The Right To Love - Chapter 2
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Prompts 11-15. Simon-centric story told through 100 prompt table. This chapter takes place from the battle on Mr. Universe's moon and past the end of the movie. Primarily Simon/Kaylee, but heavy doses of Mal/Inara in later chapters. PG-13 for implied situations.
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A/N: The next chapter in my 100 Prompt Story centered on Simon. This will be the last update until Monday as I am heading out of town.
Link to http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=15760>Chapter 1
Link to http://www.geocities.com/maegovannen/Firefly/Joss100Challenge.html>prompt table.
Many thanks to Leiasky for the beta (often at the drop of a hat!).
Also, I appreciate all the comments on Chapter 1 - now, how about some shiny comments for Chapter 2?!?!?
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The Right To Love - Chapter 2 (Prompts 11-15)
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011. Jealousy
They didn’t have any time, none of them. They didn’t have time to mourn Wash, to grieve with Zoe, to pray for help, not a bit. As Simon prepped his gun, watching as Jayne and Zoe readied their defenses, watching as Inara, with surer hands than he would have guessed, loaded her crossbow, watching as his sister cowered in a corner, he was watching Kaylee most of all. Watching as her hands shook violently as they held onto the small gun she’d been given. Watching as her eyes grew more and more fearful as the sounds of the marauding Reavers grew closer and more violent.
He tried hastily and not very eloquently to capitalize on what he feared would be their last few minutes together, amazed as she once again forced a smile from his lips in the most dire of circumstances. And while he could only marvel at her determination to live just to hold him to his word, he also felt a twinge of jealousy for the savage men they were about to cut down.
If he had been more like a Reaver, full of action, not thought, full of doing, not debating, he could have already made good on his desire for Kaylee. He wouldn’t instead, be crouched beside her in the midst of a firefight, knowing their lives could end any minute without him ever truly telling her how he felt. He’d said he wanted to be with her and of course, she had interpreted that to mean sex, and while that was certainly true and he did not have time to debate the finer
Love it, btw.
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The start was so sweet, perfect S/K moment we all love... of course, the end was just heartbreaking, but then, when does anything ever go smooth. Liked River here.
The Past, again, loved it. And The Future? ADORABLE, though lamented lack of smut. Heehee I'm sure you will provide at a later date. Her telling him about River and his reaction was really funny.
<But before he lost the ability for all conscious thought, he resolved that now that his future was full of Kaylee, his sister’s future would be full of boundaries, rules and limits. Period.>
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Love it
THIS BETTER POST or I'm getting mad.
*copys comment*
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That was cool.
Great chapter, keep those updates coming.
And I honestly busted a gut at Kaylee's remarks to Simon about River being a voyeur, though Simon's internal monologue about River's future being full of boundaries and structure? Joss-level shininess:D
BEB
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