Most people would tell you that crawling down a sewer grate to retrieve a stolen bouquet of roses from an oversized rat is simply not worth the trouble. Especially when said trouble includes all kinds of risk of injury and disease. Most would simply tell you to go buy another bouquet or find some other gift.

Ragamuffin is not most people.

Ragamuffin isn't about to let filthy little buggers like that dictate his life. He's out for what's his. And he's going to win. Or die trying.

Most people would probably bet on the latter.

An entry into the Dumb as Doornails Contest and the Fourth M/M Shipping Contest. Pre-read by The Sleepless Beholder and Dewdrops on the Grass. Cover image self-edited.

If you don't recall who the characters in this story are, Ragamuffin is the cruise staff member in Spring Breakdown with a butchered Cockney-ish accent and pseudo-DiCaprio looks, while Dirk Thistleweed is a musician character in the Starswirled Festival short "Accountibilibuddies" who Applejack is a fan of. Reportedly, EqG staff described them during production as "Male Applejack" and "Male Rarity", respectively.

Featured (somehow) on 30 September 2024.