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White Knight by Maystone (R)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Mal/Inara
Author on LJ: Maystone
Author Website: "The Incurable Disease"
Why this Must be read: Maystone is one of those Firefly writers that make it seem easy. She writes a Mal that is flawed and angry but capable of great tenderness. Her Inara is interesting and insightful. In this story you can see what Joss was possibly trying to do with their relationship.
Mal stopped and waited for Zoe to catch up.
"Zoe."
She came to a halt next to him.
"Sir."
He waited for her to continue, but she seemed hesitant to speak, standing instead with one hand in her back pocket while she rubbed her neck with the other.
"Zoe," he repeated, this time with a note of impatience.
"Sir, about Inara." She hesitated again.
"Look, I got a right to be tetchy about this. I don't go interfering with her schedule because I have a sudden change of plans. Well, OK, maybe once or twice, but there was always . . ."
"Sir," Zoe cut him off. "I think something's wrong."
"What?" He wasn't quite following.
"With Inara. I was there when the call came in. She sounded . . . I don't know. She just sounded off."
"Off? Off how?"
"I can't explain it. I just got this feeling . . ."
Mal looked at her closely; she was worried for a fact. Zoe wasn't given to jumping at shadows, nor was she one to step too close to his relationship with Inara. Whatever the hell that was.
"I thought you should know, sir." She started to leave but turned back briefly. "You did the right thing, Captain. Going back for her." She headed back toward the bridge.
Story
Pairing: Mal/Inara
Author on LJ: Maystone
Author Website: "The Incurable Disease"
Why this Must be read: Maystone is one of those Firefly writers that make it seem easy. She writes a Mal that is flawed and angry but capable of great tenderness. Her Inara is interesting and insightful. In this story you can see what Joss was possibly trying to do with their relationship.
Mal stopped and waited for Zoe to catch up.
"Zoe."
She came to a halt next to him.
"Sir."
He waited for her to continue, but she seemed hesitant to speak, standing instead with one hand in her back pocket while she rubbed her neck with the other.
"Zoe," he repeated, this time with a note of impatience.
"Sir, about Inara." She hesitated again.
"Look, I got a right to be tetchy about this. I don't go interfering with her schedule because I have a sudden change of plans. Well, OK, maybe once or twice, but there was always . . ."
"Sir," Zoe cut him off. "I think something's wrong."
"What?" He wasn't quite following.
"With Inara. I was there when the call came in. She sounded . . . I don't know. She just sounded off."
"Off? Off how?"
"I can't explain it. I just got this feeling . . ."
Mal looked at her closely; she was worried for a fact. Zoe wasn't given to jumping at shadows, nor was she one to step too close to his relationship with Inara. Whatever the hell that was.
"I thought you should know, sir." She started to leave but turned back briefly. "You did the right thing, Captain. Going back for her." She headed back toward the bridge.
Story