First Crime
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Mal and Inara have a heart-moving moment. Little Zoë has a moral dilemma. Part 8 of the <a href="http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=16066"Namesake</a> series.
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PART 22: HE BROUGHT HER BACK
Mal leaned on the rail of the top catwalk, watching his boys play hoop ball with the twins. Michael wasn't much for the competition, but he had deadly aim. Mal noticed it in everything the boy did. He finished every pass, made every shot. Jayne had taken him out one day with a pistol and a target, and the boy could shoot the fleas off a dog’s back from 200 yards. Mal had been furious about the venture because Michael was only five and the gun was as big as his head. Cole passed the ball to Genny, but Jamie intercepted and threw a wild shot. Michael caught the rebound and sent the ball straight through the hoop.
Inara came up beside Mal, her fingers dancing up his spine before playing with the hair on the back of his neck. Mal grinned and turned his head to see her coy smile and peach satin dress just begging to be touched. Though she still wore her fancy dresses, Inara rarely put on her jewelry since she’d been abducted. He’d seen a few items sneak back in lately. The occasional bracelet, or a fancy barrette. Today it was a necklace and she flinched a little when he reached out to finger it.
“You miss her,” she said soulfully, covering the reaction with conversation. Mal folded his hands politely on the railing and allowed her the space she needed.
“It's been three weeks. She hasn’t called.”
Inara came next to him on the catwalk, leaning so that their shoulders touched. “It's easy to get absorbed in the world around you. She’ll call.”
“Back when you were training to be a companion...” It had taken Mal a lot of time to eliminate ‘whore’ from his vocabulary, but he’d done it for her. “Did you call your parents often?”
“Not really. There were times I’d go months,” she laughed, but suppressed it when Mal hung his head in disappointment. Her hand was on his in a moment. “Doesn’t mean I forgot
You can't take the sky from me
I'd LOVE Zoe and her brothers.
Please do not think I am saying this is crap - cuz my decision to give ou a score of 8 for this should hint that I liked it;D - but unlike with the other chapters that had gaps missing from the storyline due to unexplored progresses of time, this chapter feels like lots of important stuff was excluded to solely focus on Mal, Inara and Zoe.
BEB
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