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Title: The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth
Fandom: Gargoyles
Pairing: Owen Burnett/David Xanatos
Word count: 2074
Rating: T
Tags: Established Relationship, Future Fic, Alcohol, drunk!Owen, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Summary: It was just supposed to be a quiet evening at the theater, watching a play they'd seen a dozen times. But apparently even a date night can't go as planned.

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So earlier this year paintedrecs started watching Gargoyles, and ended up screaming about it a lot, and look, I'm just trying to be a supportive friend so I encouraged the screaming. And the fic writing, because I always encourage fic writing. And then I read her fics because, again, I'm trying to be a supportive friend here and long story short, that's how she dragged me into this ship with her despite me never having seen a single fucking second of this show.

(I've seen a lot of screenshots at this point, though. XD)

If you haven't read her fics, you absolutely should because 1) they're fantastic and 2) because they're the basis for how I read these characters and their relationships. Although Fox isn't mentioned in this fic (at least, not by name), she and Xanatos are still married, their relationship has always been open, and she knows about his relationship with Owen.

The premise for this fic itself came about because painted and I started talking about whether Puck had seen A Midsummer Night's Dream (answer: yes, a lot) and then I remembered that there exists a version of the play where Puck and Oberon kiss and. Well. This happened. It was only supposed to be a couple hundred words and yet, here we are.

I'd like to say "at least I got it out of my system," but with my track record, even I know that's a goddamn lie. Hopefully I'll have actually seen the show by the time the other fics get out. XD