Apple Pie, a la Mode

It's never good to have a date go wrong. It's even worse when it's the fourth in a row, and Sunset Shimmer can't help but feel down about her romantic prospects at this point. When she accepts an offer from Applejack and Pinkie Pie to go on an ice cream outing with them, she can't help but wonder how the happy couple has made things work so well between them. But when she asks, they're more than willing to share some of the details.

Runner-up in Bicyclette's ApplePie contest! Sex tag refers to past-tense references to a sexual encounter.

Takes place senior year, post-Holidays Unwrapped but pre-graduation (April-ish?).

Thanks to Krack-Fic Kai, RDT, The Sleepless Beholder and Tipper for pre-reading!

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Cyann404

Cyann404 #1 · May 24th, 2022 · · ·

I'd definitely love to read more about how Pinkie and A.J got together.

Sunset Shimmer The Great

Sunset Shimmer The Great #2 · Jun 12th, 2022 · · ·

"You see, Jackie wanted to reintroduce me to her family now that we were dating, so after school one day she took me back to her place! Except we'd forgotten that Apple Bloom had gotten herself in detention the day before and Granny Smith was having to wait at the school to take her home! So we knew we'd have a lot of time before they got back, and we didn't really know what to do, but I suggested that maybe we could try having sex, and so we did, and it was great!"

Really Pinkie?

Cute story.

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #3 · Jun 21st, 2022 · 1 · ·

Sunset was staring intently into the chocolate swirls of her hot fudge sundae, lost in what could generously be considered thought—but was really more of a messy mixture of half-comprehended emotions and remembrances—when Applejack's voice caught her attention.

hehe, this is a good way to bring the reader into the story with the same mood as the viewpoint character, not having any idea what's going on

"Oh," Sunset replied, trying to fake-smile her way past her glumness, "I'm just not really the 'eat your feelings' type. That's more a Rarity thing, I guess."

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The three of them were at a booth in the local ice cream parlor whose name none of them could ever remember, despite being frequent visitors.

hehe, saves having to come up with one!

"She always keeps one taped inside her sleeve for ice cream emergencies,"

ah, finding explanations for Pinkie antics

As Sunset recovered from the shock, Applejack elbowed Pinkie in the ribs. "Did you really have to do that?"

i am with Applejack there, that was quite a lot, Pinkie!

Flash was just so excited to be on a 'real' date with me that he just blathered on and on about how cool it was to have a second chance and how everything was totally gonna work out this time; I didn't even get a word in edgewise the whole date.

aww, poor Flash!

I seriously haven't seen her look that terrified of me since I was shoving her into lockers on a daily basis. This may have been even worse."

oof, and yeah, that is an interesting dynamic

You should at least have an idea of why this person is someone you'd want to be romantic with!"

or, as an alternative, we ship Sunset with literally whoever and work out the details later!

Applejack gawked at Pinkie. "How in the heck can ya be that bad at doin' an impression of yourself?!"

ahaha, i loved this gag

"But that wasn't the point. I just meant... you live on an apple orchard and make cider. What's so exciting about a cider mill?"
Applejack frowned. "There's a whole heck of difference, Sunset! It's a completely different—"

hehe, this was another fun character moment!

"If it's clear and yella, you got juice there, fella!" Applejack recited. "If it's tangy and brown, yer in cidertown! Now, there's two exceptions—"

ah, the interrupted before giving more detail than anyone is interested in gag, i use this one in my posting persona a lot

Applejack smiled at the memory. "And I sure did. I sat ya down in the passenger seat and you just looked so cute after you fell asleep in my arms there. I coulda just watched you like that all day."
Pinkie giggled. "That'd be seriously weird in any other context."

hehe, so true! good thing it is not weird here

"I mean it's not like I go around telling people for no reason!" Pinkie went on. "I just thought it made sense—"

oh yeah, definitely can see the contrast between Pinkie and Applejack here, and the funny conflicts that would arise. and come to think of it, this would be true between Pinkie and any of the Mane Six except Rainbow Dash, haha

"Hmmm..." Pinkie thought for a moment. "If we're not getting more ice cream, I do want one more treat."
She turned and kissed Applejack full on the lips.

aww, that is a sweet Pinkie Pie moment to end it on!

short and sweet, thank you for it! and i just got the title. ApplePie and ice cream! i get it!

daOtterGuy

daOtterGuy #4 · Jun 22nd, 2022 · · ·

Howdy, hi~!

