Love and Trust
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Two snippets on the subject of love and trust.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4429 RATING: 7.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
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Author's Note: The following snippets were written for fic challenges #9 and #10. Love She wasn't sure when she realised it, exactly. When it stopped being about frantic groping in his bunk, or hers—hoping Mal couldn't hear them. Knowing he had, and not caring. When it became more than making sure there was a plate of dinner left for him, when it looked like Jayne would go for thirds before he even got to the table. When she stopped being embarrassed when she woke with tears still wet on her cheeks, and instead welcomed his arms around her, his whispered assurances against his neck. It happened slow. Gradually. Until she couldn't imagine a day going by when he didn't make her laugh. When the petty spats hurt more because she was gripped by the fear that maybe this one would be the last one. Maybe she would drive him away. Maybe this relationship came with an expiration date, and she should just enjoy it while it lasted because all good things end. When she realised she dreaded the ending so much that in-between fighting dirty, their love-making acquired a frantic edge. Like she had to store up on all those smiles, and sunlight, and laughter while she could. Once she knew, then there was that free-fall feeling, deep in the pit of her stomach, as she wondered if maybe it was all her. She was living a fantasy in her own mind, and maybe something broke in her during the war that couldn't ever be fixed and she
by Tara LJC O'Shea
Now, I'm not sure I agree with your development of Zoe and Wash's relationship, but I do appreciate it. Keep writing for us.
I enjoyed "Trust" best because it's something no one's really talked about or described in great detail. That Mal is in love with this ship and that his crisis is the same as any lover's crisis.
Perhaps reading them together we could see them as parallels. Mal and Zoe find a ship (find a job, keep flying) and find love, but not in any standard or traditional sense. Further, it could also be an inverse of sorts--Zoe has to work hard to push through the doubt and believe in love and Wash. Mal just knows-- see's the ship and knows she is the One.
Very OTP. Zoe and Wash. Mal and Serenity.
I've stopped making sense, I think, so I'll stop writing, but maybe we could talk some more this. If you like.
Yes, Mal loves Serenity and maybe he's like every other Captain. He only has room for one woman in his life and "she" isn't human. But if you can love an object first then slowly you can learn to love a person. Zoe hasn't learned to love Serenity like that but she is able to share Wash like that with her.
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