Treated to a Trick
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Mal is accompanying Inara to the Training House’s costume ball at Sheydra’s invitation…
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Treated to a Trick
by Word Count: approx. 418 Rating: PG Pairing/Characters: Mal/Inara Spoilers: allusion to a deleted scene from the BDM Author’s Notes: Just a little drabble, written for the delightful on her birthday, for the prompt ‘costume’. Thanks go to both and for reading it over for me :o) Happy Birthday, GR!
“You’re not wearing that,” Inara said as Mal came toward her, apprehension and the hint of a plea in her voice. He couldn’t. Buddha help her, if he showed up at Sheydra’s costume ball in that…
“Why?” Mal said, holding his hands out at his sides as he looked himself over. “What’s wrong with it?”
Inara searched for a reason frantically; she couldn’t tell him the real reason of course, she’d never hear the end of it. “It’s just so… clichéd,” she protested weakly. “I mean, really Mal, you couldn’t come up with something,” anything she wished silently, “a little more original?”
“Clichéd?” he said, outraged. “I’ll have you know there is a fine tradition of dressing like—and besides which, it is original! I even got a sash!”
“Is that my scarf?”
“No,” he said hurriedly, obviously lying.
Inara shook her head and sighed. “That hat looks ridiculous,” she tried again.
“Ridiculous,” he repeated, looking indignant. “It’s a manly hat! Cunning, you might even say!”
“Who might?”
“…People!”
“Couldn’t you go as a… a… ”
“What?” he asked, beginning to sound hurt.
“Something scary?!”
“This ain’t scary?”
Terrifying, she thought with a sigh. “Not… really?”
Mal huffed, folding his arms. “You got no imagination,” he groused.
Oh, she had plenty
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Really gorgeous....
Love that he stole her scarf, for some reason. And lies about it. Badly.
Sheydra, Sheydra, why do I think you are in for a mean prank...? *G*
Thanks for making me giggle!!!
GR: I'm so glad you liked it :o) The idea literally popped right into my head the moment you threw in 'costume' as an option for your prompt, and I knew there'd be no writing anything else, so it's good that you enjoyed it ;o)
Aliasse: Yeah, I was actually worried about that at first, I didn't want it to be *too* much like the Castle bit - that's why I didn't have Mal sayin' "I like it!", though I was sorely tempted :oD I wasn't actually thinking Han when I was writing it, but it does kinda work, doesn't it? Even the 'delusional' line has echoes of Jedi's 'delusions of grandeur' *G*
AR: I've been working on GR to do that sequel ;o)
Thanks again all! Glad you enjoyed :o)
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