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The Goddesses wrenched Link's life from him in choosing him as their Hero of Time. He has resented them every day since, growing into a body that doesn't match his mind, furious with the world that has forgotten him. When it all finally comes crashing down, he wishes more than anything that he could be somewhere else. Ages later, a new Link is recovering from his own adventure, and the loss of someone he loved. At his side is a mysterious entity who has been with him his entire life—a shadow given form, an assumed hallucination turned best friend when the cloak of twilight proved he was real. The both of them are doing their best to adjust to a new life together when a relic from the past appears just outside Ordon, an unfamiliar face with an all-too-familiar presence. To try and maintain the proper timeline, the Hero of Twilight is determined to assist the past version of his spectral mentor get back home. The real question is whether or not the Hero of Time is ready to return to the life he hates... and why only he lacks a shadow under his feet when Twilight is the one with a shadow personified.
i have been imagining a twilight princess au where dark link is also there for a long, long time. more recently a twime narrative got added to the concept and i've been wanting to write it for a while. back in august i finished two chapters for this and i'm posting them now.
i don't know what the pace will be, i still have to continue reflections and wish you were here as well and i've been pretty focused on my oc fic, but i am very fond of this story and hope other people like it too.
art i may add to it at some point: