By a Fireplace

by TheGentlemanCreeper

Epilogue

“Are... Are you sure about this?” Fluttershy asked timidly, her grip tightening around you. “I don’t know if I’m ready for this...”

You lean forward and brace yourself. “Just relax... You can do this. On three, I’m going. Ready?”

“Yes... I’m ready,” she squeaks out. “Just... Just be careful, okay?”

“One... Two... Three!”

With all your strength, you shove yourself forward and start your way down the snowy hill with Fluttershy clinging tight to your back, calling out the entire time. “Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!”

You get to the bottom of the three foot tall hill and Fluttershy was shaking and looking like a bundle of nerves with hers shut tight.

“We’re fine, you know,” you say in a deadpan voice. “We haven’t crashed or anything. You can stop crushing me now.”

Slowly, Fluttershy opens her eyes and looks around. “...Oh. Well, umm... That wasn’t that bad,” she says with a nervous little chuckle.

“Great! Ready for the six foot hill?”

Her eyes shoot open wide. “I-I-I-I think I, umm, want to get some hot cocoa first. If t-that’s okay,” Fluttershy says nervously.

Getting to your hooves, you dust the snow off your coat and laugh. “Alright. And I was kidding, ya know.” Leaning in, you give Fluttershy a kiss on the nose that makes her break out into giggles. “Shall we, love?”

Extending a hoof, you help Fluttershy up who only responds with a wink that makes you blush.

“So, umm...” you say bashfully, trying not to look that goofy. “Hear anything else from Trump Card? He still whining?”

Fluttershy nods solemnly. “Unfortunately, yes... He keeps saying you broke a contract, but I already had Twilight review everything. He’s, umm... lying.”

“Sounds like him alright,” you say with a heavy sigh. “Anything from your publisher yet? Can they work out a deal?”

“Well, they said it might be a little complicated, but they are working on it.”

You can’t help but let out another sigh. “In other words, they have no idea that Trump Card is lying when it comes to our former deal... I swear, dropping him has been more trouble than it’s been worth.”

“Ohhh don’t you worry now,” Fluttershy says, nuzzling against you. “We’ll work something out, I just know it.”

You stop at the entrance to the cottage and notice the red flag for the mailbox up. “Here’s hoping it’s good news,” you say with long, annoyed sigh. “Knowing my luck, it’ll be Trump card with a subpoena. Something about not making ‘By a Fireplace’ good enough for his stan-”

“What? What is it?” Fluttershy asks, a bit of panic in her voice. “Is it... Is it that bad?”

You shake your head slowly. “N...No,” you say, dumbstruck. “It’s... This...”

Holding it up to her, you feel an uneasy smile creep across your face. “Familiar with the Ka-Tet Publication?”

Fluttershy’s eyes go wide. “K-King? What’s he doing writing you?”

You shrug. “It’s not King, it’s his publishers... And I got a small idea.”

Opening up the letter, you start into it, half excited and half worried.

“Okay here... Dearest whatever, whatever... We are pleased with your interest in becoming a member of our publication group and we would... Love to see you as a part of our family. Contact us ASAP and we can set up a meeting.”

“Oh my gosh! You’ll be published under the same name as King!” Fluttershy cries out excitedly. “This is such a major opportunity, you’ll be able to get to so much exposure.”

“Don’t you mean ‘We’?” you ask with a small smile. “Co-author?”

Fluttershy’s jaw drops slightly. “C...C... Co-author?” she stammers out.

You give her an excited nod. “Of course. You helped me with By a Fireplace. Only fair you should get to share in the success. So... Wanna work on Summer Heart in earnest?” you ask excitedly. “We can get a storyboard up and we can totally hammer out a prologue and first chapter today and-”

“To be honest?” she half whispers, stopping you mid sentence. “At the moment? I’d rather just stay with you by the fire today. Is, uh... is that okay?”

Your smile fades for only a moment before it’s replaced with a new one. “With you? By the fireplace? That sounds great.”

Following her up the path to your new home, you can’t help but wear a big, goofy grin.

Things are good. For the first time... Things are looking good.

“Coming love?”

Turning towards Fluttershy standing there with the door open, you trot quickly towards her, still grinning. “Coming love.”

Comments

[Appledash13]

And the end.

[TheGentlemanCreeper]

4102465
That's right. Finished this story after all this time. Sorry it took so long

[-Brutus]

4102474 Like I said in previous comment, welcome back!

[Silent Sir 224]

4102474 Nice work.

[thewaffler]

Legitimately missed your stories, dude. Without going into too much ass kissing, between you and CoffeeBean, you guys were two of the writers that got me into writing fan fiction in the first place. That being said, this is another great ending to a really good fic. I always find that your strengths were always in character development and going into to the Vonnegut school of short story formula. Always entertaining, sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic and sometimes both.

[Wumz]

Great end to a great story, fantastic work dude. Excited for your future stories.

[FuryoftheStorm]

4102474 Absolutely worth the wait . So now that we're here, is this the end to the Significant Six (What I've taken to calling the Mane Six's SO's series in my head)? Got another story in mind, maybe for Spike, maybe another sequel a la Role Reversal? Might just be because of my personal bias *wink wink* but I wouldn't mind seeing a continuation to Purple Haze

[the Joyless1]

wooooohhh the end finally. great story bro. gonna miss it now it's finished. unless you'll do a sequel or a continuation of this. then we shall rejoice.

[Blazinblade7]

Sequel. Sequel. Sequel. -cracks whip- Get to it (Jk. But srrsly would love to see a Sequel)

[katarjin]

whooooo (Ka tet?img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110301023758/darktower/images/d/d9/220px-Ka_symbol.svg.png )

[Classy Toad]

Well, I must admit to you, Mr. Walking Green Exploding Penis of Grief and Destruction, that you have done quiet well on this story. Fluttershy actually didn't change, which I found interesting. Most of the time people end up making her more confident, but you made her shy, but in love... Well done, indeed.

[nerevars]

Read all of this in one sit. Great fic!

[themouthofmush]

been waiting for this to be completed for a long time, and, i got to say, that it was worth the wait. excellent. simply excellent.

[Majk]

Wow, just... wow. Great writing, interesting concept and a metric ton of cute&d'awwws? Yes please.

Aaand gripe time: The story flows almost perfectly, the only snag i noticed is when you briefly introduced 'other' stallions, the lack of description of those characters felt like a wrench in a well oiled engine. I realize, that you can't give any details due to the nature of your second person writing, but it still feels badly in an otherwise smooth writing.

[TheGentlemanCreeper]

4191475
Good to know. I always have trouble introducing like, faces in a crowd... You know, someone who just says or does something with (usually) little to no consequence. If I spend too much time writing about them, I tend to turn into Ian Flemming and spend a good paragraph or sometimes an entire page describing them. I tried going for, as said earlier 'faces in a crowd'. Hopefully my next story will work better along those lines introducing them. Thanks for the input!

[Coviden]

Im glad to see that it get finshed. This is one one of my favorits stories, well favorit shorter story. Its just such a different style.

Wish you the best good sir and hope to see more from you in the future.

[Azure Lightning]

Well done I love it

[Zathras]

Great story. Interesting read it was.

[AeroPhoenix]

Sad to see it end, but it was definitely one of the best stories I've ever read on here, great job!

[Betoran]

*Single manly tear*
Epic ending... this story is so good!

[Donraj]

You misspelled "Story" in the short description