Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie have grown very close over a number of years, but have long held off moving the relationship from platonic to romantic. Fluttershy has been plagued by intimacy problems and Pinkie Pie is worth dealing with them, but some issues don't go away just by hoping.

Editing by Formerly Committed and Warlord487.

This story is a sequel to Heat of the Moment. Reading the first story is completely unnecessary to follow the second.