#linkshipping week

[linkshipping-week]

The first Linkshipping week will take place

January 5th-11th 2024

Prompts In order:

Hands

Melody

Bubble Bath

Free Day

Gods/Goddess AU

Proposal

Scars

Please tag #linkshipping week 2024 or #linkshipping week to be rebloged or @linkshipping-week

You can find the ao3 collection here

[rastro-writes]

Scars left by Love

Day 7: Scars

AO3 link

They laid in bed together, snuggled close, enjoying each other’s company. Twilight was ecstatic to spend time with his love.

“Have you…” Twilight started.

Wild turned his head sleepily toward his fiancé. When he didn’t continue, Wild hummed a question.

“Have you… ever talked about the scars people left in your life?” Twilight finished.

Wild turned in their bed to face him. Twilight was face up staring at the ceiling like it would reveal the secrets of the universe.

“What do you mean?” Wild asked.

“People, like our adventures, leave us with pain. Scars, even. Do you know what I mean?”

“A little bit. Have you?”.

“Not really. I’ve thought about it, but never talked about it,” he turned to face Wild, “but I’d like to, with you, Wild.”

Wild had a comforting smile at the trust Twi was placing in him. He’s told him about his past, but he never really talked about how it affected him before.

“I… my village was really small and quiet. You know, you’ve seen it. There was this girl I liked, she was sweet, comfortable, so patient. More than I deserved, really.” Twilight reminisced. But his expression turned dark.

“But then there was a monster raid, Bulbins, they took her and all the other village kids, I ran after them into the woods, and into a wall of darkness. A hand-“ he reached his hand out above him for emphasis-“reached out of the wall, grabbed me, and pulled me in. All I remember after that was feeling more tired than ever before, then agony as my wolf shape took over for the first time. Then when I woke up I was in a cell, with Midna watching from the shadows.”

He paused, calming himself from the memory of terror and pain.

“She was- a piece of work, at first. She seemed selfish, self focused, and manipulative. Which. To be fair, she absolutely was manipulative. But her self centeredness was how she worried about her people. So I eventually understood it at least.”

He turned back to face Wild.

“But she opened up my own world to me. We escaped that prison below Hyrule castle. She got me home. I saved the Light Spirit of Faron Woods, they purged the darkness from me, and returned my body to me, with that green tunic and chainmail. It took so long to do what I set out to do. To save the kids of my village. Ilia had lost her memory, somehow, along the way. I wonder if that was a blessing in disguise. My entire adventure was about pushing me further out of my zone, out of my control. Having to do more and more ridiculous and treacherous things with Midna’s help, along most of the way.”

His breath hitched as Wild listened, cobalt blue meeting cerulean.

“Sometime along the way. Probably when Zant tried to kill her. I realized. I didn’t want her to die. I cared about her. She was important to me, by then. And feeling her clutch to me back, paler than I thought possible, and dying. Even as Dusk gave her life force to Midna, all I could feel was relief at Midna being better. It wasn’t- it wasn’t until she left that I realized. I loved her. And her leaving hurt, so damn much. I couldn’t stand it.”

Wild brought his hand up to Twilight's face, as tears pooled in his eyes, threatening to fall.

“You don’t have to keep going, Twi.”

Twilight smiled up at him, even as tears fell down, turned his face to kiss Wild’s palm.

“I want to, now. To show you how much you mean to me… I never thought I’d fall in love again. Ilia was the comforting girl back home, Midna was the girl that showed me the world with her sass and snark as I gawked like a tourist, while also fighting to not get flattened by any number of things. After Midna I didn’t expect to love again. Then I had those dreams as a Wolf, wandering an entire new world alongside you. And I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was the same. I fell for you, little by little. And then when, against all the odds, impossibly, we met again when the goddesses dropped me in front of a Talus, I never wanted to let you go again. Even before I realized I loved you, I still never wanted to let you go.”

Wild was tearing up a bit now, too, “I remember how handsome you looked, when you woke up at camp and looked up at me like I was the most important person you’ve ever seen, right then. I didn’t even get why, but it’s not a look you forget.”

“Goddesses, I made a fool of myself. I blame the concussion.” Twilight lamented, covering his face with his hands, the heavy mood dispelled for a moment.

“Blame whatever you want, that moment is living in my head forever.”

Twilight smiled under his hands, dropping them to see Wild still looking at him, smiling himself.

“It took way too long to realize what I was feeling was love…”

“But you figured it out. And so did I, luckily.” Wild added.

“Ugh, you were so much better about it, though.”

“Hey, you didn’t even know that was an option, give yourself some slack.”

“Do not remind me, Legend gave me shit for weeks.”

They both laughed at that, Wild remembering some of the truly awful jokes leveled at his then-boyfriend for his obliviousness.

“But, the important thing for me…” Twilight started again, “was that I loved you, and realizing you loved me back. The pure joy I felt right then, nothing else mattered. For weeks, I could just look at you and think ‘that’s my boyfriend’, and anything else that was wrong, exhaustion from a fight, boredom from a long walk, the soreness of a bruise, would vanish just by seeing your face, hearing your voice, or holding your hand… Midna left me with a scar over my heart that I never thought would heal. A scar that would just ache and burn, until it killed me inside.”

Wild’s smile faded from the idea he was hurting that much inside even when they first met. “But you saw me. A messed up, gawking weird though I was, literally dogged-” Wild chuckled at the terrible joke, “-and totally out of my world, and my element, and you helped me find a new reason. And it was good to help you again, too.”

“And finding love again…” Twilight took Wild’s hand, a hand that felt so familiar, but felt like electricity, even after all this time, “it was the most exciting adventure of all, and I’m so glad I got to share it with you, Wild. And I want it to be an adventure we share, for a long time.”

Twilight lifted his face to Wild’s hanging over his, and Wild brought his face down, their lips meeting in a gentle caress, and a loving embrace as they twined their hands together, enjoying each other, and the love they share.

[wordwitch00]

Free Day (Bedding)

“These aren’t your usual sheets.”

Twilight tried to toss the half the fitted sheet to the side of the bed Champion stood at, but failed miserably. “Weather changes, and so does the type of sheet I guess.” 

The former Royal Guard grabbed his side of the fitted sheet and got to work getting it on Twilight's mattress. The man was quite good at making beds; did the military corners and everything.

