Blessings In Disguise

A surprise visit from his coltfriend Flash Sentry during a dangerous magical experiment leads to the pegasus being struck by a misfired spell.

Now Sunburst has to spend their three-and-a-half year anniversary keeping an eye of him and making sure that nothing went wrong.

Of course, nothing went wrong.

Just maybe not in the way that either of them expected.

Written for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group's Genre-Swap Contest

Many thanks to astrolatryy, Shaslan, Undome Tinwe and Vis-a-Viscera for the kind words
and to Silent Whisper for hosting the contest

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daOtterGuy

daOtterGuy #1 · Jan 24th, 2022 · 6 · 3 ·

Howdy, hi!

What the fuck, where did this come from? This is amazing. It has doofy gay Flash Sentry which is my absolute favourite thing with a snarktastic Sunburst. Their chemistry is glorious, the writing is stupendous, and the wit on display here is top tier. Sheesh, that banter is god tier and himbo Flash is in full force (the ball pit joke destroyed me).

I don't know what to say. This was the fucking most amazing thing I've read in recent times and I'm mad I didn't write it. How dare. I'm also joking. On the being mad for not writing this, seriously this story is amazing and officially one of my favourites.

Thank you for writing this story, imma read this a second time now.

Mix-up

Mix-up #2 · Jan 25th, 2022 · 5 · 2 ·

Fun read, I enjoyed it pretty much, always love any Clop or romance involving Flash and/or Sunburst in it, keep it up.

WritingSpirit

WritingSpirit #3 · Jan 26th, 2022 · 2 · 1 ·

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Happy to hear that you guys enjoyed it! Haven't written a proper romcom in a while so I'm glad this busted a gut where it needed to. Thanks a bunch for reading!

Thrawn1800

Thrawn1800 #4 · Mar 21st, 2022 · 1 · 1 ·

Very sweet :)

Pen and Paper

Pen and Paper #5 · Apr 8th, 2022 · 1 · 1 ·

Yo, this pair was hella cute. I would love to see more of them!

bdoubleowo

bdoubleowo #6 · May 15th, 2022 · 1 · 1 ·

This is so adorable! I love it!

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #7 · January 15th · · ·

To put it very, very sincerely, it’s not as though Flash had any idea how dumb he sounded. He did not, in fact, have any clue about the complexities of the ancient magic currently suffusing through his body as he sat before me, smiling at me with that big goofy face on his face as he took a particularly big bite out of his hayburger.

augh that is so Flash already i love it

“I was testing out an amalgamation of some ancient spells,” I told him as I pushed up my glasses.

perfect dialogue tag to begin this nerdy exposition

He wanted to surprise me by paying me a visit with a cake from the Crystal Empire to celebrate our three and a half years together. I don’t know what is with his fascination with arbitrary dates of significance, though I must admit they do make nice surprises from time to time.

the fact that it’s three and a half years instead of even a whole number really highlights how arbitrary this is, in a charming way, i love it

“Yeah, uh, you lost me when you brought up taxes all of a sudden?”
“Multitaxonomical.”

ahahaha

“I just want you to be safe and sound so that you can enjoy your lifetime supply of corn dogs, Flash. We are not the same.”

augh i love this

“It’s nice though. Being a guinea pig.” Flash paused to linger on his words. “Well, being your guinea pig, at least.”
“Probably not your best pickup line, but I’ll give it to you.”

hoowee, Sunburst should give Flash a little more credit here, that was good!

“Right as chocolate rain,” Flash said as he looked over his form. “You know, I’m starting to think the spell was harmless after all.”
“Hey, careful now.” I shot a frown, my glasses sliding down to the bridge of my snout. “Those are some dangerous words you’re playing with right there.”

Sunburst is all too aware of what tends to happen in this world after things are said that would be ironic in retrospect

“Of course I am! I think. Maybe. Still, like, wouldn’t it be cool though?” he continued, much to my consternation. “Like, damn, I could finally predict the future in my last moments! Go out in a blaze of glory, that kinda thing! Ooh, have it carved on my tombstone! Mom and Dad would throw a fit when they see it!”

oh i just love this so much! just the sheer contrast with the panic that Sunburst is going through, which is exactly what Sunburst needs to be helped out of his panic, augh i love their dynamic

“It’s not that, sir. It’s just…how should I say this…” the waitress bit her lip. “You’ve been talking to yourself for the past half an hour now and the rest of us are a little worried.”

ahahaha, i both love this reveal and imagining just what this looked like to onlookers in retrospect. if i were the waitress i would be nervously biting my lip as well

Quickly, we stumbled out of our seats and scurried out of the diner, though not before Flash stuffed his cheeks full with the last of his fries.

perfect and necessary detail

“Should we get help?” Flash asked with his mouth full, though that was obviously the least of my worries right now. “I think the waitress lady that wanted to kiss you has a point.”

i just love whatever is going on in Flash’s brain here, this is such a great Flash augh

“O…kay?” Stepping away from her principal’s desk, Starlight trotted up towards me. She tilted her head and squinted her eyes, trying to make out from thin air the spectacled, distressed lump of an existential crisis that was yours truly. “Should I be bringing out an Ouija board?”

love how nonchalant Starlight is about this, and how much sense that makes

“Ah.” I sighed to myself, hoof meeting my face. “See, this is why I failed magic school.”
“He says this is why he failed magic school.”
“Seriously?” I groaned, glaring daggers at my coltfriend, who only responded with a playful shrug.

ahahahaha augh i could read your writing about these two forever

“The fact that I literally have you all by myself.”
A burst of red filled my cheeks, to which Flash responded with a playful skittering of his eyebrows.

ehehehehe love it

“Yeah? Oh yeah.” Flash chuckled, his goofy smile coming to the fore. “Why not? I was craving for pizza anyway.”

and a perfect way to end it, completing the throughline of hayburgers, corn dogs, and fries. augh, what a delightful experience this was. thank you so much!

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