TEMPTATION SERIES: 1. "Touching"
Friday, July 8, 2005
"Circumstances conspire to tempt a very patient River to finally make a move even if it isn't the one she planned."
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 6544 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
TITLE: "TOUCHING"
AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL
FANDOM: "FIREFLY"
PAIRING: River
RATING: G.
STATUS: First in The Temptation Series
ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.
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SUMMARY: "Circumstances conspire to tempt a very patient
River to finally make her move."
The usual disclaimers apply. The characters and 'Firefly'
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"TOUCHING"
"Firefly" story
Written by Alison M. DOBELL
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No touching but she wants to so much that it causes a momentary blindness to everything but the craving for sensation. Completeness. She wants to touch him, feel him, move him, consume every part of who he is so she can claim it, own it, and make him her own. He doesn't know it yet, does not fathom that he is the anchor that keeps her sane. Not Simon. Not the drugs. Nor even the welcome sensation of home thrumming beneath her bare feet as she walks in time to the rythym of Serenity's reassuring heart. She loves them all because they are all part of him.
In her quest River lets her mind shift gears, become the focus of thoughts honed to laser sharpness. An accurate beam that has a razor edge beyond anything Jayne can achieve with his knives or Simon with his scapel nor the Captain with his harsh and oft' times ascerbic wit. There is nothing so sharp or deadly about Kaylee but the brightness of her smile can sometimes cut through solid steel and there is not a heart aboard that is immune to it. The Preacher is all hidden angles and traps, covered in a softness which is borrowed not owned though the division has grown narrower over time. Eyes showing so many levels of meaning behind his purpose. Wanting to be simple the Preacher had stepped out into the 'verse not knowing that his addition to it made everything more compli
The only thing I had trouble on was wrapping my brain around 6 years later..
Great Job on River speak though!
Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me
And poor Mal - doesn't stand a chance of holding out against River, does he? Although I recall it went rather well for him before *g* - what with all that mind-reading she can do!
You can't take the sky from me
I like the detail that Zoe and Wash lost their first baby. Not that that's good or anything, but for some reason that really seems like what would happen.
now the remainder of my evening will be spent reading the rest of the series. :-)
jebbypal
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