This was a super fun read. I like how cute Applejack and Pinkie are together, and felt super bad for poor Sunset. The dynamic you wrote between the couple felt really natural, and the characterization really matched what I would have expected from those two.

Super fun read, thanks~!

ScisetShimmerEvan

ScisetShimmerEvan #5 · Sep 3rd, 2022 · · ·

"This one was Sandalwood. He seems like a decent enough guy, but... we just didn't click at all. We were over at the coffee shop and... we just struggled to find something, anything to really talk about. It never even felt like something even close to a date, it was like we were there to do a group project or something but forgot to bring anything to work on."

How unfortunate.

"It was such a dumb idea," Sunset moaned. "I mean I was just thinking, um, that you two were friends for a long time before you started dating, and maybe I should give something like that a try. But when I asked Fluttershy, I kinda worded it weird and she ended up thinking I was inviting her on some kind of practice date... and then when I told her I'd meant it to be real, she was just absolutely mortified. She looked like a deer in headlights. I seriously haven't seen her look that terrified of me since I was shoving her into lockers on a daily basis. This may have been even worse."

Oh...

"I just felt so embarrassed, I left her so many apology texts and calls. We talked about it few days later, she said she just kinda freaked out because of how unexpected it was and she didn't understand what it meant. We're fine, now, but wow that was a mess... maybe I'm just not meant to find love."

Sometimes finding love takes time and patience. I've been single these last few years and have yet found love at the age of 20. And while my dad thinks I'm not being social enough, I've told him plenty of times, I'm fine waiting to find love, which my mom agrees with entirely.

"I ain't blamin' ya, just sayin' is all. Anyway, we went, and we were bundled up out there. But it was fun, we played all the holes and Pinkie won easily. Ain't never been much of a golfer, even mini-golf. And we were talkin' and stuff out there, but it didn't ever really feel different from how we'd always been. Afterwards, though, we went over to Tip-Toppings for frozen yogurt, because Pinkie Pie doesn't know the meaning of the word winter ..."

Mhm...

"Hey!" Pinkie shouted. "Fluttershy was the one who brought them right outside the store, it wasn't my fault she didn't tell them not to run right in!"

I still question to myself why she had them with her at a frozen yogurt place of all places.

"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Pinkie leapt up and shouted the two of them down. "DID YOU MISS THE PART WHERE I WAS TELLING A ROMANTIC STORY!!" Her wayward left hand slammed into the remains of Applejack's banana split, and her powers sent ice cream splattering onto both of her boothmates' faces.

Good going Pinkie.

"You see, Jackie wanted to reintroduce me to her family now that we were dating, so after school one day she took me back to her place! Except we'd forgotten that Apple Bloom had gotten herself in detention the day before and Granny Smith was having to wait at the school to take her home! So we knew we'd have a lot of time before they got back, and we didn't really know what to do, but I suggested that maybe we could try having sex, and so we did, and it was great!"

Dewdrops on the Grass

Dewdrops on the Grass #6 · May 6th, 2023 · 1 · ·

This was cute, funny, and I think it really helped Sunset realize what her issues were. I especially love how in character both Applejack and Pinkie feel, and how you don't skimp on PInkie's louder random yelling moments like some people do, since it really helps this feel like I'm watching an EQG special.

But then this is an Eileen story so naturally the characterization is gonna be top notch.

I loved this little story, and I wish there was more apple pie this good.

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