You Light My Fire

by Not Enough Coffee

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance, Ocellus, Smolder
Length: 1785

Smolder has a thing for Ocellus. She has had it for a long time, but each time she is given the opportunity to profess her feelings, she chickens out and swears next time will be the one. Hopefully this one will be the one.

Smolder has a thing for Ocellus. She has had it for a long time, but each time she is given the opportunity to profess her feelings, she chickens out and swears next time will be the one. Hopefully this one will be the one.

After all, it has been years since they last spoke, and they are not getting any younger.

Cover art by Kerui8d.

Set after the end of the show.

Published 2020-03-17 17:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2020-03-17 17:00:01 UTC

So, That Was Unexpected...

Alright Smolder, this is your golden opportunity. Do not, and I repeat, do not screw this up! What has it been, like, two years? I don’t know, all I know is that I’m going to be spending time with my best changeling pal, Ocellus.

I just have one issue… Ah, geez. I can only shudder at the thought. Come on, you’re a dragon, mighty and proud! Maybe some cute silly things on the side, but that’s beside the point!

I just really like Ocellus, is all… Like, like a lot… In that way… Yeah, so this is kinda making it hard to keep my head on straight.

Just breath in, Smolder. Like your old headmare, now ruler of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle. If it works for her, it can work for you. I know I’m made of sterner stuff… Well, maybe, she is a powerful princess, but I’m a dragon, so I have a belly full of fire behind me.

Darn it all! Distracted myself again!

So, out to lunch. Well, a picnic, in Ponyville! We’re supposed to meet up with all our old pals from Friendship School and have a good time. Like old times! We’ve all sorta went our separate ways, but our bonds are still as strong as ever. We still try to meet up every now and again.

And each time I fail to ask the question…

I fail to just, well… I fail to let Ocellus know how much she really means to me. Like, I adore her brains, her kind, timid nature. Maybe opposites attracting one another is true. I am not one for romance, but I know a thing or two from, well, Ocellus. She really likes those romantic novels of her’s.

Gosh, I really should have paid more attention when she talked about them instead of nodding my head and thinking about surfing lava back home. Maybe then I could know how to do this mushy, squishy romance stuff.

Well, no time to think about it. I’m nearly to our meet-up spot. Just over this hill, and there she is, looking as buggy as ever.

“Hey, Ocellus! Over here!” I shout, taking to the air and making quick pace to her.

She looks up from her book, ever the bookworm, and says, “Oh, sorry!” She sets her book down and continues. “Smolder, I’m glad you could make it.” She smiles brightly at me, and I start feeling my heart melt inside me. Why does she have to be so cute?

“Of course. I wouldn’t miss this for the life of me.” I give her a look of mock insult.

“Even above lava surfing?” She asked, raising a brow.

“Pfft. Please. Totally last season. Friendship is all the rage, so our old professor Rarity used to say.”

That got a nice laugh out of her. Score one for Smolder.

“Okay. I guess that’s fair.” She stood up from her picnic blanket, trotting up to me as I landed to give me a nice, warm hug.

I let it seep into me as much as possible, trying my hardest not to blush my cheeks right off. But, well, I’m sure my scales would help with that. Another point for me, I’ve kept my cool so far. Now, to be cool about approaching the topic I’m burning up inside to get to.

“So, how have you been, Smolder. It’s been ages, and have you grown?” She asked as she left my embrace, tilting her head to look me up and down.

“Hehe. Maybe, Dragons tend to keep growing till they die. Though, that’s a long time for now, and I’m happy the way I am. I’ll try not to get myself any treasure troves.” I winked. Three points, I’m on a roll.

“Well, soon it'll be hard to give you a proper hug.”

Shoot, I’m not looking forward to that. “Well, we’ll get to that when we get to that.” I looked behind her, noticing the ever sought after picnic basket. “I’m famished from the trip here. It’s a pretty long flight.”

“Oh, well. Help yourself. I made us some cucumber and daffodil sandwiches, though I might have gotten something for you, and Gallus when he shows up.”

“Oh boy, and wonder what it could be.” I lean down, opening the container to get a good look at what my tummy demanded. “Oh, geez. Is this… Jerky?” I turn to her, waiting for her response.

She nodded her head. “Mhmm. I figured I’d go the extra mile, given how infrequent out meet-ups have been as of late.”

I felt even more warm and tingly inside. “You really shouldn’t have. I know how, well, edgy some creatures are about meat.”

“It’s no issue at all. In fact, look a little deeper in the basket.”

She began to look nervous and that was not a good sign. Or was it? I don’t know, I needed to keep digging in the basket to find out.

