This story is a sequel to Running Out Of Air
With the end of their High School days approaching, Sunset Shimmer is forced to face the fact that she has more feelings for Wallflower Blush than simple fondness and friendship. The prospect of asking Wallflower out, though, is a daunting one.
Meanwhile, Wallflower is faced with the loss of the one good thing she's found once the end of high school comes and everyone goes their separate ways.
Written for Scampy. Cover Art by the incredible Countess Rose. Find her Twitter @CountessMRose
This is a prequel to Love Deeply and its proceeding canon.
Find the collected works for the SunFlower Saga here.
Chapters (4)
Beautiful story my dude.
nice work on all chapters
You made me cry againnnnnn 😭
How is everything you do so perfect
Ah yes, inspecting a horse's teeth. A critical part of deciding if you want to keep her.
"no, that’s good either"
"no, that’s no good either"?
"and I rub at them the heel of my free"
"and I rub at them with the heel of my free"?
Very nice. :)
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I must admit, this one is indeed something special.
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As ever, Reese, I appreciate your eye on this stuff. I marathoned this one in a single day so I knew I'd miss something in the edit sweeps.
A beautiful way to end the near-perfect prom. Those two are one of a kind for each other.
Organdy is cotton. If you want silk it'd be organza.
All those outfits are amazing btw. Great designs.
My word this was beautiful. I so love your SunFlower stories. (I think I've mentioned that a time or two). Yet another wonderful entry!
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Ah, one of those comments FIMFiction doesn't notify me of for some reason, I see.
Well, as I did happen to find it anyway, thanks. :)
Sorry I don't do more of it for you, but, well, as usual, short on time. :)
While this bit is what actually got me laughing, the whole measurement scene was just brilliant.
I love how clumsy and awkward they are in this story. It feels really authentic for the situation, and for young love in general. What's love without a few bruised jaws/foreheads, after all? Especially when it leads to warm hugs afterwards.
I should have mentioned this after you read the first chapter, but bonus points for best Mane Six ship being canon to this series.
Ah-frickin'-men. Glad to see Sunset and Best Pone (Human?) looking dapper.
Rarity's right. Lesbian chivalry is best chivalry.
Side note: Love the designs on all the outfits. Now I want to see Sunset's dragon-embroidered suit.
While this is a great line by itself, what I really like about it is its placement in the story. Having Wallflower say this after Sunset (as the narrator) mentions some of her uses for the Memory Stone shows just how far she's come. Even though she still has underlying issues with self-esteem and self-worth (which, again, Sunset outright acknowledges), a character who was defined by erasing memories now wanting to create one shows a healthy amount of growth.
Super sweet chapter. Now to the last!
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I knew from the moment Sunset knocked the drink out of Wally's hands that it was spiked. Wallflower's reaction to it, along with Sunset's reaction to her reaction, were so well-done. Talk about a nice little rollercoaster of emotions. Despite occurring in a small span of words, that whole sequence was excellent. Standout scene for me.
This section really encapsulates their dynamic in your stories so far. I just love the tango of Wallflower feeling undeserving and Sunset doing everything she can to try and prove her wrong. It's what makes little moments like this one so meaningful.
The latter half of this chapter, like the rest, is just perfect. The right mix of Wallflower's inner monologue threatening to pull her down, and Sunset's tenderness—and Wallflower's trust in that—overriding it. Glad to see the SunFlower starting to bloom at last.
Such a sweet conclusion to a beautiful story. Can't wait to see what the rest of the series has in store.
Also, thank you for teaching me the words "stolid" and "crabbed". Always neat to see unusual vocabulary used well in a story.
So, here we are at Disaster Lesbians: Origins. The more I get into this saga, the more I appreciate how the timeline hops back and forth between stories – it lets each entry vary in tone without it coming across as inconsistent. From the gut-wrenching and at times surreal What We Variously Call Grace, you dial things back into a simple, grounded look at a relationship’s start in light of uncertainty and self-doubt. Indeed (the metaphorical knife-between-the-ribs of Wallie's past that you slip into the final chapter notwithstanding), there's a light-heartedness to this that's as awkward as it is lovable.
Welp, there's that light-heartedness on full display, and it got a proper laugh out of me. Well said
Prom is an… interesting choice for a first date for someone as shy as Wallflower, and Sunset seems rather caught up in the moment after being stuck for so long. Rarity’s a wise old bird though, and it’s through her that you neatly confirm my suspicions – well played.
Damn, one single word and you encompass everything about what makes Wallflower such an interesting character to work with, and especially to pair with the hero complex incarnate that is Sunset.
The way you describe body language is impeccable. You paint their back-and-forth such that it doesn't come across as "cute", but genuine. I almost get Best Left Forgotten vibes here with how Wallie seems to be willing to be much more forward than Sunset assumes, even though Sunset hesitates with the best of intentions.
And the climax... wow. There I was expecting the noise & crowds to be Wallflower’s downfall, but you go one step beyond and drag Wallflower’s past to the fore. How quickly and terrifyingly it all came crashing down left me stunned. The little interaction afterwards, though? That’s a really, really nice little role reversal. Self-loathing is Wallie’s element, so to see her take the lead here is both strangely inspiring at seeing her in her zone, and really tragic that it has to be in the midst of such misery.
Any other story I would've rolled my eyes at the title drop at the end, and I'll admit I did here too. But the awkwardness and genuineness of Sunset's "I think I kind of love you" just before that? That's what made it worth it.
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Always love the comments. And yeah the name drop at the end is only a name-drop in the non-meta sense because, due to the fact that I wrote these out of order, that means I wrote What We Variously Call Grace first, and in it Sunset finds the picture that's taken here, in this story, in Wallflower's wallet, and on the back are scrawled the words: First Day Of My Life.
So that is how the writing on the back of the photograph actually came before the story where it's written, lol.
Also thank you for the compliment on body language. It's something that I try to pay a lot of attention to in my writing, delivering dialogue and the like through the way the characters hold themselves and act in vulnerable moments, so I'm glad it comes through here.
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Hah, thanks! You've the patience of a saint to put up with that drivel.
Oh bugger it, I completely forgot about that little detail! I feel like a right numpty now. That's another thing I've gotta hand it to you on: Your ability to keep a consistent continuity throughout, even though the timeline hops around. How, through a series of wildly-varying stories, the reader still gets the bigger picture of Wallflower's background, traumas, and the key events that lead through her eventual recovery. Even if you haven't even written the story at that time, you still give hints to it.
Oooooo dis gonna be good
Fuck that’s adorable.
Another happy landing.
For being the prom special sequel, I wasn't sure if this would be a lighter break. In some respects, it was lighter but only in comparison to the prequel. Overall, this was still packed with heart-pounding character drama and the narrative dance between Wally and Sunny. The title and what it represents really act as a beautiful memento that carries for the rest of the series, and a good start to breaking the poverty that Wallflower had since her homelessness. I love how this series continues to get more interwoven with each installment, focusing on building forward by carrying a larger arc, one that is really evident here in how The First Day of My Life feels like a grand finale epilogue. I usually see this mode of storytelling utilized way more in multi-book adventure sagas that go the "here's what happens next; I planned it four books ahead" and not the "here is the new challenger because this sold so well" approach at sequelcraft. This was an absolutely stellar SunFlower continuation, and really cemented the hopeful climb for the rest of the series.
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Please clarify the question? Sorry.