Epilogue: Family
The sun was still hidden behind the horizon as Fluttershy woke up. She stretched, letting out a sleepy yawn, and rubbed at her eyes. Her bed was warm and inviting, but the cloying scent of tea and warm oats had nudged her from her rest, and she sat up in bed. Discord sat at the foot of her bed, a tray improbably floating in the air within her reach. There was tea, and oatmeal, and some brown sugar and cream. Something to fill her up for the day ahead. Discord held his own cup, a oversize mug of black coffee, and he blew gently on the surface of the steaming liquid before taking a slow sip. He noticed her, then, and a smile of his own spread across his muzzle. "Good morning, dear Fluttershy."
"Good morning, Discord. Breakfast in bed?" she said as she eyed the tray appreciatively.
Discord smirked. "Oh, you thought this was for you? How presumptive! When have I ever made you breakfast in bed?"
"Never," Fluttershy admitted, but she could tell he was teasing her. She prodded him with a hind leg, "But that doesn't mean today isn't a good day to start."
"I thought so, too. Eat up, my dear, we've got a big day ahead of us!" Discord said, slurping down his coffee in a single swallow and banishing the giant mug to some alternate dimension. With a bounce, he flew through the air and out of the open window, startling her nesting bird friends with his laughter.
Fluttershy giggled, pulling the floating tray onto her bed and taking a sip of the tea. It was a bit stronger than she liked it, but he was trying, and that was what was important. She finished her breakfast with time to spare, finally climbing out of bed just as the sun rose. She stretched her wings out, giving them a few flaps to straighten out her feathers from their slightly rumpled state, and walked to the top of the stairs. Discord was below, judging by the sounds of chattering animals and his quiet grumbles. She trotted down the stairs and paused on the bottom step, blinking at the sight before her.
Discord was coiled across the floor, surrounded by her indoor animals. They crowded around their bowls of food, which were full. Discord had Angel Bunny in one hand, and was trying to feed the rabbit a carrot with the other. Angel was stubbornly refusing, and Discord was muttering quiet threats under his breath. He let out an exhausted sigh when he spotted Fluttershy. "Honestly, I don't know how you do it. Every morning. They're all so... demanding!"
Fluttershy smiled, trotting across the room and scooping up Angel Bunny and the carrot. "Not any more demanding than you are."
Discord gave a faux-offended sniff. "Well, then, I suppose I should count myself lucky that you decided to add me to your menagerie."
Fluttershy raised one eyebrow skeptically at Discord as she coerced Angel Bunny into eating the carrot. "I seem to recall someone fighting Celestia and making a fool of himself in his effort to join said menagerie."
Discord smiled a slow, amused smile back at the sassy pegasus pony. "Touché, mon chérie. You're awfully feisty this morning."
"I have to be, with someone like you around!" Fluttershy teased, feeling a small blush rise to her cheeks. She loved this banter, their back-and-forth. It was one of her favorite parts of their relationship. She felt so... emboldened, able be feisty and a tease, because she knew that Discord was someone she could feel safe with.
Discord chuckled and leaned over, giving her a quick kiss on the top of her head, his muzzle deep in her mane. He lingered there for a moment, and she could feel him inhale her scent, and she shivered slightly. It felt good to be cherished so deeply. She laughed and pushed his nose away, catching a brief glimpse of a rosy tint to his cheeks, before he snaked away, whirling through the room and into the kitchen. "By the by," he called, "We're low on bird seed. Do you want me to go to the market and pick some up?"
"We should go together. You're terrible at picking out birdseed," she replied.
Discord stuck his head out of the kitchen, looking stricken. "Fluttershy! You wound me! How was I to know that your birds are such fussy eaters!"
"You brought back a ten pound bag of sprinkles that you'd stolen from Sugarcube Corner, last time."
Discord snickered. "I thought they'd like it! A change in the routine!"
"Animals are creatures of habit, Discord," Fluttershy explained as she set down Angel Bunny, who had finally accepted the carrot with a huff.
"Well, I'm not!" Discord said, his head disappearing once more.
"You're not an animal, silly," Fluttershy called out, shaking her head in exasperation.
"That's not what you said last night!" Discord sang from somewhere in the kitchen.
Fluttershy rolled her eyes. "I said no such thing. You weren't even here last night!"
