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****MUSH-WARNING!****
The following story is about passionate love, and thus contains a lot of "mush." Haters of heartfelt moments be warned...
A Loon's Love
by Epic Awaken
The following is a story about breaking down the wall of pride to pour out the feelings in your heart, because, to let someone in, that's the place you must start.
Location: Acme Looniversity. AU Tiny Toon Adventures/The Plucky Duck Show
Time: The weeks leading up to Senior Prom. One year following the events of "Prom-ise Her Anything."
A Loon's Love
Chapter 1: The Amorous Amulet
"...And they say money can't buy happiness. HA!" - Plucky Duck
"PLUCKY!" - Shirley "The Loon" McLoon
"Okay! Okay...So I made a good move with a few, true, hearfelt words... The 'ammy' sh'till helped!" - Plucky Duck
"Ugh... I guess it was something like that...or some junk." - Shirley "The Loon" McLoon
A Loon's Love
Chapter 1: The Amorous Amulet
"I don't know what's gotten into your mind, but, like, I am not about to strut around in some gaudy piece of-" The young fowl's eyes slowly widened. Twisting in metallic reflections of the half-moonlight, was a quarter-sized, silver medallion.
Her mallard-date blinked twice as he held it out with his right wing by a black, leather cord, then swallowed. "Y-You know, I...would'a liked to have gotten you a bigger one, actually...but I...uh...The money kind of ran out when I went sh'ilver." Swallowing again, he looked over. "It's not too 'gaudy,' is it!? I thought it...you know...kind of had some class...for a...a..." Squinting, he struggled with the word, "...an...ancient...aaa-m..."
The loon's white wings dangled at her sides as they stood on the sidewalk just a few hundred feet from the school. "That...is an amulet."
"Bingo!" the green mallard grinned, "An 'amulet'! That'sh what it is! The guy at the magic shop said so!"
Motionless still, savor a slight breath that pulsed through her chest, the blonde-haired loon cut in, "But how in the world did-...You tracked down a magic shop!?"
"Well, sheesh, Babe, it wasn't that hard!" the mallard replied, rolling both eyes. He was dressed sharply in a black tux with blue trim and a matching indigo bow-tie. It was, after all, prom night, senior prom night to be exact, the last one they would ever have, so he'd tried to look his best.
The loon shook her head. "Yeah, but...Plucky...How did- Let me see that thing!" she let out, snatching it from his grasp. Turning it over, her gaze grew wide once more. "This is like...real!"
"Well, geez! Of cour'she it's real!" Plucky said, throwing both wings out and then folding them across his chest. Looking briefly away, he added, "You don't pay the kind of money I did for a piece of non-real sh'ilver..." His orange beak curved up into a smile as he stared back at the elegant beauty, soft, blonde hair in a pink bow, violet eye-shadow, and a long, blue dress with matching heels. She was always gorgeous to him, but that night, she was absolutely breathtaking. There was a sparkle in her eyes as the angel seemed to glow before him. "You know, I...wanted to get you one in gold, but...from what I read it's the sh'ilver that has the power to keep the bad things away..."
Her lower beak dropped open.
Staring back, Plucky scratched the side of his head. "Umm..."
"Oh my god! Like...How do you even know about that!? Did you, like...Did you talk to the shopkeeper or some junk!?" she asked, gaping at him.
"Hey, so I read a book in the library for crying out loud! What are you gonna do, turn me in!?" Plucky shot back, folding his wings again. "So, I may have double-checked with the shop-keep to verify the quality of my findings and...figure out what the deal was with protecting you in a way from all of that 'ash'tral-projection' mumb- stuff you've got yourself all mixed up in...So, what!? I still figured a few things out for myself!" he mumbled, looking away again.
The loon's eyes were now truly shimmering with light, her own beak in a grin.
Slowly gazing back, Plucky let out, "Uh...Shirl'?"
"Oh my god! That's like...hot!" Shirley replied.
