memories
I was autistic and semi-nonverbal about it. The only times that I could make myself say more than a couple words at a time was when I was singing or talking about trees. Yes, trees. I loved trees. All kinds of trees. Trees were my favourite part about working on an orchard. Ironically I didn't particularly care for apples one way or the other, but my family's recipes were always bangers, so that was a plus.
I ended up with Fluttershy and we had two foals together: first a filly named Rosebud and then a colt named Holstein.
Applejack was NOT happy about us having feelings for each other at first and made misguided attempts to keep us apart because she was afraid of losing her brother and her friend (largely due in part to Pinkie Pie's unintentional influence sowing seeds of doubt in her mind). We ended up having a big heart-to-heart over it and she ultimately gave us her blessing and welcomed Fluttershy into the family.
Apple Bloom, on the other hand, gave Fluttershy one hell of a time by going a little overboard with the "sisterly appreciation". She wanted to make Fluttershy feel welcome so badly that she almost drove her away. Similarly, Rainbow Dash and Rarity were all over my case about treating Fluttershy right and what would happen if I even thought about hurting her.
It was all this behaviour that drove us to begin meeting in secret, which sort of blew up in our faces in the end, what with all the pressure of sneaking around and making excuses. It did make for quite the emotional duet, though.
