#033 Leaving
Jul. 8th, 2006 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xfirefly9xTitle: Leaving
Characters: Inara, Mal
Prompt: #33 Too Much
Word Count: 205 Words
Written For:![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-community.gif)
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It was all too much. Inara couldn’t take it anymore. Mal had slept with one of her best friends and had hurt her more than anyone or anything ever had before. And on top of that, he didn’t even know just how much his taking to bed with Nandi had affected her.
Inara felt betrayed, although Mal wasn’t entirely knowledgeable of her feelings for him. You would think that he would’ve realised how she felt when he had run into her that morning. She had been on the edge of losing it and had only just managed to hold the tears when she saw him, casually buttoning up his shirt as he left Nandi’s room.
If Mal had truly been paying attention to her, he would’ve noticed her lack of composure, the water that had filled her eyes threatening to spill, and the forced smile.
But he hadn’t noticed.
There was no way she could stay around him any longer – if she did, she’d likely explode and everything that she had strived to hide would come out. She couldn’t afford that. That was why she had to leave. Inara forced a fake smile onto her face and began to prepare for her departure from Serenity.
Characters: Inara, Mal
Prompt: #33 Too Much
Word Count: 205 Words
Written For:
fanfic100It was all too much. Inara couldn’t take it anymore. Mal had slept with one of her best friends and had hurt her more than anyone or anything ever had before. And on top of that, he didn’t even know just how much his taking to bed with Nandi had affected her.
Inara felt betrayed, although Mal wasn’t entirely knowledgeable of her feelings for him. You would think that he would’ve realised how she felt when he had run into her that morning. She had been on the edge of losing it and had only just managed to hold the tears when she saw him, casually buttoning up his shirt as he left Nandi’s room.
If Mal had truly been paying attention to her, he would’ve noticed her lack of composure, the water that had filled her eyes threatening to spill, and the forced smile.
But he hadn’t noticed.
There was no way she could stay around him any longer – if she did, she’d likely explode and everything that she had strived to hide would come out. She couldn’t afford that. That was why she had to leave. Inara forced a fake smile onto her face and began to prepare for her departure from Serenity.
