I Will Come For You
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Simon runs to protect his son and ends up taking a bullet for him. As they wait for help to arrive, Simon reflects on his relationship with his own father (motivated by conversations in the flashbacks in Safe).
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4366 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
A.N. One of my friends asked if there was anyone in the Firefly cast I hadn’t beat-up, maimed, tortured, and/or killed in one of my stories… Simon was next on the chopping block. Here’s a one shot in which Simon is (ironically) shot once. Co-inspired by one of TamSibling’s comments in the series, believing Simon would be a very loving and attentive father. As this story attests, I do agree.
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Running. Running toward him. No time to think, only to act. Protect. Desperately protect. The gunshot exploded in his ears, but did not ring half so loud as the cry of his son.
“Dad!”
The impact felled Simon to the ground, hot searing pain in his shoulder, blood lubricating the asphalt as he slid to a halt and his head hit the pavement. The single word ‘Dad’, driving his own plea for help as his body fell into shock. His son’s face, hazel eyes, stringy blonde hair, grimy with street filth, sweat, and tears, floated across his vision as his eyes closed. Calling him, dad. Dad. Come back.
Simon’s breathing stilled, his limbs numb. Numb as the day he’d first held his son in his hands and promised to give him everything. Just as his own father had promised. Just as his own father had tried, no matter what the cost.
Simon knew he had been a spoiled child, but with his father, it was more than that. In school, when the teachers would discipline him, his dad always had his back. He had taken that unconditional love for granted, because he’d never known any other love. No conditions. Until River.
The one thing he felt he needed to do more desperately than anything else in his life was the one thing his father absolutely forbid. But Simon Tam had disobeyed his father before. And his father had come. So Simon was not surprised that his father bailed him out after his first arrest. He held his chin up, ready to be berated, waiting for his customary chance to tell his side, but this time was different. He could see in his father’s eyes,
This was great insight. I really loved how Simon believed so firmly, before his father told him otherwise, that he would always support him. And I love that Simon knows to tell his son that he will always come for him. That's a wonderful moment between the two of them.
I would, of course, like more - because I'm greedy. Like how they got in this situation ... but as a one-shot it reads well and gives us some great insight into Simon. Glad I could help give you a plot bunny!
Great insight into Simon - I think his relationship with his father is facinating. The man definately has Daddy issues.
This was great xx
Oh...and one last thing: DON'T KILL HIM OFF!! We need more in this, both pre- and post-shooting!
BEB
It was a good reflection on Simon's own relationship with his father.
Is this part of any series you have going? Or just a standalone?
It's only a shoulder wound though, so it wouldn't be immediately fatal.
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