Brolight Sparkle (One-shots)

Brolight Sparkle
A series of one-shots where Twilight attempts to be a bro like Rainbow Dash


1: Brolight gets the beer
Pasted on July 6, 2013
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>Friday night! Work is done, and soon you'll be hanging out with best bro Rainbow Dash, downing some beers and having fun.
>You're walking through Ponyville now, on your way to get the beer. Any minute now, Rainbro will show up after being done with her own job for the day, and you'll head back to your place to get started.
>And as usual, Twilight Sparkle is out and about, failing miserably at her attempts to look like she's doing something other than observe you.
>She's been doing this for a while now, and trying to get a little closer to you. As far as you can tell, she's jealous of the broship you and Rainbow have.
>You don't know if she just wants the same thing, or what. Maybe she just wants to study you or something? Who knows. It's not something you put much thought into anyway.
>Not long before you approach the town's little liquor store, a familiar rainbow-colored streak comes from the sky in your direction.
>Without turning your complete attention to her, you raise a fist as you continue walking. Rainbow Dash flies right up and lands a hoof on it perfectly, as usual.
>As she floats down in front of you, you notice that she actually looks a little more worn out than usual.
"Sup Dash, long day?"
>"Oh man, don't get me started," she responds, giving you that look which basically confirms your suspicions.
"So, extra beer tonight?"
>"Actually, I might have to pass-"
"Whoa, what? Dude, you don't just 'pass' on a night of drinking with me!"
>"I'm sorry! Look, some crazy weather is trying to move in from the north, and they need every extra Pegasus they can get."
"That bad huh?"
>"Sounds like it. And since I'm the best there is when it comes to controlling weather, of course they need me!" Rainbow confidently claims, smirk plastered on her face.
"Well, shit. Alright then."
>"Hey man, sorry. With me on the job it shouldn't take too long, I'll come by when it's all over."
"I'll hold ya to that."

>With that, your bro flies off back to work. Well that sucks. What are you supposed to do now, drink at home by yourself? That's no fun.
>You begin walking again, this time back toward your home, with a bit of a slouch, head lowered as well.
>But you don't get far before you notice something. Wait, is that... Is she really coming over to you?
>"Anon!" shouts Twilight as she trots over toward you, stopping in front of you, causing you to stop as well.
>You look at Twilight, who has a concerned look about her. As for you, you show no excitement whatsoever to see her.
>Sure, you like her and all that, but you're pretty bummed that you don't get to spend the night drinking with your best bro, like you always do on Friday nights.
"What's up Twi?" you ask in an almost deadpan tone.
>"You look upset, did she just-" Twilight pauses for a moment, as if she's trying to find the right words to say, "blow you off or something?"
>What? Did she just... Okay, yeah. She's trying to act like Rainbow does when she's around you, trying to obtain that bro-mentality.
>She tries way too hard to change her speech patterns to talk more like you and Rainbow. Considering her bookworm, nerdy-girl personality, that's completely impossible for her to accomplish.
>Up until now, she always fails miserably, but it can still be entertaining to watch her try and be a bro.
>You're pretty sure she knows that your usual plans for the night just went up in smoke, so she's attempting to go bro-mode and save the day for you.
>What's the harm in letting her try either way though? Besides, your bro is out for the night, so this is better than doing nothing by yourself.
>And who knows, maybe she's getting better? Maybe you'll even find out what she really wants from you. You've had this feeling that she doesn't just want to be your bro, but it's too early to tell.