Champion ran his hand along the edge of the fitted sheet after tucking the corner under the mattress. “What is this material?”

“It’s bamboo,” Twi said as he finished the last corner of the fitted sheet. “To me it feels kinda soft and fleecy without being super thick and too warm.” 

“Huh,” was all he said as he ran his fingers across the fabric one more time. Twilight flung out the top sheet (like a pro) once it was in the appropriate place, let Champion tuck the edges in. He’d tried to imitate Champion’s corners before only for Champion to just do them over again, so now he just let the man do what he would with the sheet.

Once the bed was fully made, Twi took Champion’s hand and led him downstairs.

Time for some lunch.

—

Twilight had long since gotten accustomed to coming home to a quiet house since taking the job at Telma’s, and while he previously looked forward to crawling into bed, now he most looked forward to laying awake for another hour to talk (and maybe kiss) with Champion. 

He stopped at the kitchen for a glass of water before heading upstairs. Reaching the second floor landing, there wasn’t any light coming through the bottom of Champion’s door, which usually meant he was waiting in Twi’s room. More often than not he’d find him reading on top of Twilight’s covers, wrapped in an afghan Malon had given him.

Twilight took careful, even steps to his door and gently pushed it open. He nearly dropped the glass at the sight before him.

Champion was curled up beneath the blankets, tucked up over his chin, sound asleep.

Twilight’s heart just melted.

Moving as quietly as he could, Twilight got into his sleep clothes and made his way over to the bed. He got under the covers carefully so as to not disturb his partner before leaning over and pressing a kiss to his forehead.

Champion cracked an eye open before groaning. “Meant t’be awake.”

“Are you testing out my sheets?” Twilight asked as he brushed a strand of hair behind Champion’s ear.

“Wann’ed t’try ‘em,”the former guard murmured. “S’soft.”

Twilight chuckled. “I guess I know what I’m getting you for Solstice.”

“These’re fine,” Champion yawned. “You come with ‘em.”

[lolabearwrites]

Hands | Linkshipping week 2024

“Have you ever had your palm read?” Wild jerked his head up and off of Twilight’s chest, he narrowed his eyes, trying to find his partner's face in the dead of night. Wild could only make out a vague shape, but he was pretty sure Twilight was staring expectantly at him. 

He took a moment to truly think about it, before he shook his head. “No, I don’t think so” he then grew a smirk. “Why? Do you know how to?” 

He could feel Twilight shrug against him. “I’ve dabbled” Wild’s smile only grew, he lazily drew shapes across Twilight’s chest with his finger. “Dabbled huh?”

He grabbed Wild’s small hands and pressed a soft kiss to his knuckles. “Yep”

“Well,” Wild squeezed Twilight’s hand. “Why don’t you give me a reading” 

Twilight chuckled. He brought Wild’s hand up between them, he dragged his thumb across the lines of his hands, the soft caresses made the younger hero shiver. “This one is your life line, it means you’ll have a long life” “Given my past experiences I find that ironic” Twilight let out a gruff hum, he was never fond of Wild talking of his life like that, so Wild changed the subject. “Anyway, carry on dear,”

“This is your face line-”

Wild chuckled. “Face?” “Head. I meant head”

“Of course. How long have you been practicing this again?”

“Shut up.”

Wild buried his face in the crook of his neck, he pressed one or two apologetic kisses near under his jaw. “M’sorry” he giggled. 

“Anyway,” He said breathily while the pad of his thumb continued tracing against. “This is your heart line”

Wild let his head fall against Twilight again, without thought he clenched his hand around Twilights. “What does it say?”

“It’s long, means you’ll have a long love life,” He turned to face Wild with what he deemed a seductive look, even if Wild wouldn’t be able to see it. “Interesting’ isn’t it?”

Wild paused. “...doesn’t that mean I’ll have a lot of lovers?”

Twilight opened his mouth, he then closed it. “...Well-”

Wild sat up with a laugh. “You might need a little more practice babe” Wild slid across the bed until he was draped over his lover, his legs on either side of Twilight’s hips.

He trailed his hands up thighs. “Oh yeah?” 

“Yeah,” Wild whispered, their lips brushing against each other. “Because I know that last one is wrong” A kiss was placed against his mouth to silence him, not that Twilight complained. 

[st0rmyskies]

Emergency Commissions - Closed!!

Thank you everyone for the help! Commissions slots are all filled, tips are still always welcome. I will advise if any additional slots open up in the next few weeks.

So if you’ve been playing along at home, you may know that I returned from vacation this week to find that my central air conditioning unit died. Our house sustained some damage from the system overheating. Repairs/replacement are going to run in the five-figure range and they can’t wait, since July in my area of the world means brutal heat. 

So in the spirit of “well fuck me I guess,” I’ll be opening a limited number of emergency writing commissions slots, not to exceed eight depending on the scope of each work and the amount of interest I receive. 

Be advised that this is a one-time thing. I don’t intend to reopen commissions after this financial burden passes.

The Basics

I write for the LoZ and LU fandoms and will accept commissions for either in-universe writing or one of my own AUs (Townhouse AU, Count Darkula, the omegaverse series, etc.).

I will write crack, fluff, angst, spice, horror, murder, whatever. Choose your own adventure! 

If you’re interested in something sweet or spicy, I’ll write Linkshipping, Zelink, MidZel, GanLink, lesser-known characters, you name it I don’t care. I’m a multishipper at heart.

Characters can be cis, trans, unspecified, doesn’t matter to me.

I’m always happy to try on new spicy themes, even if it’s not something I’ve written before. This is a judgement-free zone, even if I end up saying “no thanks.” Seriously, just run it by me. I also have a handful of existing WIP options in the list below if you need any inspiration.

You get to choose whether this is a work to be published or if you’d rather keep it for your own private enjoyment. No price difference between the two options, I don’t care.

Not sure what you’d request? If you want, you can sponsor an active WIP. This is literally more bang for your buck, since I’m not going to charge you for the words I’ve already written. Once you snag a commission slot and leave your deposit, I can send you a sample of one or two works if you’re having a hard time choosing between options. Think of it like trying different flavors at an ice cream bar. An extensive list of my active WIPs appears in my pinned post. If sponsoring an active WIP for an ongoing series like HSH or LMTCOY, that work will be published.

