Fic: Stay (Mal/Inara)

[xfirefly9x]

Title: Stay
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: Mal/Inara
Prompt: #026 UNDER YOUR SKIN ~ surreal reality
Word Count: 171
Rating: T+
Summary: "Don't go. Don't leave again."
Notes: Written for 30_angsts. Day 22 of my August Fic-A-Day Challenge.

"And I just can't let you go
I can't lose this feeling"
~ Pop! Goes My Heart by Hugh Grant (Music & Lyrics)

"Don't go. Don't leave again."

There. He's said it. He's told her how he feels.

He well and truly has her under his skin. Inexplicably.

Mal swallows and continues to stare into the depth of her brown eyes, hands wringing nervously in front of him.

Inara opens her mouth to reply and then closes it. She watches him. Her face flushes slightly.

"Well? Are you going to say something? Will you stay?"

She says nothing.

"Please stay?" he tries.

Her lips twitch up into a small smile and he has the sudden urge to push her into a wall and kiss her hard.

Inara reaches for his hand. She squeezes it gently. Her smile widens.

Mal studies her, concerned about her answer - or rather, lack thereof.

"Of course I'll stay," she finally says. "Since you asked so nicely." There's a teasing undertone to her voice.

"Yeah?" he asks, beaming.

"Yeah."

He sighs in relief and grips her hand a little harder. "Good answer. You had me worried for awhile there."

Comments

[legendsinlove.livejournal.com]

Awwww. I love it.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[sapphs.livejournal.com]

Dawww I love it! I could really do with some Firefly watching right now...

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks! Me too.

Awww!

[malara.livejournal.com]

This was so sweet ^-^ Can never can get enough of this shiny stuff =D

Re: Awww!

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm really glad you liked. :)

You're right about that. There can never be enough Mal/Inara.

[krisrussel.livejournal.com]

awwwwwwwwww, so cute :^D

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[andieshep.livejournal.com]

Really cute! That so should have happened in the movie! :D

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! :)
I think it'd have worked better somewhere in the first five episodes of the season 2 that I've imagined up. ;)

[force-oblique.livejournal.com]

Hehe i love it too and hehe the way Mal is vulnerable but still has this smart-ass tone in the end...so him and btw isnt Nathan the same with his Castle character? lol

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you! :)
He is quite similar as Castle, yep. Rick and Mal have a good likeness with their sense of humour.

[force-oblique.livejournal.com]

Totally!

omg your icon!!

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

*nod nod*

*grin* I has this icon of them also! More of an angsty looking one, though.

[otempora42.livejournal.com]

Aw, this was cute. And very them.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[songandsilence.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaay Mal/Inara!!! :D

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

*grin* Yeaaaah. No power in the 'verse will stop me from loving these two.

Love your icon btw! ;)