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1. all the bells say by flowerpower

   Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
   • Link (Legend of Zelda)
   • Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
   • Pre-Calamity (Legend of Zelda)
   • Canon Compliant
   • Character Study
   • Relationship Study
   • Introspection
   • Romance
   • Sexual Tension
   • Slow Burn
   • all the goddamn tension.
   • Drama
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Eventual Smut
   • Rating May Change
   • Self-Doubt
   • Mutual Pining
   • when I say 'slow burn' I really mean it
   • Zelda is an unreliable narrator
   • Link is so hopelessly in love
   • (until it isn't hopeless.)
   • Tragedy
   • because this is botw we're talking about.
   • Link talks but is scared to Communicate.
   • Zelda is sad a lot:(
   • following all the botw memories
   • Canon Age
   • they are both in their canon age
   • Eventual Sex
   • please read the intro notes for warnings!!!

   Summary

   What will you do with what you've been given when the story forever tolls the same way?

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   Link and Zelda, the Calamity, and their tale of inevitability and doom, and most of all, of love.

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