HELLBOUND Series: 5. "Not So Gilded Cage"
Monday, March 26, 2007
"Mal finds out exactly what happened on the journey to Argent and has a decision to make."
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4125 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
TITLE: "NOT SO GILDED CAGE"
AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL
FANDOM: "FIREFLY"
PAIRING: Mal/Casy.
RATING: PG-13.
STATUS: SEQUEL to "BARE BONES"
ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.
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SUMMARY: "Mal finds out exactly what happened on the
journey to Argent and has a decision to make."
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"NOT SO GILDED CAGE"
"Firefly" story
Written by Alison M. DOBELL
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He wasn't sure how to broach the subject or even if he should but being crammed together as they were it was not as if she couldn't sense his unease.
"*Shenme shi*?"
Mal squinted at her. Not because he couldn't open his eyes this time but because of the harsh light in the compound. The swelling on his face had gone down but the lumps and bruises had now turned black and blue with a fair amount of yellow. The worse cuts she had already treated for him though some wounds kept reopening and bleeding. Soaking through whatever bits of cloth she could find to bind them. "Why you think somethin's *cuode*?"
She squinted back at him. No sun in her eyes, just sending his look back at him to underline the fact that she didn't believe him. "I'm pregnant not stupid, Mal. Spit it out, what's eatin' you inside out?"
"Besides the lack of food?"
When she didn't crack a smile at his poor attempt at humour he relented and sighed. Gorramit, he hated this kind of *goushi*. The only good thing was that because of the poor state of the prisoners no one was paying them any mind.
"It's just... what you did for me." He broke off, embarrassed and awkward.
"You were thirsty."
His eyebrows rose in surprise. "That what you call it?"
Silence echoed back at him. She wasn't going to make this e
You can't take the sky from me
Also gotta wonder about whether Casey is a plant or not. The conversations between Maltby and the other guard was definitely the right kind of vague, since the reader is left wondering about how to take their comments: perverts mocking Mal and Casey's attempt to find solace in their situation...or old hands watching as Casey does her thing on Mal to gain information after "earning" trust.
BEB
This was very interesting, and that guard ain't wrong; Mal's deep respect and love for women is one of his greatest strengths as a person, but also a liability to him where people are willing to use that to hurt him. I got a feeling Mal's headed for a pretty heart-shattering experience here :(
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