Do you have an unfinished WIP of your own that you’d like to see finished but don’t have the time, energy, etc.? Throw it my way and we’ll see what we can do together! Once again, you are only charged for the words I put into the work in these cases, not the total word count. I will only be taking on up to two of these types of commissions.

The Nitty-Gritty

Pricing is 2 cents per word. I'm flexible with regards to word counts but I suggest the following tiers:

500 words - $10

1000 words - $20

2000 words - $40

2500 words - $50

A deposit will be required to lock in your commission slot on a first-come first-served basis. Deposits will vary based on the tier you select with any remaining balance due at delivery, if applicable. If I end up going over a bit and wrote 525 words for a 500-word slot, oh well, bank error in your favor.

Deadlines are TBD between myself and the commissioner depending on the scope of the work and the number of responses I get. Could be anywhere from a few weeks to a couple months. I don’t see myself letting commissions drag on past 3 months. 

Feel ready to take the plunge with me? You can send me a DM preferably via discord (st0rmyskies) but also through tumblr and we’ll get to work!

The Fine Print

You must be over the age of 18 to commission me.

Commissions are not to exceed 2500 words unless we negotiate otherwise. WIPs listed at larger word counts excluded from this rule.

If sponsoring an active WIP or work in an ongoing series, I may already have a plot and end goal for the story, so specific requests (e.g. “I want Twark to break up.”) may not be honored. I can do a one-shot of such scenarios, though, even if they’re outside canon plans.

I will not write for someone else’s series (e.g. “Can you continue this story from [author] that’s been abandoned?”).

No original characters.

I reserve the right to decline any request for any reason.

Can’t commission, but want to help?

You can leave me a tip via Venmo or PayPal, or signal boost on tumblr, discord, wherever. We need all the help we can get! 

Thanks so much for reading this far, friend. Any help with spreading the word is appreciated. 

- St0rmy

[shinobi-addiction]

Exactly one person complained about Linkshipping in the LU fandom and now Linkshipping fics are popping up like daisies on Ao3 the past week.

Keep up the good work, authors!

[uncanon-fates]

Uncanon Fates Masterpost

What is Uncanon Fates About?

Uncanon Fates is a Links Meet AU where Links that are either not part of the canon timeline, or are not expanded upon in the canon timeline are included. The original Hero’s Spirit, the First Hero, somehow drifts into a dark part of the Sacred Realm, messing up the Threads of Time. Many heroes get displaced in the process, and a mysterious Three-Eyed-Goddess sends the First Hero into her realm, to help aid the other heroes. But things won’t stay contained to her realm for long, as the threads strum on, and on, and on…

Important things to note about Uncanon Fates

No consistency in update time due to life. I am but 1 person, I cannot update every week even though I would love to do that.

All Links are on the aro and/or ace spectrum, and some are also queer in other ways as well. All Links do go by he/him, and some might have other pronouns as well. But he/him pronouns are a safe choice to use for any Link here.

No Linkshipping. It just doesn’t make sense for most Links to be into each other. Some aren’t interested in romance and some already have romantic partners. There are more reasons, but I think y’all understand that I just don’t want the Links to be shipped.

PG 13~ish

Temporary character death happens more than once. Rinku is already destined to die so. Yeah. But that won’t happen anytime soon :)

Other characters that aren’t Links will appear, such as but not limited to: fairies, Zelda, and Impa. The focus will be on the Links.

Character Refs

Rinku - Sir Raven - Cali - Cadence+Trill - Kori - Cart - King Gustaf - Linkku - Captain War - Linkle - Impa - Marin - Commander Zelda - Three Eyed Goddess - … - … - …

Comic Begins

Prelude

Chapter One - Links Abound | 1+2 | 3 | ……

Chapter Two - The First Challenge | ……

Chapter Three - Dungeon Delve | ……

Chapter ……

Miscellaneous

Doodles and more

Cali’s clothes and headshot | Scarf Creature War

…

Before I settled on a comic idea drawings

Kori ref

Cadence ref

First Hero drawing

Practice Comic

[shipmontharchives]

Welcome to The Ship Month Blog!

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[rastro-writes]

Take Your Hand

Linkshipping week day 1: Hands

Twilight noticed something with Wild since they met again during Wild’s second adventure. He had been through the metaphorical ringer, and at least partly the literal one.

Twilight was bothered by Wild’s new arm, in only that he’s worried how much it had hurt, or still hurts. It takes him far too long to realize Wild won’t hold his hand with his zonai arm.

Twilight pulls Wild along with him by his left arm, away from the others, just to talk with him about it. Wild comes along, smiling giddily.

“Wild, what’s the matter?” Wild’s grin falls.

He thought we’d be kissing, oh how much I want to, but this needs to be said.

“Nothing is the matter? Everything is as fine as it can be.” Wild muttered, a bit melancholic.

Twilight tried to grab Wild’s hands to hold both of his hand in his, but as soon as he grabbed Wild’s right hand, he jerked it back, and hid it behind him.

“Wild. Love, please tell me what’s wrong. I know it bothers you, and I want to help!” Twilight begged his boyfriend.

“It’s- it isn’t me, it doesn’t feel like me.” He whispered.

“Your arm?”

“His arm. Rauru’s. It doesn’t- it doesn’t feel like it’s mine, and that doesn’t bother me for almost anything, like it’s a memory of a touch and not right there. But…-“

“But?”

“But when you hold my hand, I love it so much, I get excited twirls in my stomach, and I get warm feelings in my chest. But when it’s with his hand” Wild brings the borrowed hand to Twilight's face, as if to caress his cheek, but not quite touching.

“It’s so far off, it feels lonely, like the days before my second adventure where I’d just lay in bad, missing you, and everyone else. Remembering the feel of your hand in mine, the feel of your lips, wishing you’d be there with me so much, it hurt to open my eyes and for you to not be there.”

“Wild….” Twilight had no idea he was hurting that much. Sure their time apart was only weeks for him, but months for Wild. Even those few weeks he was a mess, borderline nonfunctional. He can’t imagine months of that. Torture. He pulled Wild into a tight hug, reassuring him.

“I’m here now. I’ll hold your hand, and give you kisses, and when you open your eyes, I’ll be there. And when I hold your hand,” Twilight grabbed Wild’s new arm, “and I do mean your hand, you won’t have to be afraid of feeling far off, because I’ll be right next to you. Because I love you, and I’m never letting us be separated again. Okay?”

