Infected with Alphen/Shionne brainrot. This is my silly ship name, and I'm actually a wimp when it comes to spicy food. Mostly lurking here for Tales content. Writing fic on AO3 as thornflame.
Fanart by Ivy @anchoredtether and Ficlet by me @thornflame
This wonderful art was gifted to me by the amazing Ivy for the Keep the Flame Alive @toarisetheflame Valentine's gift exchange.
I'm absolutely obsessed with it so I wrote a ficlet in response! See the fic (and plain background version) in the cut.
It was unsually warm for an early spring day in Menancia. Still, Alphen wanted to chop firewood for next season. It was so warm he took off his shirt, sighing in relief from the air against his damp skin. After deciding to take a break, he rested his axe on the splitting stump.
He looked over at his fiancée walking around barefoot in the grass outside, hand to her face in thought.
Alphen looked at her and the house in the background. He and Law had recently finished painting the house yellow, inspired by the color of Shionne's favorite dress that she happened to be wearing.
It all still felt like a dream come true, the two of them settling down here in the quiet countryside after everything. He gazed at her with a smile, but she was too lost in thought for her notice.
"Whatcha thinking about?" he finally asked.
She twirled around to him. "Oh! I was actually thinking... What if we had the wedding out here? It's peaceful and spacious, and the weather is good, usually."
"That sounds nice." Every idea from her sounded nice. Well, except when she was being exceptionally bossy, but for now and most of the time, he was smitten with her.
"Really... But no other input?" She walked up to him with a tilted head and hands behind her back.
"You're the boss, miss. Soon to be missus."
"But you're taking my name..." When she reached him she threw her arms around his neck. He hugged her back around her waist. She poked him in the chest. "Hm... You're sweaty."
"Do I need to wash off? ...or maybe you should join me!" With that he hugged her tight, making her protest but also laugh.
"Hey! You're getting your sweat on my dress and I just cleaned it!"
"Take it off, then," he whispered into her ear.
She pushed against him. For a second, he was worried about how she would react, but her blushing adorable face was worth it.
"It's warm out here, huh..." She didn't look him in the eye. "H-how does a cool bath inside sound?"
"That sounds nice."
She shook her head and laughed, before standing up on her toes for a kiss. She then twirled around and ran for the inside of the house. He ran after her.
In the end, it took them half an hour longer for them to make it up the stairs to the bathroom.
(And here is the plain background version of the art. Thank you so much again, Ivy!!!)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
it's always funny when a fic is hyped up as like the best ever and a bunch of people say it's their all-time favorite of unparalleled quality and then you read it and it's like. i mean it's pretty good. it's not like in my personal top 10 for this fandom or anything but i'd recommend it if someone asked for something with this story's parameters. but also this is what y'all have been losing your minds over? for real?
With several re releases of several Tales games, I figured why not do some more art from the one game of the series I’ve played so far (Shionne is still one of my favorite characters from these games, so far)
What do you think of Shionne's Regal Swimsuit and if you had to make a story about it with alphen what would it be about?
Also side not tried to send you the image but it wouldn't let me so had to send you a link to the picture
AHHH I'M SORRY I haven't been on tumblr in a hot minute!!! Thank you for the ask!
Really timely and funny that you ask, because I am working on a beach outfit collab fic series with a couple of friends! It will be E-rated because of course... Hopefully it will be out by the end of summer (as in by September 22 haha). Alphen & Shionne and friends are on a getaway to a remote island, and that's all I'll say...