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Something To Think On: Chapter 4

Thursday, July 30, 2009

M/I. Post-BDM. On nicknames, bonding, and a little slice of joy.

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Something To Think On
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Chapter Four

But those first months he knew her, wasn’t much to pick up on. Not really. What had there been, after all? An awkward moment there, right on, when he accused her of running. Later, a violent client, and then her asking, her needing, to stay. The wave from Sihnon and the stop at Ariel. Looking back, he could see the order to it all, could tell himself till he was blue in the face there were things there he should have seen. But back then – it was like having a handful of pieces out of a puzzle of the black. Or like trying to catch fireflies in the dark. Damn elusive things; think you’ve latched onto one only for it to disappear before your gorram eyes.

But it wasn’t so surprising that he couldn’t make it all fit in those early days. After all, back then, in the beginning, he only barely knew her.

Hell, still didn’t know her, much.

And so, for a time, he’d let it – the mystery of her, that niggling little sensation that something was not as it should be – drop from his mind. Forgot about it near completely, truth be told – in large part, because he was momentarily consumed by a little slice of joy.

Not that Patience’s shooting him in itself was a thing to be joyful in, mind. She was a damned conniving woman, and that bullet stung something fierce. But he would’ve held Patience’s shooting him against her a hell of a lot harder if it hadn’t’ve had a very particular result. That job – that shameful, botched job – marked the moment Zoe started softening toward their renter.

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“Can’t avoid me forever, Sir.” Didn’t need to look up from where he sat on the edge of the catwalk, looking out at the cargo hold (where he’d sat with her a small handfu

Comments
Sunday, 29 November 2009 06:08
The little bit here of River's premonition, None of it means a damn thing, in the same place in the cargo bay, and the situations. Nice echo there.

The conversation with Zoe is also one that I really like, his being upset that he'd even think to compare Inara to Wash. And the shocker at the end is still a good bombshell, especially considering you've said you never meant to give us the impression that Inara was any other way.
Monday, 06 August 2012 14:34
Oh yeah, Zoe gets all the best lines! Really liked this look at Mal's first meeting with Patience and then how Inara came to his aid even though he wasn't asking. The story flows so well, really enjoying your spin on it. Ali D :~)
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