Mark The Day
Monday, September 18, 2006
Short and completely unnutritional Wash/Zoe fluff, set pre-series.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2830 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
Zoe/Wash.
Fluffy.
Not particular deep. Those two are hard for me, and I went for cutesy instead. *g*
Free for all the ages in the 'verse.
Set pre-series.
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Mark The Day
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He wasn't built like a hero.
That was something no amount of calcium-enriched Banana Stripe ice cream or wishing on invisible stars had ever managed to accomplish for him.
And perhaps the banana stripe had actually managed to work against that, he could admit, but life had been kind to him anyway. That height and muscle thing, it became irrelevant when questions of altitude and speed and - for variety - world domination beckoned.
He wasn't built like a hero, which was mostly okay, because he was a lover. Not a fighter.
Where he found himself bravest, that wasn't force. It was the view from so far up you couldn't even see the ground anymore. It was the maddening exhileration of turning up and down into a tunnel. It was the inherent beauty of being able to move from one place to the next, physically, mentally, pre-historically.
It was what being in love felt like and Wash knew that feeling like others knew how to run for more than two minutes without needing to stop for air and sarcasm.
And all that familiarity was so important because maybe he wouldn't have recognized that fizzle-frizzle-nausea she brought out in him, and maybe he would have mistaken it for the flu or terror or something entirely wrong.
Terror, of course, was a big part of it. Lucky for him, he knew how to navigate it.
He looked a long time, in his repertoire of archetypes and superheroes, for a likeness to guide him.
"Nola - Amazon Princess" proved very little help, even though it carried a certain nostalgic value. He'd been ten and his first kiss with Natasha Miller on the monkeybars had been over a compliment involving Nola's athletic feet.
Anyway, Zoe... She wasn't the Nola type. Or the Natasha type for that matter. Or any type he had ever encountered.
A wa
How did I miss this one? And why did you, dear snugglebit, not TELL me I had missed this one?
It's just so... lovely! Your writing has a wonderful way of going from deep and insightful, straight into perfectly-in-character-adorableness. We miss you terribly, muse of rouka!
I loved each and every single line, which was so perfectly Wash. I would quote, but, you know... you're just that good!
And by the way? THE FACT THAT HE HAS NAMED ALL HER EXPRESSIONS? Ahaha! *flailing arms*
Have I read this before? I feel like I've read it before. Nonetheless, it is completely and absolutely wonderful! Who says these two are hard for you? I think you've completely captured them - especially Wash.
Like Goldy, I LOVE that he's numbered all of her expressions, but I think my favourite bit is the
or maybe even the moment where he first went up in a shuttle and had his nose pressued to the window and muttered "Wow. Stars."
That just feels so right, you know? So Wash.
Damn, now I'm getting sniffly.
seriously, this made me grin real big. nice one!! -x-
This was definitely a massively brilliant and poignant piece of work, AgentRouka! I too totally loved how you set up Wash's spot-on inner dialogue and memory moments...though your decision to have comment on Zoe's expression by name? Sheer genius:D
BEB
Wash and Zoe ARE very difficul for me, they just don't come as easily to me as, say, Inara and Mal or a spot of River (which says nothing about the quality of any of them) so I am MOST pleased it worked for you and made you smile. :D
"That height and muscle thing, it became irrelevant when questions of altitude and speed and - for variety - world domination beckoned."
The snippets of random humor are just perfect for being inside Wash's head.
:) thanks for brightening my afternoon
-v
This was in the blurb thing at the top of Fireflyfans and I went, ooh, Agent Rouka fic I don't recall reading? I'm not sure how that happened! Read read.
As a fellow fan of pink cotton candy, I can attest to the appropriate levels of enthusiasm here. Also, carnival! Zoe opening up! Date cute reveal!
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