River's Love Song
Sunday, April 1, 2007
A bit of fluff for BEB who complained about River’s love interests dying too often... well here’s a story of River and her true love living a long happy life.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 3662 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
A.N. : Inspired by the Mark Schulz song, “Walking Her Home”
A bit of fluff for BlueEyedBrigadier who complained about River’s love interests dying… well here’s a story of River and her true love living a long happy life. I know it’s short, but I’m just trying to hit the highlights. Her love, Wei, is a character introduced in (hereafter, TOR), so the reader (as in fic-reader) is recommended there for more of their history together. Salient points: Wei is a reader (as in mind-reader) like River and also a victim of the ‘Academy.’ They met in her first month there when he attempted (and failed) to escape and took her along for the journey (see ). During TOR (which is pre-BDM), they were briefly reunited on Serenity. This story picks up at some point post-BDM. Consider that a warning for movie spoilers. Also be warned, this is so fluffy, I may accused borrowing character names for my own fantasy. --- River's Love Song (about 60 years post-series) When he left, River woke up, briefly silhouetted by the light in the hall before he closed the door behind himself. She ran her fingers through her hair, decidedly hiding her wakefulness from him, lest he come back. He needed to be on his way tonight. Still, it was her first night alone in a bed, in a strange place, without her husband. She listened to the soft thrum of the ceiling fan, closed her eyes, and fought her aging memory to recall how this blessing fell into her life. The first time she met him, she was scared to death of him. A reader, able to kill people with his brain. She was fourteen, new to the Academy, and apprehensive as its promises were slowly exposed as lies. He had saved her life that day – not just from drowning, but from a life of submission. Were it not for him, she would never have found a way to contact Simon. Never would have gotten out. The
That said, this was indeed very fluffy, and a wonderful take on how River's life might be different with another person in it.
As I said before, I love how you had River naming the dog after the chemical formula for caffeine.
Well done.
You can't take the sky from me
BEB
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