Barriers, Part 2
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Another PC fic, 6 months before Tough, definitely a prequel. Context hard to understand without Tough, but still readable. Serra and Inara on Sihnon, Mal on Serenity.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 2005 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
Title: Barriers
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Serra, Inara, Mal. Brief appearances by Abe, the rest of the crew, and the Sihnon Serras.
Pairings: Canon pairings apply, but I've run back to heavy M/I
Summary: Another PC fic, 6 months before Tough, definitely a prequel. Context hard to understand without Tough, but still readable.
Disclaimer: Most of the characters (sans PCs and Ally) aren't mine, but the situation is.
For newbies: Brother, Shadow, Mei-Mei, Mischief, Pirate Children, Mistletoe, Hell-Raising, Barriers,Tough, Echo (?)
Author's Note: Thanks guys! Here's the last chapter, though there will be more PC to come.
Part 2
Ally wakes early in the morning, searching out the kitchen for a cup of tea, preferably caffeinated. Instead, though, she finds the captain passed out, face down on the table, half-empty bottle of engine wine in front of him.
She lets out a soft sigh and kisses away all hope of a pleasant morning. First removing the bottle of wine from his firm grip, she then begins to shake his shoulder, at first gently and then violently.
“Get up, Captain.”
A little groaning and snuffling comes from Mal as he fights her off, but he shows no sign of getting up. She kicks him a little.
“I’m going for the water.”
His head pops up, but he lets out a terrible moan and slaps a hand over his eyes.
“Gorramnit, Teach,” he groans, “It’s too ruttin’ bright.”
“Well, that’s what happens when you drink yourself into oblivion… You come back. Next time drink a little more so we’ll be rid of you for good.”
Mal grunts in return as Ally attempts to help him to his feet.
“You drooled on the table,” she notes, disgust in her voice.
“Where we going?”
“Putting you in bed, Captain.”
“Not the shuttle.”
“Okay, Captain. We’ll put you in your passenger dorm. Any other orders?”
Through his hangover haze, he shoots Ally an angry look. Supporting most of his weight on her shoulder, she helps him stumble down the stairs and into the empty passenger dorm he’s been inhabiting for mont
You can't take the sky from me
Haha :DDD. For some strange reason I find this a least three times funnier than it ought to be. Maybe because it's Kaylee saying it...?
I think the resolution of both Serra's captivity and Inara's return were handled well. I would of course LOVE to see the ensuing conversations, fights, etc. but I that might be just a bit too angsty!
“Of course.”
“Good,” she grins. “’Cause I was comin’ aboard no matter what you said.”
hehe oh those two...did inara leave just because mal said 'that word'? or was there more? i feel like he would have called her that a few times over the years, no? he's not exactly...oh, what's that word...prudent?
oh, and i'm glad inara called him an idiot ;)
And I gotta admit...you did mighty well with how you portrayed Abe taking the news, AWindsor. As an older brother, I know what it's like to hear news from one's younger sibling that makes the blood boil and erases all traces of civility from one's mind. I can only too well imagine the difficulties Abe was going through in that see:S
BEB
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