Wild pulled him back in, crying quietly into his shoulder. Twilight whispered sweet nothings into his hair, rubbing his back as he cried.

They sat like that for hours, connected by their love, a hug, and their hands clasped together.

Read on AO3

[rastro-writes]

Eldin Bubble Bath

Day 3: Bubble Bath

(Mature, but not explicit)

Twilight has no idea what got into Wild.

They land into his era, and he’s suddenly excited about something. Asking yields a denial as effective as a snow mitt in a blizzard. Twilight thought about where they were. South Akkala stable, Eldin to the west, and death mountain looming over.

Wild cooked a nice light lunch for everyone, then told everyone to get their stuff that they’d be going for a little walk. Wind groaned, knowing a “little walk” can mean “many miles” and “foot blisters” for the sailor.

“Don’t be like that, you’ll love it when we get there, I figure we could use a break, and I talked with the stablemaster, there haven’t been monster sightings for a bit, but as soon as we receive word, we can be off, we aren’t even going that far.” Wild reassure them.

“But where are we going then?” Wind whined. Wild winked at him.

“It’s a surprise.”

It was indeed a surprise, in that it was a hot spring, the water pleasantly warmed by underground magma. Wind did love it as promised, even Time and Wars especially were enamored with it that they didn’t even bother to say they can’t stay long.

Before Twilight can strip like the others to get in the water- Wind is already in, having jumped in after only taking off his shoes, Wild is tugging his sleeve, pointing to the side. Following his boyfriend, Twilight is led to a semi-secluded pool, seperate from the rest, with what look like some kind of bubbles foaming around in spots.

“What’s this?” He asked. Wild was blushing lightly.

“I- I thought we could use some alone time, and I had this fancy soap I got from Wars’ time, and thought you might like to try it out with me. Just us.” Goddesses his boyfriend was amazing. He pulled him close, and rested their foreheads together.

“That sounds amazing, love. I can’t think of anything I’d rather do more.” He reassured. Wild chuckled, tracing teasing fingers down his arm.

“Well, I was thinking we could take each others clothes off….” Wild left off. Now it was Twilight’s turn to blush. They have… been intimate before, but never so seemingly casually, or without being very hidden away. Sure the pool was secluded, but…

“I-I mean I’d like that really very much, I just don’t think that- the others could walk over and- Not that I-“ Twilight stuttered. Wild chuckled that beautiful sunshine laugh.

“I meant to our undergarments, my perverted puppy.” Wild corrected, tilting his head to kiss Twilight’s heated face. The nickname and embarrassment made his face hear even more.

“Oh, I- yeah, I’d like that- not that the other wouldn’t be pleasant- I just- ugh” Twilight gave up, burying his face in his hands.

Wild chuckled at his expense, and he felt his waist loosen as his Obi came free. He gasped, and felt Wild take one of his hands, exposing his eyes to the sight of Wild carefully untying his gauntlet, then looking at him as he pulled the piece off, followed by the glove underneath. Feeling the cloth slide off his hand so smoothly, from the different angle from when he does it himself, sets something ablaze in his gut.

He gulps, let’s his freed hand cup Wild’s face, who smiles, before Twilight reaches down, to unclip Wild’s shoulder and chest armor, and let it fall, and they take turns unclipping pieces of armor, pulling gloves and covers, Wild pulls his chainmail and undershirt off in once go, leaving his arms up, trapped by his shirt, as he presses a kiss to Twilight’s lips. The first since they started this intense back and forth, then presses a kiss to his shoulder. They let the chain mail fall, and Twilight returns the favor removing Wild undershirt, his leather armor having gone already. Twilight is drawn into another kiss, and they stay there for what feel like forever, but isn’t nearly long enough.

Wild pulls himself back from their kiss, and pulls twilight by one arm into the water, Twilight can feel his jelly legs almost collapse into the heat as he’s pulled in, and he just floats, easily following Wild, who pulls him into another kiss, and they let their hands wander, Twilight feeling the strong, toned muscles under wild skin tense and shift as he brushed his hands over his abdomen, and up his side. They just spend as much time as they please enjoying the heated water, and each other, hidden amidst the bubbles, and the heat.

They don’t even notice the pitter patter of wet feet that approached, nor their retreat.

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Lover’s Pond Proposal

Day 6; Proposal

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Twilight had to start preparing months out. He lived in Wild’s Hyrule now, but for all of that, he still knew very little of it, really. He knew the land nearly as well as Wild did, but had no idea of the people in the settlements. It was almost by luck he met Dento when he and Wild were visiting Zora’s Domain so Wild could spend time with Sidon. He got to talk with Dento for a bit, and found out he was a skilled silver craftsman. Twilight asked if he could commission a work in secret. Dento looked suspicious, until Twilight explained the project, then he grew a wide smile and agreed.

Dento didn’t take long to make it, but Twilight wasn’t able to make his way back to the Domain for weeks. It was another trip he and Wild took to the domain that let him pick up the precious gift. A silver cord interwoven with itself into a band to make a ring, with ‘my beloved Wild’ inscribed on the inside. Dento keep it in a small case to keep it safe. Twilight thanked him immensely, but Dento waved him off, and just told him to treat him well, which Twilight agreed he would.

He just… couldn’t decide when to pop the question. They already promised themselves to each other, would marriage be redundant? He decided to ask the only person he thought might have answers, besides his Love. Zelda. He made the trek up to the lab to talk with her. He knocked on the door, then when he got no answer, again. On the third, louder knock, he got a reply.

“For all that is holy, get in here already!” Purah shouted in her youthful voice. Twilight jumped, but opened the door and stepped in.

The scene was a hectic one. Zelda was working on some pad, while Purah was elbows deep in the guidance stone, making modifications, parts strewn across the plant form they were working on. Zelda glanced at him before returning to her screen.

“Ah, Twilight, good to see you. What can I help with?” She asked.

“Ummm. I wanted to get your advice on something…” he admitted shyly.

“I’m all ears.” She said, not turning from her pad.

“I- ,” realizing he won’t get the privacy he wanted, he’d have to settle for the room knowing.

“I want to propose to Wild, but I don’t know when would be the best time.”

Some tool clattered to the floor, likely dropped by Purah. Twilight refused to look at her, keeping his focus on Zelda. She turned toward him, face in a small, friendly smile.

“Let’s get some tea, shall we?”

