Work for a cause, not applause. Live life to express, not impress

I've been working on making a piece of fanart for this fic for my friend as a (very, super-duper late) Christmas present and as a thank you for writing so many pieces for the Winter Knights fest which really helped us fill some slots in the fest on weeks we were running a bit sparse on fic/art.

I started drawing it in December before stopping with it for various reasons, mostly not being sure how to move forward with it. Here's the pencil draft that I scanned in:
( Cut to save your reading page from WIPs and my rambling out loud )

(Why yes, I AM queen of starting new WIPs and abandoning them)