Sisterly Correspondence
Note: This is my Christmas gift for Radical-Rad1986, for Escaflowne Secret Santa.
We both love the Aston sisters so I decided to explore their complex relationship a bit more. For some reason I decided to go the epistolary route (just an excuse to use the word "epistolary") so I've come up with some short letters between the sisters, hopefully adding some nuance to their relationships. It was tricky to get into each of their heads at different points in their lives. Millerna and Eries are younger here since they are writing while Marlene is still alive and Marlene is writing in the last few years of her life. So that's some idea of the timeline.
This was a bittersweet endeavor because there were a lot of painful memories explored and it was interesting to see how differently the sisters would write to each other. I do hope I got the tone right for each of them but it was also kind of fun to tackle different perspectives. At times writing this would make me sad and it's the holidays! Anyway, hopefully, this little story gives you some of my Aston feels!
I've admittedly written most of my other stories from Eries' perspective but it never gets easier to get inside her head. I've written a little bit from Marlene and Millerna's POVs but I found there was still so much to work with. Anyway, here's my little experiment at understanding the Astons more.
I've also made a little fanmix to go with this fic and I think this story would also go nicely with my earlier Aston one-shot, "Journaux Intimes."
Hope you like this, Rad!
Happy New Year!