Kindness is an Arc

Shining Armor cleared his throat and watched his reflection in the corner of the mirror. "I'm as resilient as ever."

He caught the Princess' smirk in her reflection. "Frustrated then?"

"Years of dealing with you has made me immune to frustration," Shining Armor said.

"Sounds like a challenge," the Princess said before water surged from the tub. Shining Armor did not take her bait, he pursed his lips and waited while a sphere of liquid spun and circled the rim of the tub. It shot to the mirror, ricocheted off and flew for his face.

Shining Armor didn't blink. The ball hovered in the air before him. He said, "I expected more."

Princess Cadence had finished with her mane, and now was wrapped around herself to watch the careful brushwork of her tail. She didn't look up when she said, "Did you?"

At once the water arced and grew limbs. A piece of it extended and connected to Shining Armor's lips, and he felt the liquid become solid, soft but unyielding. He gasped, water filled his mouth as he pulled away and swiped his hoof at the apparition. In the mirror he saw the Prince Blueblood doppelganger drop to the bathroom floor with a quiet splash while he fell back on his haunches, coughing and spluttering.

Princess Cadence laughed. "Frustrated it is!"

Commission for and based on the latter's fic, 'Kindness is an Arc'. It's a lovely, grand, romantic fic, that I think you should totally go and read! We all need a man like Shining Armour in our lives.

So this is my first time drawing ponies kissing! I overcame initial awkwardness ("Oh, um, maybe I should just leave you two to it..."), but that was soon supplanted by the awkwardness of oh wait I'm drawing the pony version of Prince William making out with Blueblood. (Random fact: on the date of the royal wedding, I drew this!)

If you too want to commission me, send me a note!