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xfirefly9x) wrote2012-05-24 05:05 am
xfirefly9x) wrote2012-05-24 05:05 am
Fic: It’s Time You Knew (River, Mal/Inara, Kaylee/Simon)
Title: It’s Time You Knew
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: River, Mal/Inara, Kaylee/Simon
Prompt: C:3 River goes shopping
Word Count: 336
Rating: G
Summary: River swings the bag Kaylee gave her back and forth at her side.
Notes: Written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
10_cracks. 28/08/09.
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luxuria_oceanus.
River swings the bag Kaylee gave her back and forth at her side. Grinning at every new stall they pass by and at every new face, she drinks in the atmosphere hungrily. She can feel the coins rattle together in the purse Jayne helped her tie around her wrist. They sing to her, begging to be released and exchanged with items on the stands. Or so she tells Simon, Mal and Inara.
“They want to be free, to feel their brethren beside them all lined up. Shiny pennies in a jar.”
Mal considers her, a confused expression on his face. Inara smiles softly and Simon just sighs.
“River?” he says.
She nods her head.
“Is there anything you’d like to buy? Some art supplies maybe?” He aims a hopeful look across from the cotton candy stall they’re mulling around.
A thought occurs to her and she nods again. Taking them all by surprise, she grasps Mal’s hand in her own and leads him quickly back the way they came. He has no choice but to follow. Her hold on him is tight.
“Over there.” She points.
Mal’s eyes widen and he shakes his head and mouths ‘no’ to her.
“It’s time,” she insists.
Simon and Inara catch up to them then. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing,” Mal says, shifting his feet.
“It’s time,” River says again.
“Time for what, sweetie?” Inara asks.
“Time you knew.”
With that, River swiftly retrieves some coins and tosses them on the table. A startled but pleased worker hands over her choice of merchandise. River gives it to Mal.
“I...what?” he says.
“You know what to do.”
Shrugging, Mal holds the ring out to Inara. She stares at him in bewilderment. Red flushes her face.
River snatches the ring back. “No,” she says. “For Simon!”
“Huh?” Mal blinks.
“To give to Kaylee,” she explains as if it’s the most obvious thing.
“Oh! Right then! Here you go, doc.”
Simon awkwardly takes the ring.
“Also, I want cheese.” River grins and skips away.
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: River, Mal/Inara, Kaylee/Simon
Prompt: C:3 River goes shopping
Word Count: 336
Rating: G
Summary: River swings the bag Kaylee gave her back and forth at her side.
Notes: Written for
10_cracks. 28/08/09.Beta:
luxuria_oceanus.River swings the bag Kaylee gave her back and forth at her side. Grinning at every new stall they pass by and at every new face, she drinks in the atmosphere hungrily. She can feel the coins rattle together in the purse Jayne helped her tie around her wrist. They sing to her, begging to be released and exchanged with items on the stands. Or so she tells Simon, Mal and Inara.
“They want to be free, to feel their brethren beside them all lined up. Shiny pennies in a jar.”
Mal considers her, a confused expression on his face. Inara smiles softly and Simon just sighs.
“River?” he says.
She nods her head.
“Is there anything you’d like to buy? Some art supplies maybe?” He aims a hopeful look across from the cotton candy stall they’re mulling around.
A thought occurs to her and she nods again. Taking them all by surprise, she grasps Mal’s hand in her own and leads him quickly back the way they came. He has no choice but to follow. Her hold on him is tight.
“Over there.” She points.
Mal’s eyes widen and he shakes his head and mouths ‘no’ to her.
“It’s time,” she insists.
Simon and Inara catch up to them then. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing,” Mal says, shifting his feet.
“It’s time,” River says again.
“Time for what, sweetie?” Inara asks.
“Time you knew.”
With that, River swiftly retrieves some coins and tosses them on the table. A startled but pleased worker hands over her choice of merchandise. River gives it to Mal.
“I...what?” he says.
“You know what to do.”
Shrugging, Mal holds the ring out to Inara. She stares at him in bewilderment. Red flushes her face.
River snatches the ring back. “No,” she says. “For Simon!”
“Huh?” Mal blinks.
“To give to Kaylee,” she explains as if it’s the most obvious thing.
“Oh! Right then! Here you go, doc.”
Simon awkwardly takes the ring.
“Also, I want cheese.” River grins and skips away.
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