turned out to be every bit the General I expected, and while Fletcher's plight is an important part of the story, I'm more impressed by how is father's devotion to his duty lets him make every decision like he was one of the Monarchs himself. He can't let any pieces out of place if they're needed. Fletcher though, I feel will, or already has come out of the bigger story with the knowledge of the fact that he was played. It sets the tone well for the same world Firefly is a part of. Definitely a good read and companion piece to EH.