Brighteyes, gentry optician and husband to an adventurous wife, leads a comfortable life in Canterlot. But when crisis strikes Equestria, he finds his little world shattered piece by piece.

The story is set in the Weedverse created by kudzuhaiku. Reading the other stories is not mandatory, but there are spoilers for one event in The Perilious Romance of Swans, so be warned.