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Open for Art Commissions. I write gay romantic comedies with ponies now. Get off my back, MOM.

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Soarin and Braeburn find each other over several lifetimes.


Written for the A Thousand Words Contest II Contest in the Slice of Life Category.

Preread by The Sleepless Beholder.

Written for the Bisexual Contest Speedwrite in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group.

Chapters (3)
Comments ( 8 )

That was absolutely beautiful.

Oh man, you're making me cry at work.:raritycry:

This was absolutely beautiful. I love the little snapshots and how it felt like one continuous relationship that evolved over time. Great work with the format. I think I would have split each lifetime into its own chapter, even if they were short, but that's a very minor thing. This had a lot of heart for a 1k story, and I hope you're very proud of it.

“Forever?” Jonathan Apple asked.

love the contextual loophole that lets ponies have bizarrely human names sometimes

Blue narrowed her eyes at the sky, challenging the expanse with a glare. “Nah, forever. I’m not losing you to something as lame as time.”

such a relatable feeling

“Well, I can’t be too mad. My apple pie is delicious.” Blue eyed Johnathan’s rear, then waggled her eyebrows.

ehehe

“At least, we can still cuddle,” Blue said.

“Its the only thing we do!” Jonathan laughed, wheezing slightly from Blue’s weight against his chest.

“It very important.”

“It is. Can’t skip our daily cuddles.”

so true actually. it is comforting to think that in the end, no matter how my body fails me, at the very least i will have cuddles

“We could live a thousand lifetimes, and I would still choose you,” Blue said.

auaugh

“... I didn’t take you for a romantic.”

“With you? Always.”

She kissed him. He kissed her back. Two lovers near the end, entwined.

these are essentially OCs, yet i feel for them so much in so few words. such an achievement

Rome huffed. “Neither did I. Quite the shock when my memories filtered in.”

ooh so it working that way is fascinating

She pressed her snout to his. His wings wrapped around her. She wiped away tears out of the corner of his eye.

“Then make the best of it. Even if I’m not there, that’s no excuse to waste your life away.”

augh my heart

Empire Apple held her husband close. She loved him. She did. She was content. She was.

But he wasn’t Skies.

ah, took a bit to find my footing with this chapter, but i love that disorientation. it’s very fitting to how these lives flitting around and past each other would feel. and oof, this feeling of being with the love of one’s life but not the love of all one’s lives. that is very oof

“Always.” Soarin pressed his snout against his lover’s. “I told you, Apple, forever, always.”

He kissed him again. He kissed him back. Two lovers, finally entwined again.

and augh, i love this! there is something so beautiful about making this fandom-originated ship between two background ponies with little in common just another iteration of a love that spans lives and lifetimes. just the weight added to this romance, simply wonderful! 

Multiscene entrants in the Thousand Words contest take a sizable risk. When you have dedicate so little to each part of the story, it’s very easy to spread yourself too thin. But this made all the disparate parts work in harmony, producing a coherent narrative arc and even a (very brief) emotional crisis. Exemplary work throughout. Thank you for it and congrats on the bronze.

Dammit it made me cry again!!! :heart: :raritycry: :raritycry: :heart:

Hello! A slightly belated courtesy note for my review of this. An impressive amount of emotion in such a brief space, to the extent that I was slightly frustrated it couldn't be longer. It's still well worth a like from me, though.

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