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    'I do not need to know how many shades of blue can be found in the irises of the Hero's eyes or that in a certain light they can match the Master Sword's hilt (a dubious assertion). Nor do I need to be made aware of how many individual sweat droplets he excretes while partaking in his early morning training exercises, which he apparently practises while half-nude. I have also yet to find myself interested in how long it takes for him to notice his hair tie is missing or that his hair is longer than it appears and smells of tea tree shampoo.'

    Or, Zelda discovers that clouded eyes will never see the truth.

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    Link sets out on a dinghy one night, only to be enchanted by a siren song.

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    Link shouldn't allow this. Shouldn't indulge himself when he knows that Sidon is far, far from his reach. He shouldn't allow this because the avatar might only be doing this because Link wants it to, and how will he ever explain something like that to Sidon? He shouldn't be doing this because Sidon might find out somehow, because the king might already know, because this might taint their precious friendship.

    He shouldn't because a taste of intimacy like this is only going to make Link want the real thing even more.

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    Sidon's avatar starts behaving strangely, teasing Link with affectionate touches and gestures that the real Sidon would never allow; a torment so sweet, Link simultaneously wants it to end and never stop. At the same time, Sidon is plagued with strange dreams of his dearest friend. Dreams where he can't hold back desires he didn't even know he had.

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    !! This entire work is based entirely off of fanart I found depicting Aether and Lumine as younger siblings to Link (Artist remains unknown, work was not credited) !!

    "Beyond Hyrule, and beyond the stars, lies hundreds and thousands of different worlds each unique and never the same.”

    “The stars we see every night are just as special as the countless of different worlds there could be. My mother and father, just as I will tell you now, always believed that some of the stars we see each night are their own person, watching over us and all the worlds that they hang over.”

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    'Star Fragments, also known as Treasures of the Falling Star, are reccuring items in The Legend of Zelda Series.' -The Zelda Wiki

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    !!HEAVY SPOILERS FOR TEARS OF THE KINGDOM!!

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    Link awakens from his slumber confused, disoriented, and annoyed with the pounding pain in his temples.

    Then he hears a voice. A voice that instantly brings his muscles to relax, his mind to quiet.

    "You are the light, our light, that must shine upon Hyrule once again. Please be careful, Link. Now, go."

    ....go?

    ~0~

    Story starts at the end of botw, rolls through the 5 year gap, and into totk all the way to the end so def spoiler warning if you haven't completed either games and also a huge attempt to make ToTK make SENSE

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    When a man with eyes bluer than the afternoon sky and a resume as intriguing as his name—Link Link—applies to be your ranch hand, you discover just how badly you’ve been searching for the missing link in your life.

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    “I thought you…” Zelda's voice is quiet, barely above a whisper. “I thought you despised me.”
    Link’s eyes widen with shock. Zelda can practically see the way his mind races with thoughts – thoughts so intangible and unknown to her, hidden behind his ever-present silence.
    Then Link kneels. He bows his head, as if his eyes are unworthy of gazing upon her.
    “I could never despise you, Your Highness.” His voice is full of more emotion than Zelda has ever heard from him – such an intense, honest reverence. “I… I live to serve you.”

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    No prophecy or destiny is more important to Link than his responsibilities as Princess Zelda's personal knight. He would follow her anywhere - a fact proven by his strangely familiar dreams. At first, Zelda dislikes the knight that her father insists must accompany her everywhere. But over time, they grow incredibly close.

    As time goes by, Zelda contemplates her role as Princess, while Link tries to figure out the meaning of his dreams - which have started to feel more like memories.

    Or: A closer look at Link, Zelda, and their relationship throughout the events of BotW, (eventually TotK too,) and during parts of their lives not shown by the games.

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    Sidon has been pushing himself too far in an effort to keep Mipha Court and, subsequently, Zora's Domain clean. Link notices this and decides to make him his favorite meal.

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    Link is once again sent out on a Journey to help the neighboring kingdoms of Hyrule, this time his destiny brings him upon helping the Zora kingdom and a certain Zora King and Zora Queen.

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    The idea was to write down something that you wanted to let go of in the new year. Offer it to the flames; freeing yourself from it. Link had his paper in his pocket, waiting for the rush of people to die down before approaching the fire.

    Link isn’t sure he is ready to let go.. 🥂

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    Now that a new era of peace has begun, Zelda decides both she and Link need some time away from their responsibilities. Meanwhile, the Zora’s Domain plans on having a royal wedding, but things don’t quite go as expected. Sidon questions the eternal skies. Yona thinks she may have an idea on why things are going the way they are. Link finds himself on a peculiar quest, and the Hero of Twilight wonders why he, of all people, was sent to help.

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    Yona, fully aware and supportive of the fact that her fiancé is in love with another, decides to help Link court him. Link decides to take some things a little too far.

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    Link and Zelda were in the Spring of Courage when it started to rain. The sky was gray and the cliffs were gray and the goddess statue was gray, but Zelda was a radiant palette of beauty undampened by the storm.

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    Hyrule is not big enough to hide from a broken heart. What is Link to do when his destiny calls for him to face the changes that happened during his absence?

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    Link knew it was arrogant of himself to think that his closest friend had any feelings aside from platonic toward him - but who could blame him? Sidon had been nothing but kind, caring and gentle to him; the Zora Prince treated the Hylian as though he were a precious gem on his royal accessories. They had far too many moments together that made Link’s heart skip too many beats. But maybe the Hylian had mistook his actions as something more than friendly. So, why was it that after The Upheaval, the young Hylian had discovered that his dearest friend was engaged to another?

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    Link is avoiding the Domain.

    That is Yona’s theory, at least - because she can’t necessarily prove he is avoiding the Domain. After all, he is the Hero of Hyrule. The Champion of Champions. And those titles certainly don’t come with much free time, especially after the Upheaval and the disappearance of Princess Zelda. So, the most logical conclusion is assuming the small Hylian just doesn’t have time for galavanting.

    Only speculation, the whispers of others, and the ponderings of Sidon himself have led her to believe he might be evading visiting.

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    SPOILERS-----TEARS OF THE KINGDOM SPOILERS

    The nightmare is over. Zelda is home. And Link finally gets some much needed rest. Who knew he was so fond of Silent Princesses?

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    Link is heartbroken, learning about Sidon's marriage so he decides to confess to his avatar instead.

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    No one has even paused to think about to ask Link if he's coping well--if the battles and duties he's upheld affect him in anyway, or if he would like a break, a vacation, or even an embrace of care.

    Does Link ever collapse to the weight of everything he has done, and has yet to? What would it take, if not Ganon himself?

    A Zoran marriage, that's what.

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    Link tried very hard to "keep breathing" during a training session with Revali but the Rito is making it increasingly difficult. Link's feelings really shouldn't be the focus right now and it doesn't help that Revali isn't the easiest to read. However, when Link gets the opportunity to actually 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 Revali he figures him out a little more.

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