Sat at the work table, Purah and Zelda stared expectantly at him.

“Twilight, you said you want to propose to Wild, right? Let’s start with that, why delay?” Zelda asked.

“I’m nervous, I don’t think he'll say no, but what’s worse is that he might feel like he can’t say no. We’ve already promised to each other to spend the rest of our days together. So he might think he has to agree, or that what we already have wasn’t real, when that isn’t the case at all!” Twilight explained, somewhat frantic. Zelda considered his words before speaking.

“I understand why you’d be nervous if those are your thoughts, but to be honest; do you really think Wild would be anything other than ecstatic that you proposed to him? He loves you so dearly, I doubt what you’ve described would be the case.” Zelda tells him. Twilight squirms a bit.

“I- I really want to make him happy. But I don’t know if marriage would make him happy…” Twilight admits. Zelda smiles kindly at him.

“Twilight, I can assure you, asking Wild to marry you would delight him. He loves you so much, and another promise to spend your days together would be wonderful for him. Because that’s what it is; another promise. It doesn't cancel out, or undermine your promise. It’s another promise. So please, don’t let that be a barrier to asking him.” Zelda reassures him.

“I- I hadn’t thought of it that way. Another promise. Thank you, Zelda. I think I’ll ask him on our anniversary in a few months.” Twilight smiled at them, jumping up with new energy.

“And Twilight?” Zelda asked.

“Yeah, Zelda?” He looked back, grinning.

“If you do anything to hurt him, I’ll hand you over to Purah for experiment, do I make myself clear?” She warned cooly. Purah made a small noise of interest over her tea. Twilight gulped.

“I would never, I swear it.” He reassured her.

“See that you don’t.” She continued with her chilled stare as he left.

***

Wild had to make sure this went perfectly. He got Isha to make the ring, a beautiful golden ring carved with interlocking golden leaves etched in. He timidly asked her to inscribe the inside too. It was a bit embarrassing to ask, but she was utterly patient and kind, making the ring perfectly for his love.

Wild was excited when he picked up the ring several days later. Isha looked tired, but very proud, and all smiles as she gave it to him in a little box. He opened it, and it was stunning. The detail on the leaf pattern was perfect, and he got giddy reading the inscription, ‘my true heart’.

Despite Isha’s perfect work, Wild was anxious. Incredibly anxious, and nervous. The ring was perfect, but he wasn’t sure if his boyfriend would agree to become his fiancé. He didn’t really have anyone to talk about this with. Normally he’d talk to Twilight, but that was out of the question for this, so Wild just stewed in his nerves for weeks. Their anniversary was coming up. They planned to go to Lover’s Pond.

He was having lunch with Zelda so they could talk over some plans.

“So of course I’ll be coming to take nice pictures of your anniversary dinner. I’ll be sure to get good angles of you both and take plenty of extras.” Zelda reassured. Wild wasn’t really listening though.

“Mmmm-hmm.” He hummed while playing with the rice and chicken.

“The weather should be fine this time of year, too, so we won’t have to worry about rain showers, except perhaps a spurt.” She continued.

“Mmm-hmmm.”

“And the monsters have been cleared from the area for months…”

“Mm-hmmmm.”

“And the Blood Moon will come out right at noon and eat you both.”

“Mm-what??” Wild looked up at her, confused.

“Just making sure you're listening,” Zelda chuckled, “what’s got your head in the clouds? I thought that was Sky’s job?”

“It’s… I have a surprise planned, but I don’t know if I should go through with it, I’m… nervous.” He admitted.

“You? Nervous? Must be something you can’t fight, what is the surprise?” She asked. Wild looked around to make sure they had a modicum of privacy, and lowered his voice.

“I want to propose to Twilight on our anniversary.” Wild whispered. Zelda shrieked and giggled, Wild tried to shush her.

“Oh my goodness that’s wonderful!!” Zelda barely whispered, excited. Her smiled faded at Wild’s unsure face.

“What’s wrong? Don’t you want to marry him?” She asked, concerned.

“More than anything else in the world. I just- what if he doesn’t want to marry me? We’ve talked about our future, spending the rest of our days together, but never explicitly talked about marriage. And I know…I know he wants kids, and obviously I can’t-“ Wild rambled, before Zelda physically covered his running mouth with a stern glare.

“Stop that right now, Wild. You're dangerously close to speaking poorly of my best friend.” She scolded. He glared back, and licked her hand. She wiped it on his shoulder, to his yelling.

“You deserved that, you gremlin. Now, listen. Twilight loves you. Not what you can give him. He would be perfectly happy being the old farmer who watches after everyone else’s kids, as long as you are there with him, alright?” Zelda explained, taking up her fork again, while Wild cleaned his tunic with a napkin, looking a bit dour.

“I know that, and he’d never complain, or bring it up. But I see the way he looks at the village kids. It’s almost the way he looked at me before we figured our shit out-“

“Painful months” Zelda quipped, taking a bite.

“- and I’d love that, but I can’t really do that, neither can he. And when we’re old and gray, seeing that look in his eyes would kill me, because it means I denied him that, and when I realize that when I look at him, it hurts so much. What if-“ Wild cuts himself off.

“Go on…?” Zelda prompts, knowing where Wild’s thoughts led him.

“What if he regrets marrying me? What if he realizes he’s missed out on something he wants, and blames me for it?” Wild chokes out, sobbing quietly.

Zelda put down her fork, and pinched the bridge of her nose.

“Wild…Twilight loves kids, that is true, but have you actually talked about having kids? If it turns out you two want kids, you two, of anyone, could figure something out. Adoption, surrogacy, to name options. Just because you two cannot have your own kids, does not mean you cannot raise a child. I really think you’re overthinking this, and ended up in one of your anxious spirals.” Zelda explained.

“How do you know that though? That I’m not bringing up completely valid concerns?” Wild protested.

“Because I know my best friend, and his boyfriend, and I know you’re both too focused on each other, to think outside the box about that.” Zelda explained with a smirk.

“Fine. I guess you’re right. I hadn’t thought of adoption. What’s- surrugaccy?” Wild asked, befuddled.

“Oh boy…” Zelda sighed.

One awkward conversation later, they finished their lunch.

“Thanks, Zelda. I feel a lot better now.” Wild gave her a big hug before they parted.

