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/nmp/ - you and your mare

By trandhal
Created: 2020-12-18 01:52:53
Expiry: Never
/nmp/(you )mare

  1. >You used to be so full of doubt
  2.  
  3. >Never confident, always hesitant
  4.  
  5. >You had no idea what you wanted from life
  6.  
  7. >Or what life wanted from you, for that matter
  8.  
  9. >Failed projects, educations pursued and abandoned
  10.  
  11. >All around you were happy couples, but the dating scene was everything but kind to you
  12.  
  13. >And as the end of your twenties approached on the horizon, all you really had was a shitty job that gave you a shitty roof above your head
  14.  
  15.  
  16.  
  17. >Spare time? Barely, your job was chronically understaffed
  18.  
  19. >When you weren't breaking your body on menial labor you played the same old videogames that ceased being fun a decade ago
  20.  
  21. >Sometimes you would get drunk in your tiny apartment, and sit in the window and just stare at the sky, for hours upon hours
  22.  
  23. >You would never admit it to anyone, not ever, but you would wish upon the stars for something else
  24.  
  25. >Something better
  26.  
  27. >Something to look forward to, that wasn't just 40 more years of work and then death
  28.  
  29.  
  30.  
  31. >When someone asked you what you thought of your life, you would always dodge the question
  32.  
  33. >Mask your pain with ironic humor, or say something overly cynical
  34.  
  35. >It never failed to get a laugh
  36.  
  37. >Better that than having people worry about you
  38.  
  39.  
  40.  
  41. >But to yourself you couldn't lie
  42.  
  43. >And the answer was always the same
  44.  
  45. >Your life sucked, and you had neither the willpower nor the tools to fix it
  46.  
  47.  
  48.  
  49. >That all changed one day
  50.  
  51.  
  52.  
  53. >You had no idea when you walked into your home, groceries in hand, that it was the most important day of your life
  54.  
  55.  
  56.  
  57. >A small, pink envelope sat on your doormat
  58.  
  59.  
  60.  
  61. >Even now, years down the road, you shudder when you imagine what could had been 
  62.  
  63. >What if you'd just thrown it away?
  64.  
  65. >Or put it in the ever increasing pile of junkmail in the closet?
  66.  
  67. >Or what, god forbid, if you had read it, and dismissed its content?
  68.  
  69.  
  70.  
  71. >Fortunately, you did neither of those things
  72.  
  73. >You read it, and then you read it again
  74.  
  75. >And then a third time, just to be sure
  76.  
  77.  
  78.  
  79. >Admittedly, you were never the believing kinda person, so honestly you thought it was some sort of prank
  80.  
  81. >But something inside you told you otherwise
  82.  
  83. >A nagging feeling that you really, REALLY should do what the letter told you to do
  84.  
  85. >So you did
  86.  
  87.  
  88.  
  89. >You signed the dotted line, and took one more look at the picture that was included
  90.  
  91. >Female, clearly
  92.  
  93. >Long brown hair, big eyes, a few freckles
  94.  
  95. >And a big smile on her non-humanoid face
  96.  
  97. >Even though the writer described themself as "ponies", she was quite different from the horses you knew
  98.  
  99. >Admittedly a bit alien-looking, but not in a bad way
  100.  
  101. >...she was cute
  102.  
  103. >Like, really cute
  104.  
  105.  
  106.  
  107. >You placed the photo back in the envelope, and put it beneath your pillow
  108.  
  109. >Not knowing what to thing about the whole ordeal, you went to bed early
  110.  
  111.  
  112.  
  113. __________________________________
  114.  
  115.  
  116.  
  117. >The next few weeks of your life you can only discribe as a whirlwind of emotions and discoveries
  118.  
  119. >Ranging between the panic and fear of being awoken in the middle of the night by a small horse dressed in tactical combat gear, to the mindboggling awe from seeing Canterlot the first time, you truly went through every single possible emotion a human can feel
  120.  
  121.  
  122.  
  123. >The trip between dimensions filled you with a dread so deep and black you thought it would swallow you whole
  124.  
  125. >The week of medical tests and chrash courses in the Equestrian language and way of living left you confused and drained
  126.  
  127. >More than once you questioned your own sanity, convinced that you had completely lost all of the marbles
  128.  
  129. >A few days in you woke up in the middle of the night, fully certain that everything around you was but a hallucination, and you were really locked up in some mental ward 
  130.  
  131. >It took the kind nurse-mares almost an hour to snap you out of it
  132.  
  133.  
  134.  
  135. >It was definitely a tumultuous time for you, and you even started to doubt if it was all worth it
  136.  
  137.  
  138.  
  139.  
  140.  
  141. >And then you finally got to meet her for the first time
  142.  
  143. >Your match
  144.  
  145. >Your reason for coming here
  146.  
  147. >Your mare
  148.  
  149.  
  150.  
  151. >You were both so awkward
  152.  
  153. >So afraid of making a mistake, to fuck up the most important moment of your lifes
  154.  
  155. >It took a little while, but once you got started, you never stopped
  156.  
  157.  
  158.  
  159. >You talked all the way to the train station, and through the entire journey to her home
  160.  
  161. >Before you knew it, it was long past midnight, and you still sat in her couch, just talking and laughing
  162.  
  163.  
  164.  
  165. >She offered her bed to you
  166.  
  167. >Not wanting to take things too fast, you optioned for the couch
  168.  
  169. >As the night slowly turned to day, and laid awake and pondered just were life had taken you
  170.  
  171. >Your old life felt a million miles away
  172.  
  173. >And the future was now filled with possibilities and excitement, instead of monotony and pain
  174.  
  175.  
  176.  
  177. >It would take the two of you three days of ever-decreasing awkwardness until you hugged for the first time
  178.  
  179. >Five days until your first kiss
  180.  
  181. >And after a week, you held her close as you slept together
  182.  
  183.  
  184.  
  185. _________________________________
  186.  
  187.  
  188.  
  189. >This was all a long time ago
  190.  
  191. >And yet it feels like yesterday
  192.  
  193. >A few years ago you couldn't even imagined where you would be today
  194.  
  195. >How happy you are
  196.  
  197. >How blessed you are
  198.  
  199.  
  200.  
  201. >Your reminiscing is abruptly halted by movement beside you
  202.  
  203. >Your wife stirs beneath the covers
  204.  
  205. >The morning light hits her right in the face, and she shifts towards you to escape it
  206.  
  207. >You put one arm around her and slowly pull her into a hug
  208.  
  209. >Her pregnant belly, still just barely noticable, touches yours
  210.  
  211. >With a pleased sigh she burrows her muzzle in your neck, still half asleep
  212.  
  213.  
  214.  
  215. >Softly brushing away a stray lock of hair from her face, you look at your wife
  216.  
  217. >She really is the most beautiful mare in the world
  218.  
  219.  
  220.  
  221. >You took a huge gamble, leaving everything behind for a chance at love, for a chance at a decent life
  222.  
  223. >And you got it all, and more
  224.  
  225.  
  226.  
  227. >Hugging your mare tight, you once again think through all the choices and events that occured, and where you are today
  228.  
  229. >And as the sun slowly rises outside and a new day of endless possibilities begins, you come to the same conclusion as always
  230.  
  231.  
  232.  
  233. >You could not be happier

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