Back Stories III, Chapter 20
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Finally a little Mal POV, but it doesn't last long.
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Chapter 20.
It belongs to Joss and all those business people. I'm just playing.
Links:
, , , BS Book II, BS Book III, Chapter 1. Timing, pairings, and canon blurbs are in my . Many thanks to desertgirl for the beta read.
Five days ago
Malcolm leaned against the railing bordering the street and folded his arms, enjoying the smell of the mountain air while he waited for his errand-running companion to finish her business.
He soon realized that the local ladies passing by were noticing him, so he took to noticing them right back. He saw no silk, no curls, no heeled shoes. These women wore rough denim or corduroy, heavy leather boots, and had hair pulled back and skin coarse from the sun and wind. He couldn’t help but smile and nod as they passed; he knew and was fond of these kinds of women. They’d be strong workers, good shots, and lively drinkers with tales to match anything he’d seen or done on his mother’s ranch. He’d happily spend an hour with any of them, just to hear their talk and drink in their crackling eyes and ready smiles.
But, oddly, he found that as soon as they passed he forget the details of their faces and forms. In his mind, he kept seeing satiny golden skin, dark eyes, and tight curls of ebon hair that his fingers ached to comb through and mess.
Malcolm found his eyes
>_>
That is all.
Well, not quite: "The next chapter won't be long: a few days to edit, then it's on. :)"
GLEEEEEE.
Here's hoping this isn't just a phase you're going through, such that you will publish something some day.
Sold.
It's all good, the town's sudden panic, the attempts at defense. Zoe is chilling but also sympathetic, needing in that situation to work on multiple levels - the warrior, the friend who will not abandon Mal, the wife who needs to get her husband through this alive. And Inara is determined and brave but I'm glad she isn't so steely that she can rise above it all. I think most of us would be disoriented as she was in the moment she lost hold of Malcolm's arm.
I'm looking forward to more!
Also, I like how once Inara becomes unnerved because she can’t find him in the crowd, he circles her waist and pulls her to safety and then the face touching… anyway, it’s very romantically written:)
Oh, and Wash and Zoe were in this too.
Looking for more
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