"Kuno, do you ever wonder what might have happened if our fates were switched?"

"What do you mean?" his wife asked as she checked Swarm's math homework.

"I mean, what if I had fallen from the sky into your nest? Would you have turned me in or killed me?"

"Warden, I'm a changeling. We both know what unfortunately would have happened. You would be rotting in a cocoon now. But you on the other hoof, you handled me with poise. Your vigilance captured my body, but your kindness captured my heart.

Author's Notes:

Warden and Kuno are from An Affliction of the Heart and are used with permission from Anonymous Pegasus. If you haven't read his changeling/pony romance yet, what are you waiting for? Go do it now. It's an amazing story!