#based off dnd

Okay, so. I know this tumblr post is technically on the 2nd of January, but I posted the actual chapter on the 1st, so it counts, dangit!

Let me tell you about this story.

This story was first born as an amazing little concept by the wonderful @gay-mentality during Hamanda Week 2020 as a quick little Fantasy AU. Well, I absolutely fell in love with the concept and wanted to try my hardest to create a full on story giving the concept life, so I reached out to them and asked permission.

I got it.

So, in close collaboration with Gay-Mentality throughout the creative process and since July, I’ve been working on this story. It was originally just going to be a one-shot, but it kept growing and growing until it got to the point where it was obvious that it was going to be too large for a one-shot. The story is complete, and stands at 31,581 words. Because it’s complete, you can expect a regular publishing schedule.

Amanda's last day in the forest realm has finally arrived. Waking up in Hannah's arms and knowing that this was it, that last night was their one and only time together is torturous, but what else can they do? Amanda has to return to her party, and Hannah can't leave the realm or else those that have abused and ridiculed her for decades will have won. But at least the two of them have last night to remember as they go their separate ways. Only...

...why are the elves looking at them with such hostility in their eyes?

Found on AO3, 6230 words

Following the aftermath of Amanda discovering some of what Hannah has had to endure as a half-elf in this kingdom, the rest of their day is passed in silence. Unfortunately, things don't get much better when they reach the trading town where they'll be staying the night. What should be a simple process of getting a room at an inn is made unnecessarily difficult, and when they do finally get a room, they find that their issues just never seem to end...

When they wake up the next morning in each other's arms, Hannah and Amanda quietly get ready for the day's journey, not mentioning what it might mean that they slept holding one another once more. Some things are safer not to mention, after all.

When they get to the next trading village, Amanda finally puts the trader's token that she stole earlier in the week to good use, securing them a room in the main inn, which offers much better amenities than the last inn they stayed at...to include a bathhouse. The two of them take the opportunity to get clean, as well as to learn more about each other.

Found on AO3, 4412 words

Hannah and Amanda's journey continues even as they find gentle solace in each other's arms every night, tender embraces saying that which they were afraid to voice. But then, on the day before their last in the forest, a surprise: Hannah's friend has found them. Much to Amanda's annoyance, however, she is not greeted with kind words from the elf...rather the opposite, in fact. That leads to an argument between her and Hannah, which is yet another blow to her stricken heart.

Please, don't let it end like this, not with anger in their hearts!

Found on AO3, 5182 words

After their less than ideal wake-up, Amanda and Hannah continue their journey across the kingdom, and Amanda learns a little bit more about Hannah. Then Hannah hears someone crying well off the road, and Amanda...well, she was an adventurer, and adventurers helped people! Despite the delay that it might result in, she convinces Hannah to help whoever is crying, and they set off on a little adventure.