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thegreatwhalermelon · 4 months

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A little Gangle x Charmer (OC by @starquarck) fic below. Part of a larger Showtime story in the works! Gangle's design in the art below is even based off Star's redesign of her - found here: [LINK] Check it out, it's lovely. :)

Hi, Starquarck. Hope I did at least some justice to Charmer's character. :)

Art by @maliciouslittlecat Beta read by @chetmanning00 Thanks for the help, guys TuT So glad to go back into writing.

Charmer floated - half-sunk on the lake's surface, just above the watery oblivion below, eyes at the endless sky above. And she was centered.

Her large rabbit ears paddled like oars and kept her drifting as the stars went by.

"Do you like it here?" Gangle asked, ribbon body curled around her like so many gift wrap knots.

"It's like I'm in the middle of everything," Charmer said.

"How does that make you feel?"

"I don't know. I feel… something, but can't quite place it."

Gangle snuggled into her neck, the rough fabric of Charmer's felt body against Gangle’s porcelain cheek added texture so rare in a world of smooth surfaces and candy-colored everything that it sent very strong sensations over her real human skin - to the body that was elsewhere. "Maybe its a reminder of something human… who you were before."

"...Perhaps," she said, hand over Gangle's back. Her ribbons like silk under her paws, with edges just a touch frayed from wear.

"Don't think so?" Gangle asked, her smile lopsided.

Charmer's nose touched where Gangle's would be. "No, my dear… I do. That's what I'm afraid of."

Charmer's eyes shut, the infinity in all directions lost in the dark of her lids. And now all she felt was the water… and the woman tangled over her torso.

Charmer's fingers tangle into Gangle's riband spine. "It's like all the world is watching me. Every star a pair of eyes, every ripple in the water a head in the crowd. And I'm in the center, putting on a show." She waves a hand and produces the head of a rose. She clutches it and it vanishes with an open palm, appearing in the other hand where she slips it atop Gangle's head. "But there's something about this, where I close my eyes and feel you and only you…" That hand trails down Gangle's cheek. Delicately lingering. "And it's the only show I wanna a part of."

"That's kind of sad," she said.

"It would have been... but I'm right here, and I have you."

The kiss was tender. Conjured shivers and thrums in the heart that felt like they were rippling through the water. Charmer never felt this as a human. Might have never cared to if it wasn't with her.

"I'm afraid of what happens when we leave the Circus," Charmer thought but did not say. "If I'll find myself feeling hollow - aching - without you nestled in the crook of my neck. Where I can never find you again. Lost within shifting crowds as vast as the ocean. If I dare dream of a world outside of this - outside of here, this moment, and you - I pray the world is merciful and lets me find you again."

I love these two together. I know it's uncommon to ship a canon character with someone else's OC, but damn it all, I love their dynamic and I love a happy Gangle. Starquarck's art of them hooked me in just as I started in this fandom so now I'm here forever. XD

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