"Uh, yeah. She said some crazy weather is moving in from up north, and like everyone is gonna die if she doesn't go help the other pegasi clear it up."
>"W-what!?" she shrieks, eyes wide open in shock, causing you to chuckle.
"Come on, you know how she is. It's not that bad, but it's bad enough that they need all the help they can get apparently. And I don't get to chill with my drinking buddy tonight either, so that sucks."
>"Oh, well then I'll be your drinking buddy!" she exclaims with a really goofy smile on her face, "I-it's not like I had any plans tonight anyway."
>Oh boy... Well, screw it. It'll give you something to do, and probably some good entertainment. Some times you wonder if you should just straight-up tell her to stop though, that she just needs to be herself.
>Hmm... Nah, at least not yet.
"Cool," you say plainly as you give her a shrug.
>It looks like she was about to jump from excitement, but thankfully she stopped herself.
>"S-sweet!" she stutters instead.
>You just roll your eyes, trying not to laugh. You gotta admit, it was kind of cute.
>Twilight looks down and attempts to hide the fact that she's taking a couple deep breaths, probably to keep herself calm and to keep her mind in bro-mode. As if that actually works...
>After a moment, she turns back to you and smiles.
>"So what's the plan dude?"
>Wow. She didn't even stutter. It didn't really sound genuine though, like she was joking, or trying not to laugh at the fact that she just said the word 'dude.'
"Dash and I usually get a case of beer and hang out at my place on Fridays."
>"Sounds awesome!" Twilight exclaims excitedly.
>Now that was better, but it's still funny to hear her talk like that.
"I still need to get the beer though-"
>"Oh- Well, how about you just go home and I'll pick up the beer for us?"

>Well then, that's new. And this could actually be a good test for her. You won't tell her what to pick up, just let her do this and see what she comes back with.
>If she comes back with some legit beer, maybe you'll actually give her a chance at this bro thing.
"Works for me. See ya in a few then," you say as you walk up to her and hold out a fist toward her.
>She looks at you for a moment, but quickly realizes what needs to go down, so she stands up on her hind-hooves and lands a fore-hoof into your fist.
>Not bad, honestly. Her reaction time could use a little work, but not bad. Twilight smiles at you, and you even smile a little at her as you begin to walk away. Maybe there's hope for her yet?
>"Uh, hey, I got a couple other things to do too, they'll be quick though!"
"Alright. Later," you respond, waving your hand in the air for a moment as you continue to walk away, not looking back at her.
>"L-later An- uh, M-Man."
>Oh god, you almost just fucking lost it there, probably would have if you'd been looking at her.
>Holding back a laugh is proving difficult, but you manage.
>Later on at home, you made yourself some food and kicked back on your couch to relax a bit after a full day of physical work.
>Hopefully Twilight won't be too long, you could really go for a beer right now.
>Soon enough, there's a knocking at your front door.
"Come in," you shout, not wanting to leave the comfy spot on your couch.
>The door opens, and in comes Twilight, levitating a case of beer in with her via her magic.
>"Hey man, I got the beer!" she says, rather well actually. So far so good.
>Twilight closes the door behind her as she walks up toward you and sets the case of beer down on your coffee table in front of your couch.
>She hops up on the other side of the couch and opens up the case with her magic, grabbing a can and hovering it over to you.

>Without paying much attention to it, you grab the can in one hand. Really, you're mostly paying attention to her. She looked way too excited.
>Twilight grabs another can and cracks it open. She pulls it right under her snout and gives it a quick sniff.
>You can't help but snicker at the sight, obviously she's not used to drinking beer.
>She shoots a quick glare at you before turning her attention back to the can while she tips it up and takes a drink.
>Twilight cringes at the taste, but tries her best to hide it. Her best is pretty awful, by the way, but you just smile at her.
>Well, no reason to let her get started first. You bring up your can and are about to open it when you finally realize what it is.
>You have got to be fucking kidding.
>Did Twilight really get that? Out of everything there was to choose from?
>Hasn't she seen what you and Rainbro drink?
>Great. Fucking great.
>Fuck this shit.
>Night ruined.
>You were starting to have hope for this mare. Her bro-status was actually coming together.
>She would have been Brolight Sparkle!
>And... Well, maybe she still can be, but she needs some work, because this shit won't fly.
>Fucking Brolight Sparkle just came into your house with a case of the Equestrian equivalent of fucking PBR. Which is fucking worse than actual PBR from Earth.
>Fucking Brolight Sparkle...

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2: Brolight becomes Anon's wingman
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Coming soon!
...maybe