The day she didn't come back
She had always come home just fine before. Always, no matter how hard it was, she was home at the end of it, ready for her family to sweep her back up into life. But not this time. This time she didn't come home.
“Ah won’t leave ya. Never.” she exclaimed sharply. “Ah’ll always come home. I promise.”
“Okay.” Big Mac reached out to her one last time. “Ah love you.”
“Ah love ya too.”
A promise uttered one evening. The fear and terror of a single fight. The sorrow and pain afterwards.
Applejack has always come home. What does it mean when she doesn't?
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