Author: Tenshi no Nozomi
Pairing: Usagi + Setsuna (Angel Sanctuary) [light, unrequited]
Title: Odd-Man-Out
Theme: Secret Santa (For Purr)
Author’s Notes: Ah. Uhm. There’s so much lacking in this work. I feel so ashamed. I had so much trouble trying to start this, you just wouldn’t believe. I fear my muse for Usagi is growing seriously rusty; I just hope that there’s enough to this that I haven’t left her behind entirely. This nearly didn’t happen at all, and I was so scared—but last minute, a muse came through for me, thank goodness.
I tried in this piece to make her… imperfect. So many fictions try to make her perfect, or else they demonize her. I wanted to try for a balance. I think if I’d had more room for this, it might have gone off better. As it is, I wasn’t able to pack in a lot of the detailed description that I wanted, and I already went over the word limit. (I apologize to everyone about that.) I wasn’t even able to come right out and say that I’d made them into triplets…! xD; Clearly, I still have much to learn about the craft.
Anyway. Of all your possible pairings, this one interested me the most… but I didn’t want to make her an angel (she has a problem enough with being Sailor Moon, and that’s much more lighthearted!). But it’s been so long since I’ve read AS that I may have flubbed up details; I couldn’t even remember if Setsuna’s school was boys-only. I hope it’s enjoyable. Maybe once I’ve shaken some of the rust from my fingers, I’ll revisit this, and see if I can’t turn it into something worth the hard-drive space.
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