Parsley, Sage, r o s e m a r y, Thyme
“Afternoon, Starlight,” you greet as you walk down the upper hallways of Twilight’s castle toward your room.
The little lilac pony greets you back, perky as ever. “Hi! Good to see you.” Suddenly, she comes to a stop as you approach. “Actually, could I ask you a quick question?”
“Sure thing.”
She purses her lips, as if steeling herself to say something abnormal. “Well, I just got this new soap, but I don’t think it’s working. Can you smell anything?” she asks, tilting her head.
You buckle at the waist, leaning down and sniffing her mane. “Nope, not really.”
She smacks your leg gently with the side of one of her forehooves. “It’s soap, not shampoo, doofus.” She puffs out her barrel. “Try down here.”
You move over toward her chest, noticing immediately the soft, fluffy coat covering it. It’s mesmerizing enough that it gives you pause, but after just a heartbeat you close the distance and sniff quickly. Pulling away, you think for a moment. “I do smell something herbal…”
Starlight’s ears perk up; obviously she’s pleased that her toiletries are actually working. “Good! Try again, see if you can figure it out!”
You move your nose closer this time, burying it just under the surface of her silken coat. “Oh!” you cry, moving your face away for just a moment. “Rosemary!”
“You got it!” she cries happily. “Okay, I feel better about spending all those bits on the ‘organic’ option, now.”
Unable to control yourself, you press your face forward into her floof again, inhaling and nuzzling into her warm chest. The strands of her coat tickle and caress your nose as you rub your face across her barrel.
She chuckles softly, and you’re surprised when she places a hoof on the back of your neck in a half-hug. “You can just tell me if you want to cuddle, you know.”
You pull away and look into her eyes. “Really? You’d cuddle with me sometime?”
“I’d cuddle with you now!” she declares boldly. “I have nothing going on the rest of the day.” Smiling sweetly, her eyes flicker down for a moment before they meet your gaze again. “And...it’d be nice to spend some quality time with you. We haven’t been around each other much, recently.”
Your heart warms at your pony friend’s sincere, kind words toward you, and a beaming smile works its way onto your face. “Cuddling it is then, Starlight.”
“Wonderful,” she celebrates, turning tail to face in the same direction you are. She gently leans her side into you. “Come on, let’s head to my room.”
You wrap an arm around her withers. “Lead the way, mon amie!”
Less than a minute later you arrive at the door to Starlight’s room. She busts it open with a single, practiced flare of her horn, and you saunter inside with her, finally removing your arm from around her midsection.
For whatever reason, Twilight’s inclination to provide room and board to ex-villains and aliens was especially well suited to Starlight’s tastes. Her room is a simple one, but still better decorated than your own. A few kites are scattered about on the floor, with a soft shag carpet at the foot of her bed. The shades are drawn such that a pleasant, calming dimness fills the space.
Starlight hops onto the bed with an effortless spring, and collapses on her side to face you. Smiling, she holds her forehooves out, beckoning you into a lying hug.
Not wanting to leave her waiting, you oblige her by lying down yourself and wrapping your arms around her neck. This gives Starlight her own chance to nuzzle your chest, while you take the opportunity to run your fingers through her wavy, satiny mane.
“How was work this week?” you ask her softly, allowing the tips of your fingers to leave trails on her scalp as you continue to stroke her mane.
“Hurmmmm,” she purrs briefly at your affection while collecting her thoughts. When she speaks, her voice vibrates pleasantly into your chest. “Things were a little hectic this week. Nothing catastrophic, but a lot of students came to the office wanting help on little things. Next week looks like it’ll be a little less stressful.” Removing her muzzle from your chest, she looks up and nuzzles the underside of your chin. “What about you? What were you up to?”
“Ah, you know…” you hesitate. “Human stuff.”
Starlight giggles and gives you a tight squeeze with her forelegs. The hug puts you at even greater ease. “My poor little human. Still having a rough time settling in?”
“I’m all settled,” you protest quietly. “Just...a little too settled, is all. It’s hard finding things to do.”
Starlight pulls her face away from your neck to look you in the eyes. She leans in, pressing the tip of her muzzle to your nose in an eskimo kiss. “Sounds like you could use some counseling,” she teases as she retreats.
“Oh Friendship Counselor Glimmer,” you perform, removing a hand from her to place on your forehead in faux distress. “I just don’t know what to do!”
Giggling, she nuzzles your cheek. “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you, my lost little alien!”
Lifting your arms from around her neck, you snake them under her forehooves and around her torso. Shimmying your body down across the comfortable mattress, you bring your face down to the level of her ample floof again, and take the dive.
“Mmmmm…” you hum. “Rosemary.”
Starlight wraps her forelegs around your neck and puffs out her barrel for your sake, which gently presses your face deeper into the soft terrain. Your senses are bombarded by all manner of inputs almost instantaneously. The strands of her soft, freshly-washed coat glide teasingly across the sensitive skin of your face as you nuzzle into Starlight’s enticing embrace, and after another few moments her unique natural fragrance begins to mix in with the scent of her rosemary soap. Inhaling deeply, you savor her warmth and listen to her gentle, comforting heartbeat. Using your arms to tighten the hug, it dawns on you how wonderful all of this is, and how absolutely real everything feels. Starlight is real, and you feel at home locked in her gentle caress.
You’re not exactly sure how long you spend like that. You’re not sure why, but it seems Starlight is enjoying the attention too, which makes you glad. When you do decide to move, you shift your face to one side of her barrel, exposing a patch of the fluff. Releasing half of your grip on Starlight’s midsection, you bring your hand down to play with it. You allow the fur to slip softly between your fingers as you rub up and down, occasionally closing your hand to compress the ample strands.
