Starstreak can see the future like none other. It's not magic, not a secret gift - It's just his talent, his keen eye for detail and special filter of fashion that constantly keeps his work avant-garde.

But there's one pony who transcends that avant-garde aesthetic, and that's his muse. Beautiful, charming, a walking archetype as eternal as a sculpture and as uncapturable as a dream.

And Starstreak can see a future for them as clearly as he can see the future of fashion. And his muse's future doesn't involve him, and Starstreak's future involves nothing at all.

It's the sort of thing that causes avant-garde artists to drown themselves in drugs and embrace insanity.

Rated "Highly Recommended" by Present Perfect.

An entry into Jake the Army Guy's Horse Words Extravaganza contest. Character under the "Other" Tag is Starstreak from S7E9's "Honest Apple."

My profound thanks to Flashgen for his help and Sia Furler for keeping me awake at 2:30 in the morning while the story germinated in my fallow brain.