“Okay Dash, now carefully, I want you to go through a full range of motions with your wing. Stop if anything hurts and don’t push yourself.” you tell Dash.

When you told Dash that her wing was almost healed, she immediately wanted to celebrate with a nice, long fly around Ponyville, but you forbade her as her doctor. Instead, you were now at the hospital in the physical therapy room.

“Tell me again why I can’t fly yet?” she asks, slowly moving her wing up and down.

“I said ALMOST fully healed. It’s healed enough where the bandages can come off, but I’d rather not risk another injury. So I thought it would be best if we started physical therapy right away.”

Dash sighs and starts to move her wing with more before scrunching up her face.

“Something wrong?”

“I don’t know.” Dash says. “My wing still feels really stiff and weak.” Walking over to her, you look her over before shrugging.

“It’s probably muscle atrophy. You haven’t used it in a long time, so that’s no surprise. Don’t worry, it’ll go away in due time as long as you do the therapy.”

“Come on! Let me fly! I’m itching to actually use it!” Dash pleads as she extends her wings fully.

“Dash, I swear if you don’t listen to me, I’m going to tie you to the bed.”

“That’s okay. I like kinky.” Dash says with a suggestive smile.

Images of leather, riding crops, and bondage fill your mind, causing you to blush.

“Maybe we can see about Rarity making something special for us. I hear she’s into that sort of thing.” Dash says with a playful nudge.

You force yourself to focus on the task at hand and clear your throat. “Okay then. Let’s begin.”

Dash stops teasing you and nods. “What do I do?” she asks.

You’ve never done physical therapy with a Pegasus before, so nothing comes to mind immediately. Finally, you get an idea. “What were the basics you learned at Flight School?” you ask.

“Well, we’d take a few steps, hop, and then flap our wings once.”

“Let’s start with that then.” you say. Dash trots around the room, hoping into the air occasionally and flapping her wings to get momentary air.

“Can’t we go onto the more advanced stuff? This is boooring.” she says with a groan.

“Baby steps, Dash. Let’s just take this one day at a time.”

Dash sighs heavily. “Fine….”

And you did just that. Each day, Dash would complain about the exercises being stupid and boring, but she didn’t see the strides she was making each day.

By the end of the first week, Dash was already flying through the air with ease. Although, she couldn’t pull off her famous aerial acrobatics just yet, that changed within the next week.

“Ms. Rainbow Dash, it is with great pride that I can give you a clean bill of health.” you say beaming. Dash settles down in front of you as you finish your lunch, picking up the old routine where it left off. Dash stares at you for some time, which starts makes you uncomfortable. “Is there something wrong?” you ask

“Well... Since I can fly again, that probably means you want me out of your house...” she says sullenly. Her words strike you heart. You had been so used to having her with you, that the idea of her leaving made your stomach sink into your hooves.

“Well, I guess you could.” you say with a hint of sadness in your voice. Dash doesn’t say anything and you avoid eye contact. It isn’t until you hear sniffling that you actually look at her. She was doing everything she could to not breakdown right then and there. “I-I-I don’t want to... I want to stay.” Dash leaps forward and embraces you. “You’ve done so much for me. I probably would have given up right there at the beginning if it wasn’t for you. You were there for me every step of the way. I don’t want leave!”

You hug Dash back and look into her eyes. “Dash, you’ve made me the happiest I've ever been. You’d break my heart if you left, but I don’t want to force you to do anything.”

Dash kisses you softly on the lips and smiles. “Let’s go home.”

You and Dash got looks and whispers as you walked through Ponyville, but you two didn’t care. You were too happy to be held in Dash’s warm, soft wing.

When you finally make it home, you and Dash collapse on the bed and hold eachother.

“What did I do to deserve an awesome boyfriend like you?” Dash asks.

You kiss her tenderly and smile. “You crashed.”

Dash smiles as she punches you in the shoulder. “Shut up and go to sleep before YOU’RE the one in the hospital.”

You laugh and give Dash a quick kiss. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”