“Oh my… You gotta be kidding me, is that a ruby I see?” I turned to her, shock clearly plastered all over me.

She rubbed the back of her head with a hoof. “Well, as I said, it’s been awhile, and I wanted to go the extra mile. Hehe.”

I looked at her closely, swearing I could see a small blush developing on her cheeks. I know mine must be crimson, because right now the fire within me is burning brighter than ever. I got up without another word and went up to wrap her in another tight hug.

“This means a lot to me, Ocellus. I just want you to know that.” I felt her lean into me.

Should I bring up the topic, or should I wait. I really suck at this, but this seems like a good time. Or is it? There I go again, I’m gonna blow this off like last time, I can feel it.

“Aww. I know I didn’t have to, but I wanted to.”

I leaned back from our hug, looking directly into her compound eyes. “I got to make this up to you somehow, you know that, right? Dragon’s pride, and all.”

She simply smiled in return. “No, you don’t have to. Just being here with you is good enough for me, really.” She looked off to the side bashfully. “Go on, eat up.”

“After I down this, I’m for sure gonna think how to make this up to you.” I tossed the precious gem into the air, mouth wide open. A moment later it landed right where I wanted it, making me chew on the delicious morsel with enthusiasm.

“Mmm. Mmm, mmm, mmm.” I swallowed hard, sending it all down below. “Wow, that was great. Yeah, you for sure deserve some sort of make-up to make this even.”

I looked at her, noticing that she seemed a little… What’s the word, distraught. That seems about right, she taught me that awhile ago, and now seems like a good time to use the word. “Whoa, Ocellus, what’s the matter?”

I felt the warm feeling inside vanish in a flash as I felt my sympathy well up inside. I walked over to her, putting a claw on her shoulder. “Did I say something?”

“N-no… It’s just… It’s just… I missed you, Smolder!” She basically tackled me to the ground, as she began to bury her head into my neck.

“Wow, uh, okay.” I couldn’t find my words. Come on Smolder, Ocellus is counting on you right now!

“So. Uh, yeah. I’m stoked to see you too…” I patted her back, confused as to what to do and say.

We just lay there, tangled up and emotional. I’m so bad at this, I just want something to happen to save me from this. “I miss you too, Ocellus. Uh, I’ve actually been thinking about you a lot since we’ve, well, been apart.” I must have been looking rather bashful myself just then.

“I know…”

“Huh?” I uttered, even more confused than before.

She leaned back looking me into my eyes. Oh have the turntables have turned.

“I’ve seen the way you’ve, uh… The way you’ve looked at me for a while now. I’m not that dense to that… Sorta thing.”

Oh. OH! OH MY SUN-HORSE!

“Uh, Uh… Uh.” I can’t get the words out.

That’s when she lit my fire. She leaned in and just kissed me. I was so stunned I barely noticed. Jeez, I can not even process this right now. This took a turn I was not expecting.

She gasped, hooves to her mouth. “Please don’t tell me I’m wrong about all this…”

I wouldn’t have ever guessed I’d get the role reversed by Ocellus, but here I am. Not that I’m complaining. Though, I saw her begin to tear up again. It was now time to show off that bold Dragon nature.

“Come here, you.” I pulled her close, connecting our lips once more, this time with passion. We stayed there for a moment, enjoying every second our lips stayed connected. But like most good things, it had to end eventually.

As we pulled apart I said, “No. You are not wrong. How long have you felt, well, this.” I raised my arms in the air in exaggeration.

“I don’t know, awhile.” She beamed at me once again. “I’m so happy I wasn’t wrong. I don’t know if I could continue living if I was wrong. Hehe.” She rubbed the back of her head once more.

“Yeah, you and me both, buddy.” I laughed with her. “Though, buddy seems a bit, uh, what’s the word, incorrect?”

“Yeah, how about special someone?”

I felt the fire within burn brighter than it ever has before, smoke seeping out of my nostrils. I had to swallow it down so I wouldn’t burn her. “Yeah, I like the ring of that, special someone.”

She leaned into me once more, letting her warmth seep into mine. Today was a great day. Score for both of us.

“Woah, so it finally happened? Nice!” I heard a certain Griffin shout at us.

Uh oh.

Author's Note

This is honestly one of my favorite ships, and you can thank Kkat for putting me in the mood for some Ocellus love. Her story in the box right now got my brain juices flowing.

Smolder and Ocellus are my favorite of the student six, so I hope I can satisfy those, like me, who crave for more student six action. I think I'll be writing more if it in the near future, this is loads of fun! :twilightsmile:

P.S: This is unedited, so any egregious mistake pointed out would be mucho apprecio!