“Anytime, and I’ll be there to take pictures, so if you need another talk, I’ll be there!” She reminded him. He chuckled, nodding. She really was the best.

***

Lover’s Pone really was a perfect place to spend their anniversary. The weather was perfect, and the picnic was similarly warm and delicious, and fresh, thanks to Wild’s Slate. It really was the perfect day, he could spend forever here with Wild, they can be together like this for as long as they want.

Twilight had butterflies. He always did around Wild, but where normally it’s a flutter, it feels like a massive swarm now, stuck between nervous and excited. Hearing his sunshine laughter to a joke he made, caused the excited flutter to edge out.

“Wild, do you want to dance?” Twilight asked.

“With you, always, Pup.” Wild smiled using the shortened name, with Zelda being on the other side of the pond, taking pictures for their anniversary. Twilight blushed, but stood easily, offered Wild a hand, which he took. Twilight pulled him up, right into an embrace, Wilds arms coming to his sides naturally, and Twilight resting one arm on Wild’s shoulder, the other playing with his hair. Wild hummed, pleased, and leaned his head into Twilight’s hand.

They stayed like that, just swaying back and forth, enjoying the contact, not really moving enough to call it dancing, just shuffling their feet back and forth, holding each other. Just staring across the shiort gap between their faces, until Wild took his hand and tilted his head, to pull Twilight’s hand from his head, and kiss his palm, and he looked at him with such love that Twilight he wanted to ask now. He pulled out the little box with the silver ring safe inside.

“Wild-“

“Twilight-“

He went to kneel in front of him, but Wild stayed level with him, unexpectedly. It was when their bent knees bashed into each other, and Twilight lost his balance, falling to the side, toward the pond, Wild tried to catch him, but their bashed knees ruined both of their stances, and They plunged into the Pond together, holding each other. It was only seconds before they both righted themselves, and sat up in the shallow water, and stared at each other before breaking out into laughter.

“What were you doing? You look ridiculous!” Wild laughed as Twilight’s wet puppy look, his normally fluffy, thick hair now flattened to his head. Twilight chuckled at the ridiculous situation, before breaking out into a full laugh at Wild’s own laughter. Even laughing, they didn’t want to let go of the other, and their foreheads were pressed together even as they both laughed. Wild suppressed his urge to keep laughing, and looked a bit sheepish so close.

“So…” Wild began again after getting his breathing under control.

“So…” Twilight repeated, just enjoying the moment.

“So…” Wild started again, “I love you so much, Twilight. We had a really slow start, and a few trips, but I love you so much,” he pulled out a small polished box, and Twilight's eyes widened in surprise, “so, I want to ask, will you marry me?” Wild finished, flipping open the lid, revealing a beautiful golden band. Twilight blanked out for a moment, before smiling like a giddy kid, pulling out his own box with the ring.

“That is so not fair, I was about to ask you to marry me. Wild, you are my everything. You helped me get over my funk, and learn that it’s okay to love again, even when I was a giant idiot about it. Will you please marry this love-struck idiot?” Twilight finished, flipping his own box open, showing Wild the silver ring.

The smile Wild gave alone was worth the wait, and Twilight was certain his own grin was much the same. They put the rings on each other’s fingers, and kissed, sitting in a pond, covered in pond muck, save their ringed fingers they washed a bit, and it was perfect. Because he was engaged to Wild, his wonderful, sweet, clever, devious fiancé. Twilight got more butterflies just thinking that. His fiancé. Wild is his fiancé.

He listened, their hands intertwined. Out of the pond now, as Wild regaled about the ring, and how he chose the design and how Isha was great. Zelda agreed that Isha was great at making jewelry, and Twilight offered that he got Wild’s ring made by Dento in Zora’s Domain.

“I thought the work looked familiar! It's really very beautiful, Twi, thank you…wait, is that why you disappeared for hours on our last few trips to the Domain?” Wild added, giving Twilight a kiss on the cheek, to which he flushed full red.

***

“You’ll be pleased to know, the pictures came out perfectly!” Zelda proclaimed, wandering over to their outdoor picnic table where they were lounging.

“From the anniversary picnic?” Wild asked excitedly. He loved getting photos printed.

“And the engagement!” Zelda reassured.

Wait a second.

“Wait, you mean the engagement where we both fell into the pond? You got pictures of that??” Twilight confirmed, Wild's eyes widened in horror and Zelda’s narrowed in evil glee.

“The very same.” She confirmed.

“Zelda, you cannot share those with anyone, that’s so embarrassing…!” Wild whined at her, releasing Twilight's hand for the first time in hours in order to beg.

“I can do what I like with my photos.” Zelda held firm, to Wilds pouting. His hand was cold.

“Zelda, it would be a shame if Wolfie stopped helping you with your animal research, because he’s too ashamed to show his face.” Twilight warned with a smirk. Zelda glared. His hand was still cold.

“You-!! Oh, fine, I won’t be sharing them, but I do get to keep them so I can laugh at them.” She acquiesced. Twilight took Wild’s hand back into his, giving the back of it a kiss before they relaxed again, to enjoy the sunset.

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Hands

“How are your hands so big?”

Twilight chuckled as Wild held his hand up beside his own. He wasn’t wrong; WIld’s hands were about two thirds the size of Twilight’s, but they had almost as many scars.

Sitting on the couch, sharing a blanket with a half-empty bowl of popcorn between them, the TV’s volume was much lower than it should be for the movie they were supposedly watching.

“How many burns do you have on yours?”

“Uhhh, one here–” pointed to the inside of his ring finger, “one here–” to the outside edge of his palm, “and one little bitty one here–” to just above his wrist. 

“Catching the edge of a hot pan?” Twilight asked.

Wild giggled. “Frying bacon without a shirt on.”

“Shouldn’t that be gloves?”

“Psh! Details.”

They snickered together as Wild wiggled his fingers, turning his hand this way and that. Before Twilight could lower his, Wild put his palm against Twilight’s. The heat Twilight could feel made his stomach flip pleasantly.

“Big strong hands,” Wild said softly as he looked on in quiet contemplation.

Twilight swallowed. “I’ve seen the way you grip the handle of the cast iron skillet,” he said. “Your hands are just as strong.”

“Huh, I guess that’s true.” Rather than let go, Wild brought his fingers between Twilight’s, interlacing their hands together. “Now they’re even stronger,” Wild said with a bright smile.

