#goodbye sparrowverse

[sugarplum-senpai]

Completed Story & Verse: Liars Like You and Me (Sparrowverse)

This morning, the final chapter of Liars Like You and Me went online, concluding my Wings of Freedom series. 

It is a true parting from the verse this time, unlike with Sparrow after which I couldn’t shake the hunch there was more to explore, or after Magpie when it felt so evident Tom and Red would need to tell their story. Drabbles as this verse still may hold for me, I’m not blessed with ideas for new projects until my head is entirely cleared of a previous tale, so I’m ready for a fresh wind in my writing, if not eager to explore new lands. 

I'll still give myself the time I need to part from Sparrowverse emotionally. It’s been with me for too long to not feel strange about having it gone from my daily life. However, I feel something that may turn into a story once I start poking for it—another pairing in another fandom. Maybe there’s even an entirely original novel lurking inside of me but for that the characters still need to come forward and reveal themselves completely. 

Whatever it is I’ll be working on next, as soon as I know anything more concrete, I’ll make sure to let you know. 

#personal #my writing #goodbye sparrowverse #sparrowverse #what comes next

[sugarplum-senpai]

Pre-writing the author’s notes for the final Magpie chapters whilst listening to Sigur Rós and Max Richter and sobbing like an idiot. If you hear pathetic wailing today: That is me. 

An era is ending…

#personal #fic: magpie #sparrowverse #saying goodbye is hard

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Glass, Sail, Forbid

A/N: Skimming through my Three Word Prompt collection yesterday, I suddenly realised I have a few drabbles from May 2020 sitting in my document which never saw the light of day. They're not all Ereri, but this one is, and it's Sparrowverse too, so it definitely deserves to be shared. 

Situated in the Nuthatch/pre-Swallow era.

(Read on AO3) 

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The spring’s first barn swallows sail above HQ’s court when Eren says goodbye. 

The flock flies low. Low enough to hint at approaching rain, and Eren already feels the sky crying in his chest. Words well up inside. Streams made of vows and apologies too big and small, too important and too meaningless all at once. 

He can’t say, Don’t forget me. If Levi is lucky, he will. 

He can’t tell Levi, I won’t ever forget you. It would lead them down a path they don’t ever talk about. 

He should at least return the handkerchief. He tucked it into his pocket for this exact purpose, forbid himself to sniff it one last time, least of all take it with him, but now that he’s here, Eren can’t even go through with that. 

Levi stands before him, features stoic and arms crossed. For someone this muscular, he looks achingly small today. Like someone crafted him from material so gossamer fragile he will crack and shatter any second. 

Eren can relate. His innards have been of the same matter for almost four months. Sharp, splintery little things. Most of them long fractured to dust. What remains is red deformed pulp sending toothy sludge through his veins. 

I’m sorry, it throbs. 

I’m sorry.

I’m so, so sorry. 

Can we please be friends again?

I don’t want to leave. 

His hands itch to reach out for one last touch. His palms burn with it, yet his fingers clasp around Salka’s reins until he feels the telltale tingle of steam. 

The others call him, and perhaps it’s what brings him back to his senses. He turns. 

The last thought shooting through his mind before he mounts Salka is that if this parting breaks his glassy heart for good, it will at least be for a good cause. 

Levi’s Assam will ease the distance. The mission’s goal will too. And when he returns—if he returns—everything will be different. Never good again, no. But different. 

He clenches his teeth. Sets his gaze firmly on the horizon. 

Salka takes the first step. Makes all remaining fissures crackle and split. 

Eren doesn’t cry for a very long time. 

#ereri #fanfic #drabble #my writing #sparrowverse #canonverse #sugarplum's three word prompt drabbles #fic: nuthatch #fic: swallow

[sugarplum-senpai]

Not gonna lie, I saw the change in the number of chapters under Magpie and my blood run cold for a second before I visited your tumblr, because I'm not ready to say goodbye to this story yet. It has become a home to me. But I hope when it does end, it will leave a sense of fulfilment, both for you and your readers. I'm curious though, do you already have some ideas for other works with these two? Because they're unmatched in your hands and I'm always craving for more of them from you.

Hello there! 

Aw, you’re so sweet! But don’t panic about a sudden end just yet! :D The current chapter count refers to part two only. There will be more chapters coming because there still is a part 3! I’m currently working on wrapping up the draft and can promise 21 more chapters, maybe even 22, depending on how things will pan out and how much space the final scenes will need. 

And thank you for your question. I don’t know yet. Ideas don’t come to me, I usually have to dig for them by trying out scenes and such, and currently, I’m too occupied with Magpie. This might be my last long Eren/Levi story, at least for a while. Not because I don’t love these two guys like crazy, but because Sparrowverse has been in my head for 4 years now. Parting from something this dear to me is painful, and I want to give myself the needed time to grieve. I definitely want to keep writing though. I’ve had my eyes on the Drarry fandom for a while now, Red and Tom keep popping up in my head as well, and there are always little Eren/Levi drabbles … So we’ll see :D Whatever comes, I’ll share it here and on AO3. 

Thank you so much for loving my writing!

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