It was silent for a brief, pregnant moment, before Discord called out, "T-that's not what your mom said last night?"
Fluttershy shook her head and sighed, trotting into the kitchen. "That's the best you've got? Are you going soft on me?"
Discord was cleaning the dishes from breakfast. That is to say, Discord was sitting on a stool, reading a newspaper, and the dishes had sprouted tiny arms and legs and were washing themselves in the sink. He peered over the paper at Fluttershy, "I have gotten a bit domesticated, haven't I?"
Fluttershy laughed. "Maybe a little," she said, but she dropped the teasing tone, "but I like it. It's really nice having you here and helping me more."
Discord smiled a genuine smile. "Then... you're happy?"
Fluttershy stretched up on the tips of her hooves and gave him a gentle kiss on the bottom of his chin. "Yes."
Discord blushed and squirmed happily in his seat. "Perfect."
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I enjoyed this story very much, though, if this is the final chapter, you might want to update your story to show it's complete.
7975812 I think... yeah. I think It's done. I'm not sure if it has anywhere left to go (besides cute fluff with no point other than celebrating fluttercord!), so I think we're done.
I really enjoyed your commentary throughout, by the way. Thank you for reading!
D'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwWWWWWWWWWWW *explodes from cuteness*
7976199 Oh no!
I'm sorry I killed you! I hope it was worth it... 
This was a great little story. Like I said before, I'm normally not one for FlutterCord, but this was very sweet and enjoyable.
7976291 Thank you! I'm glad you had fun with it.
...Let's just say that I hope you seriously consider writing for these two again someday, because this entire story was wonderful and as a die-hard fluttercord fan, I need this kind of well-written, in-character writing daily.
7976924 Well, I'm going to do another "daily" soon.
This story has been an enjoyable read. Just cuteness, all the way through.
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Like, don't ponies have fur too?
8143948 Right, it's completely silly and adorable.
yeeeeee
8158686 Mornings are the start of the chaos of the rest of the day! I think that he probably gets up far earlier - if he even sleeps at all? - and has to drink a lot of coffee to psych himself up to actually be a morning person.
Sorry to those of you who saw an update notification. Was helping test some bugs with the FimFic 4.0 launch.
One of my favorite stories on the site-beautifully written and wonderfully executed. I can picture this as an actual episode, should the show include more FlutterCord. Fave, follow, upvote, and some more mustaches.
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Thank you!
Golly! What can I say? This fanfic is going straight to my favourites!
From chapter one, this story had me invested because of your writing style. The language use is a nice change of pace from more straightforwards ones, and it sort of reminds me of my own. And honestly, the story was pieced together beautifully, with everyone being relatively in-character to well-timed pacing. When it comes to romance stories, that's sometimes hard to do, especially in the case with Discord, who has never been in such an emotionally investing situation like this. I must applaud you for boldly taking on this challenge! I loved this story to pieces, and I look forwards to reading more from you, especially if it features these two.
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Thank you! Fluttercord is a favourite ship of mine, but I don't write a lot of them... I write a lot of Rarity. Lots of Rarity, lol
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That's all well, Rarity's a personal favourite of mine. Hm, maybe it's about time I break open that Read it Later List?
This is undeniably the best Fluttercord story I've read! It's so sweet I exploded twice
I'm definitely going to check out your other stories! 
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Thank you!
I just gotta say this was one of the CUTEST things I have read in the last week or so of slowly coming back to the fandom. As soon as I got through that first chapter(cause who else doesn't need a good dose of Fluttercord just as they're waking up
) I just had to read it all the way through. I haven't been on the site much in the last (almost) two years so coming back and finding all the new and wonderfully-written stories like this one was a treat. I agree with a lot of the others, the writing for each character was pretty spot on and I could definitely picture them acting the way they did on multiple occasions, well done my friend! 
I've never really had a thing for commenting in the middle of reading, or just commenting in general so this ended up a tad lengthier than I had originally intended haha
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Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome back.
Love it very much. I'll admit, I'm more of a Pinkie/Discord shipper but I'm still a big fan of this pairing. You did amazing.
Beautiful and precious all in one go!
I loved the story, 9/10 on my scale
I read this in one go and now have all the diabetes.
All of them.
Celestia bless you.
Awww this was adorable. Absolutely adorable. Great job and great story!!!
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Hey, thank you very much!
That was a good story.