Twilight felt the summerwings flare up. “Yeah. they really are.”

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Melody of a Village

Jan 6: Melody

The portals dropped them off at Twilight’s Ordon. More specifically, half of them were dropped in Twilight’s Ordon treehouse.

Wild is certain Hylia was being a cheeky shit when she dropped him right into his boyfriend's loft bed. He swears he sees the personality similarities between Flora, Sun, and the goddess when the former two tease, and the latter is just so seemingly blatant.

He jumps down to the ground level with the others. Hyrule was rushing outside to vomit over the railing. He’ll have to be sure to give him something soothing with dinner. Wind was making sure nothing landed in the pit fireplace.

He peeks outside to see the other half of the chain, apparently while Hylia was trolling him, she was dropping the others outside off at the same height as the main level of Twi’s house. Which meant a sizable drop for all of them. They were all nursing bruises, most of them landed poorly, including Twi, Legend clutching his ankle painfully. Wild jumped down to take a look. Definitely sprained, but he was able to fix that up with Grace. The watery healing relaxing Legend’s tense face as it fixed the tendon and pain.

He went over to his boyfriend who was sporting a nasty bruise on his arm from landing into a tree trunk. He held it delicately as he healed it, tying the blood vessels back together, and giving his boyfriend a soft smile when his hiss of pain evens out to a relieved sigh.

Wild treated a few other nasty bruises, Time brushing off his own, the stubborn oaf. He can let Hyrule handle him when he’s feeling less sick.

When everyone is recovered, and Hyrule heals Time after threatening to knock him out to do it, everyone settles into Ordon. Wild is drawn to the ranch, and the beautiful Epona in the stable. Twi has mentioned her before, and she really is as beautiful as he described. She’s skittish around people, but Wild doesn’t reach for her, he just closes his eyes and hums a soft melody from his own time, one passed from stable to stable, said to calm horses.

Before he notices, Epona approaches him, nuzzling his face with a snort and soft whinny. Wild rubs under her chin, and she leans into it, huffing into his face.

At the entrance, Twilight smiles softly, watching his special girl and his special boyfriend bonding. He wonders how Wild knows Epona’s song, but that’s a question for another time. For now he’ll just enjoy his family all being safe and comfortable in the village.

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Moment at Darillium

Day 5; gods and goddesses AU

Wild and Twilight fell in love eons ago. They’d escape the heavenly palace and explore the vast world below them. They spent the day experiencing the joys of wandering the earth, and they’d spend the nights in their shared bed, to entertain carnal sensations, or just embracing each other. It was a wonderful existence for them both.

But even gods age. And their predecessors would need to be replaced, as they wished to do other things, or to rest. Wild and Twilight were both powerful enough to be on the Deity Path, it’s how they met. Though they both knew being on such a path would mean they’d be forcibly separated by duty, they couldn’t resist each other’s light and joy they promised together.

Their new duties would be dictated by Father Time. Wild knew Twilight has some kind of relationship with the eldest Deity, but as if he does quite know him. They stood before Time’s chambers, ready to be called and sent to their new duties. Wild and Twilight… they had already said their goodbyes.

“My Wild Delight, please, don’t be upset. We will meet again once our duties are fulfilled.” Twilight consoled.

“I know, it’s just the thought of being apart for so horribly long… we’ve barely ever been apart for a day since we met, but now we’re supposed to be apart for-!” Wild choked off his sentence, unwilling to even comprehend the time they’ll be apart. Twilight leaned over and kissed him, but the doors would open soon and it really would be goodbye.

The godlings walked into the chamber. There were four of them, another godling among them for the Deity Path, Warrior, and Legend, who hadn’t been on the Deity Path at all, but was hand picked to be a successor.

Father Time opened his eyes, his blank eyes seeing them all clearly. The eyes are more intimidating given the slightly shifting red and blue marks on his face. Wild resisted the urge to squirm under the gaze.

“Initiates, today is the day you take your Duties. You have all been prepared, and what you haven’t learned, will be bestowed upon you. When I call your name, step forth to receive your Duty.” He commanded.

“Warrior, Disciple of combat.” He called, and Warrior stepped forward.

“Your Duty shall be as the God of Warfare, and the Mercy of One. You will take over from Impa, Goddess of War, and the Silent Strike.” A small orb appeared from Time’s hand and flew to rest in front of Warrior. He picked it from the air with one hand, and it shattered into light, enveloping him to prepare him for his new role.

“I take this Duty as you see fit.” He descended into performing his duty immediately after the last syllable was spoken.

“Legend, child of the craft.” Legend stepped forward.

“Your duty shall be the God of The Forge, and the crafted weapons they make. Your sire’s brother has faith in you, perform well.”

Legend nodded grumpy as he took the orb sent at him with both hands, and went to work immediately.

Now it was just Twilight, Wild, and Father Time.

“Twilight, Disciple of the Dark.” Time called. As Twilight stepped away, Wild instinctively reached his hand out to grab him, a silent beg to stay. Twilight looked back at him with more sadness than they’d ever seen together, before extracting his hand ever so gently,and wild felt like he needed to follow. But he didn’t. Time cleared his throat.

“Twilight, Disciple of the Dark. Your duty shall be the God of Twilight, and the moment the light of the vanished sun lights the sky.” The orb he sent was darker, as if light could be dark. Twilight hesitated a moment, before touching the orb, and when he was prepared, he looked back at Wild, knowing they won’t see each other again for ages, if not eons. He left, and Wild felt that much emptier with his other half gone.

Wild wept for a moment. The God of Twilight was almost a cruel punishment, only able to wander in a form at twilight, otherwise occupying the space between day and night, keeping them seperate. But even with tears in his eyes, he still had his own Duty. He couldn’t help resent Time, then. Not only could they not be together for ages, but Twilight wouldn’t even have a form Wild could seek out just so they could see each other, just to make the ages bearable.

“Weep not, young Godling. Your Duty shall not be the prison you think it will be.” Father Time said. Wild nodded, because his fate was already decided, he could only bear it.

“Wild, Disciple of the Forest.” Wild still wept silently as he stepped forward, “Your Duty shall be God of the Wild, and the moment Time slows down during Twilight.”

Time announcing his Domain for his duty had him catching his breath. The silent sobs reversed into hopeful reverence. Wild looked up to Time. Was he really doing that? Giving Wild a sliver of his own Domain? Could he really be-?