A few sweat drops flew from Plucky's brow as he smiled sheepishly and looked away, then tugged at his blue bow-tie. "D-Darn right it is!" he blushed.
Another moment of pause was interrupted, this time, by the sound of Shirley's soft, yet unsteady voice as she glanced back to the gift. "Plucky...How much did this cost?"
With a smile, the mallard unfolded his wings. "Hey, now...Don't you worry about that...I've...uh...got ya covered."
"But why did you do it?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" he grinned.
"Oh, come on," Shirley shot back, rolling her eyes, "You've, like, always got a reason or some junk."
"Well, yeah, it was you!" Plucky said, smiling wide. Her large, deep eyes made their way to his and peered back into his soul until he finally had to look down. "Look, umm, Shirley," he began, rubbing the back of his head, "I-I know I can be a bit of a pain...I-I guess by all accounts I've been a bit of a jerk to you...and I..." he swallowed, "I don't mean that."
Again, their eyes locked.
"You know," he went on, holding back a sudden sting at the base of his moistening orbs, "I, uh...I think you're pretty sh'well, there, Shirl', and..." Choking up at last, Plucky brought up his right wing over his eye and rubbed. "I don't want to think that I'm gonna' lose ya when you mean so much to me!" Sniffling, the duck cleared his throat. "I think you deserve so much more than I can probably ever give you, but I wanted to give you this...just...just so maybe you could know that I always want you to be safe...and...I don't know...t-to show you that I do care about what you like, you know!? I do! I really do!"
Staring back, that's all she could do.
"I don't know what'll happen to us after school," Plucky said, punching his chest, "but I know...I'll always love you, Shirley McLoon...I...I may never deserve you...but I will always love you...I'd die for you, you know... 'cause you're just...awesome."
Shirley's lower beak began to tremble long ago, but finally opened wide at the end of his words with a sharp gasp. "Oh my god!"
"Heh...Too much?" Plucky asked, rubbing the back of his head. His eyes, like her's, were both full and wet. "You know, I didn't figure this would go over easy...I just...Well, yeah, you're awesome, so..."
"Oh my god, Plucky, I think that I seriously might, like, cry or some junk! This has to be the, like, the nicest thing that anyone has ever done for me and...and..." she looked to the amulet, then dove into his arms, "Oh, I don't want to go anywhere! Why would you think that I want to go anywhere!? I do like you! I love you and...and...Oh my god! You just...You don't have any idea, like, how much this means to me to finally hear you, like, say that!" she cried, sobbing heavily into his chest as her own wings wrapped around him tight.
"Heh," Plucky swallowed, cradling her close, "Guess I should've let all that out a little sooner, huh?"
"Yes, you should have, you big goon! But, I'm...I'm so glad you did!"
It wasn't a struggle or strain, but a mutual movement by each, as she gazed into his eyes again, and their mouths met, beak to beak.
Ah...Now that's the ending that these two deserved! Or is it really the ending? Nah! More to come for sure...After all, these two have a special place in my heart as one of my top favorite couples ever from my youth.
Long Live Plucky Duck x Shirley "The Loon" McLoon!
"Okay, I'm, like...seriously still crying over here or some junk from that tale! *sniffles*" - Shirley "The Loon" McLoon
"Oh, come on, Shirl'...It...It wasn't that- I mean...it didn't even really develop a full-blow plot yet!" - Plucky Duck
"Yes it did! It, like, totally did develop a plot! ...A plot of LOVE!" - Shirley "The Loon" McLoon
"Okay! You're right again! *tears up* Now just...stop doing that!" - Plucky Duck
"Oh, just hug me or some junk already!" - Shirley "The Loon" McLoon
"That I will, Babe! From here, and on and on and ON! *sobs and wraps her up* I...I need a minute...That'll be all for tonight!" - Plucky Duck
"I think you mean, like, 'That's all folks!' or some junk, Plucky..." - Shirley "The Loon" McLoon
"Whatever! Goodnight! *sobs*" - Plucky Duck
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