All Kinds of Brilliant
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Different song, same 'verse. Simon needs medical supplies, and everyone else just likes diamonds.
Stand-alone set after "Translation"
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 1777 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
Read: , , , All Kinds of Brilliant The rain had been warm and River had refused the offer of his duster, but when they walked into the climate-controlled front room of the main hotel, Mal noticed that Jayne was having trouble keeping his eyes off of River’s chest. Her dress, some drapey lavender confection that Inara had picked up for her in one of the shops on Arabesque, clung to her body, and her unbound breasts peaked distinctly against the material. She turned and glared at Jayne. “Crude thoughts. Dirty little boy, break you like a toy.” Jayne snarled at her but she ignored him, turning instead to Mal. “Jacket now, please.” He shrugged out of the duster, still laughing at the look on Jayne’s face. He draped it around River’s shoulders like a cape, but she twisted and wriggled until her arms were through the appropriate holes. With the leather gunbelt at her hips – holding only a comm and a pocketknife, but nobody could tell – and the heavy combat boots peeking out below the dress, she looked like a tiny, girlie cowboy. She stuck her tongue out at him and he chuckled, tucking her hand through the loop of his arm. He himself was wearing his standard garb, his own gunbelt slung low around his hips, but Jayne was as fancified as Mal had ever seen him, with one of Simon’s black button-down shirts – as tight on Jayne as the T-shirts he favored – tucked into black trousers, with a long black coat over the ensemble. He had even gone so far as to shave his goatee, which had resulted in hooting and wolf-whistles from much of the female crew. There were knives, Mal had no doubt, concealed all about his person, but Jayne looked naked without a single gun. They walked across the luxuriously appointed lobby to the grand hardwood desk that marched along the back
I think I know what Simon's hiding, hehe! Can't wait to find out. Really good work on this story, I was impressed with the detail you put into the resort and the plan, great imagery too. Loved it!
I can totally see that.
Great chapter, it really does read like the show. Canon is spot on, got that perfect mix of everything blended seamlessly together... in short I love this fic.
Some utterly awesome work here, i3ernadette! This flowed like a episode (though with less transitional climaxes, since we only got Inara getting shot off-screen and maybe the Mal-Jayne-River dancing scene as major change points) and everyone was totally in-character. Gotta say though...would really loved to have seen Inara's vitriolic rant at everyone's incompetence as a way of dealing with her injury pain:D
BEB
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