“The moment you catch your hunt, as the hunter, you have a moment, all to your control at the end of the hunt.” Time smiled at him. Wild could barely believe it. He took the orb of light, sprinkled with that much gold of another deity’s divinity, and felt it flow into him.

He would be the God of the Hunt, the Wild Beasts, and the Moment Twilight Falls. He embraced it happily, letting it wash over him. Wild simply couldn’t believe it. Was this a dream? For his worst fate to becoming a blessing in disguise, could this be nothing more than a mirage, produced by Majora? Wild looked up to Father Time, his sobs earlier wiped away.

“You really, truly?” Time interrupted him, raising a finger to his lip, and winking one blank eye, the other losing its blankness, and the emotion in it told Wild everything.

Time knew of their relationship for a long time, and he thought they were good for each other, and abhorred having to shatter their happiness for an age or more, feeling that breaking such a love and sending two Gods into despair would do no Duties or Gods any good. He wanted to reject the Gods' wishes of relief, because he knew the pain for their successors would be tantamount to death for them.

But he realized he can give them all the time they want, and it’s solely within his power, and that was the reason they’ve gotten this far. Wild pressed as much gratitude as he could toward Time.

“Best not delay, God of the Wild. It’s almost sunset, you shouldn’t want your prey to escape, now would you?” Time smiled at him, and Wild got to work. He had his prey to catch, after all.

It was almost sunset, and Wild was coming to the edge of the forest. The Forest they used to explore for days at a time, finding every critter and animal. The Forest of Darillium, where a man could become lost, and never emerge. But this forest was a second home to them, for how often they came here. It was on the edge of the forest, on a rocky outcropping overlooking the hills and the valet below, that he found his prey as twilight fell. His best friend, his lover, and his other half. Twilight. He watched where the sun disappeared.

Wild began spreading out his control over that Moment. He snuck upon his prey, silent in the grass and leaves, and wrapped him in a hug from behind. Twilight thrashed in panic, but Wild had a firm hold of him, and wasn’t letting go.

“What the-! Do you even know who-?! Wild?! Wild, love is that really you??” Twilight realized who pounced on him, going from indignant rage, to weeping tears at a switch. Wild giggled, enjoying the thrill of the catch for just a moment, then reveling in feeling so whole again with Twilight in his arms. Twilight was hugging him back, tears streaming freely. They sat up and faced each other properly, their legs still intertwined and holding hands, unwilling to let go.

“Wild, how did you find-? How are you-?” Twilight choked out between happy sobs.

“Time pulled a fast one on us. He knew all along, and gave me something to keep us together. He gave me a sliver of his domain. I have control of the moment Twilight falls. Right when you’re here.” Wild explained, ecstatically. Twilight sobbed, squeezing Wild tight, Wild squeezing him back. They both felt complete once again, and weren’t willing to let go so soon.

“How long can you make a moment last?” Twilight asked much later, when they’d both been cuddling in the twilight, the rest of the world frozen in time. Their own bubble of pure happiness.

“Time gave me control of a single moment, but I can’t keep it frozen forever. We can’t ignore our Duty entirely. Even his patience wears out. Probably a day?” Wild guessed, twirling his fingers through Twilight's hair. Twilight hummed.

“We can spend a day together, every day. I think I can do that.” Twilight smirked.

“I think it’s still too long apart, but I can accept this.” Wild added, before breaking down into giggles.

They spent their day just enjoying each other. When the sun sets twilight must leave, but Wild won’t despair as he had, because he knows Twilight will be back. An age without his other half was torture. A single day was hard too, but they’d manage.

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Never Have I Ever

Day 4; free day

(Mature, alcohol mention of sex)

They’ve been able to relax a bit for once. They were still in Wild’s Hyrule, they already dealt with an infected Lynel herd with minimal injuries, and they were relaxing in the Lookout Landing underground, enjoying some drinks, except Time, who was having milk for some reason?

Wind was happy to being left alone for his drinking, not even needing to secretly spike his drink with one of his rum flasks, Wars for once not trying to confiscate his booze. He really felt like he needed it.

He caught Twilight and Wild… well, doing something he hoped he’d never see them doing. He kinda suspected something between them, and he’s happy for them, but he really wants to erase the image of them both, probably naked in a pool, swapping sailors' tales, as Tetra would have called it. His granny would call what they were doing making love. Although from context he’s heard, that’s not quite the right term.

Point was, Wind really wanted to forget that he saw that. It’s enough for him to know they’re happy together, but by the gods, spirits, and Din’s tits why did he have to see it?! Alas, the image seems burned into his brain no matter how much of his rum he chugged straight after. He tried.

But… he doesn’t have to be the only one to suffer. Wind grinned at his realization. He looked around, judging the group’s drunkenness. They’d been drinking for a few hours already. A few even looked bored. Perfect.

“Hey guys, why don’t we play a game?” Wind suggested.

“What did you have in mind?” Wars took the bait.

“Never have I ever, you say something, and if anyone has done it, they drink.” Wind explains.

“I thought it was something you haven’t done, specifically?” Legend corrected. Wind shrugged.

“Normally yeah, but I think it’ll be more fun if we can say things we have also done.”

“Also, more drinking.” Time contributed.

“Fair enough, I’m game.” Legend shrugged. The others agreed soon after.

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N R Z for the writer asks :)

Thanks for the ask!!

N. Any fic ideas brewing that you’d care to share?

Just my Forged Connections AU, a Wildlight slowburn fic where they’re mutually pining oblivious idiots. Idiots because to the clever observer, they’re fairly obvious. Guess how many Links deduce correctly. One

R. Which writers (fanfic or otherwise) do you consider the biggest influence on you and your writing?

This. Is very hard to answer. Mostly because I suck with names. Brb googles stuff

The author of the Seven Realms novels, Cinda Williams Chima. Her style of worldbuilding really stuck with me, I even emulated some of her stylings later on in my own worldbuilding; and her use of POV really got you into different characters heads, to the point that I freaked out when one character seemed to die, but it was a fake death, but the terror was real.

Z. Is there a story you’ve written that doesn’t seem to get much love?

Well most of my work before this year was smut so I can see why people wouldn’t give it much attention. But the Linkshipping week series I made hasn’t gotten as much attention as I expected but that’s fine, Linkshipping isn’t for everyone.