Humming softly, Starlight brings a hoof up slightly to rub the back of your head, and folds her lower body to gently swing one of her hind legs over your hips. The extra contact seems to suit you both, as your simultaneously sigh in comfort.
You begin to nuzzle Starlight’s chest vertically, allowing your face to rub against her neck as well.
She tightens her grip around you. “I’m glad we did this.”
“Me too,” you agree.
“And I’m glad you like my new soap.”
“Not just the soap,” you bashfully reply, bringing your head down to hum into her floofy barrel again.
Starlight’s giggling is interrupted by a shout coming from what you gather is downstairs. “DINNER’S READY, GUYS,” Spike’s voice echoes into the room.
“Aww,” Starlight huffs. “I don’t wanna leave yet…”
“Neither do I...but we should probably go.” You let go of Starlight and hop off of her bed. “Can we, um, do this again sometime?”
“How about after dinner?” she sings, following suit. “And if you want, we can play hoofsie under the table during dinner, too!”
“I’d like that,” you tell her, holding open the door for her. After a moment you follow her into the hallway. “You think Spike made daisy sandwiches again?”
“Probably,” Starlight answers, rolling her eyes as she walks with you side-by-side down the hallway. “He’s been on a sandwich kick, recently…”
“I hope he at least garnished the plates with some rosemary.”
Snorting, Starlight leans into you affectionately. “You’re a goofball.”
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*sees Categorical Grant upload a story called Floofy*
Favorite!
Now to actually read it...
Starlight Glimmer AND a cuddlefic?
Must you make me add another one of your stories to my library?
All in all, great work!
Absolutely brilliant. I'm uncomfortable with how much I enjoy this scenario.
The cuddling in all your stories never fails to make me smile. Please never stop.
9870081
I don't plan to anytime soon!
*Sees the title and picture
Me: Yes please
*Reads the story
Me:...too...cute
You, uh, might have misplaced barrel.
bit.ly/30QUROh
The barrel of a horse extends from behind its forelegs to the front of its back legs.
9870093
The front end of the barrel seems just about correct, then
9870111 Normally just called the breast. The chest and belly make up the two parts of the barrel (underside) of the horse.
I guess we're kinda soft.
:P
CG, you need to tone it down with the cuddlefics. It's not realistic.
I mean, we're only talking about a fictional cartoon world of pastel ponies with wings and magic where clouds and rainbows are solid things and mythological creatures are real.
You can't just have characters *gasp* LIKE each other. That's not grounded in real life at all.
Cute little story. I can't resist the pony floof it draws me in like a moth to the proverbial soft cuddly flame.
What is this filth I'm reading... cuddles? What new degeneracy will I see next...hoof holding?
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Some have called me the most depraved writer on the site for my embrace of soft cuddles and sweet nothings
Great floof, I like very much.
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There is evil that walks among us, and evil thy name is... CategoricalGrant
This is too cute. is this part of your plan for world domination?
It's working.
Great! Now I want to hug a pony, and I don't have one! Thanks!
9870825
This is where the SFW dakis and big plushies come in :3
Good, because otherwise you would miss whatever you had planned for the rest of the day.
9870575
Just wait until he gets to nuzzling...
9870834
Don’t need ‘em. My area has lots of dogs. Puppy cuddles are the best.
“How much floof are we talking about here?”
“ALL the floof.”
People vastly underestimate the joy of shoving one’s face into a big ole pile of floof. Just ask my mildly disturbed cats.
This was heart warming and reminds me of some of the old dogs we had here. I miss them so much after reading this
I wonder if there is a wholesome group, because this just sated my emotional hunger.
splendid work.
Downright adorable. LOVED the exchange, characterizations and cuteness.
Starlight: I HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO MY FLOOF!
Me: Huh?
Starlight: Sorry. It's just a line from a video game Trixie and Sunburst have been getting a bit too much into. One of the characters is a REALLY vain reindeer who is particularly protective of her "floof".
Me: That's all right. I understand. When two of your best friends get a little too much into a game, it is hard to escape it.
This is too floofing adorable. xD
Adorable. The world needs more cute fluffy second person Starlight fics
9870113
I was going to point out that this is totally breasts, and only okay because it's not tits (those are on the other end of the mare, and entirely absent from the stallion).
9872282 Pretty much. This is why, when writing a fic where ponies are getting touchy, I keep equine diagrams open on a second screen.
If ever faced with a choice between floof and actual breasts, I'd pick floof every time!
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is this a reference to airship mauled
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Ah, I see you are a mare of taste as well
Sequel 🤔
Hey hey hey, where’s the art from?
9873412
"Them's Fightin' Herds" actually.
Fantastic slice of life :)
9873617
I cropped it from ShobieShy’s twitter meme (no idea who the OG artist is)- if someone can find it, I’ll credit them right away!
9873412
9873834
Someone should inform darkonshadows that he's now well known enough that people are mistaking references to his crossover characters for references to him specifically.
That was the sweetest, softest floof I felt in a while...
Send moar, please!
9870956
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My cats are rats and I stick them into my face when I need floof
Because it's so CUTE
Cute
I don't understand, why is in the second person when it is labeled as a self insert?
You're stories are giving me a want of cuddling, theyre great and I love them ngl, great job chief.
10395451
UwU
Hug a horse today!
COMFY.
9944721
Hoovesyyy ♡