Loneliness can weed its way into anyone's heart, particularly those who carry heavy burdens on their own. Even though she has had her friends throughout her life, Fluttershy still lacked the one thing to make her feel complete: that special somebody to call her own. Going through the daily motions day after day with no change stood to only further dig that loneliness in. But can she find that final piece to her life in the smile of a kind stranger?

AU fic, Humanized. Some characters will be displaced in time or age, and the mane 6 are several years older past the events post Tirek.