Title: The Offer

Author: bookishtype

Fandom: pre-Firefly – related to ‘Out of Gas’

Rating: G

Characters: Kaywinnett Lee Frye

Kaylee couldn’t believe it. A job. A real-life money-payin’ job. Lurks and perks and a whole ship hers to look after.

It was her dream come true. A bonafide Firefly ship engine all at her fingertips. It was all coming together, she thought, running back to the workshop. She had to pack her bags tonight!!! It was so exciting. It was brilliant. She was leaving home and going into the middle of No and Where.

She was leaving home, Kaylee stumbled slightly. Home, her father, her mother, the workshop, everyone. Kaylee slowed down to a walk. She was only metres away from the house. She could see her dad working in the shed, her mum through the window in the kitchen stirring something on the stove. Could I leave all of this? Kaylee wondered. What will Dad do without me in the workshop? Will Mum be okay?

Kaylee stopped, dropped to the sidewalk. How can I say goodbye to my home?

Title: The Confession

Author: bookishtype

Fandom: pre-Firefly – related to “Out of Gas”

Rating: G

Characters: Kaywinnett Lee Frye

Kaylee sat on the sidewalk. She didn’t know what to do. The job was hers and she had accepted it, with no qualms. Why was she feeling like this?

The thought of being out of the Core and in the middle of deep space had its enticements. But the thought of leaving home scared her to the bone. Her father had begun to depend upon her work to keep the customers happy. If she left who would carry that load?

And her mother… a hand dropped on her shoulder. Kaylee jumped and looked up, it was her mother.

“Kaylee, what are you doing just sitting out here?” she asked as she sat down beside her daughter. Kaylee leaned over and rested her head on her mother’s shoulder.

“Oh, Ma, I agreed to somethin’ and now I don’t know whether I should do it.”

“Well, what is it hon?”

Kaylee took in a deep breathe, “it’s a job Ma, on a ship. A paying job as a ships’ mechanic an