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The Funeral

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Continuation of my fic "Fallout" which takes place after the battle on Mr. U's moon. This fic contains some gruesome images.

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Title: The Funeral

Rating: PG for some gruesome images

Disclaimer: I make no money off this.

Spoilers: If you haven’t seen the BDM (and I can’t imagine who here hasn’t) don’t read this.

A/N: This fic, originally posted under the UserID Charlotte, takes place after Fallout which can be found here:

The Funeral

Zoe drifted between sleep and wakefulness. As she drifted, her twilight dreams took her back to Basic.

Sergeant Jericho was bellowing at her for her carelessness. She wanted to leave and kept looking toward the door of the barracks. The door was open and she really needed to go through but Sarge kept berating her. “Hold the line, Maggot! Always remember your duty! Hold the gorram line!” Turning from him, she could see through the open door. A beach with clear blue water awaited her. In the distance she could see a figure. All she could make out was a colorful shirt. With the Sarge’s words still in her ears, she hurriedly walked toward ---

A hand on her shoulder woke her. Opening her eyes, she immediately focused on Wash’s face. She had momentarily forgotten that her head lay on her folded arms which rested on the same table as her dead husband.

“It’s been an hour,” Inara said gently.

Not taking her eyes off her husband, Zoe didn’t speak. The sight of Wash’s profile shocked all the words out of her. Her all-too brief lapse into dreamland made her forget, albeit temporarily, that her husband was dead.

“You need to have a doctor look at your back.”

Still staring intently at Wash, Zoe didn’t answer. He’s dead oh god how could he leave me he promised he’s dead oh god oh god oh god he’s gone oh baby gone dead

“Zoe?”

Zoe lifted a hand to acknowledge that she heard her.

“Simon’s not back yet. I thought River and I would check on him and Kaylee. River needs to see him.”

“Check with the Captain.” She was hardly aware of what she was saying.

Comments
Sunday, 18 November 2007 20:38
nicely developed for this period of time... and the preparations for the funeral, such a somber mood you've created...and Mal's guilt starting to settle in, oh yeah... and River's lucidity is believable and not over the top.

love to see where you would take this
Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:47
Once again, the honest and unflinching look at how things are for our BDHs after the fight on Mr. Universe's Moon was brilliantly realized and I am in awe of how you've captured each character's feelings so handily, CharlieBZ. Between Zoe's struggle between her normal deference to Mal's role as her superior and her overwhelming urge to rail against Mal and the Tam, Mal's crushing guilt and Inara's struggle to deal with all that's been thrust on her...I honestly felt like I was reading written descriptions of missing scenes from the BDM :D

Oh, and the cameo of Hawkeye (or his distant descendant?) was great as well ;)

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