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You Will Know When You Get There by Astralis (PG-13)
Hey there, I'm victoria p. and I'll be driving (flying?) the van for Firefly this month. Most of my recs with be Mal and/or River-centric, with a focus on Mal/Kaylee, Mal/River and Mal & Zoe, probably with some Zoe/Wash, some Crazy Space Incest, some girlslash, and some gen thrown in. Movie spoilers abound.
Now that that's out of the way, my first rec this month:
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Mal/Kaylee
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_astralis
Author Website: fic tag on her LJ
Why this must be read:
After the events of the movie, the crew of Serenity tries to pick up the pieces and keep flying, and nobody works harder at that than Kaylee, trying to keep body and soul together, literally and metaphorically.
The Kaylee voice in this story is spot on, and the way Astralis takes us through the changes in the relationships - how Kaylee breaks up with Simon, why Mal and Inara can't work themselves out - is well done. The story isn't incredibly long (it's about 8K words) but it's got a nice leisurely pace and it takes its time to get to where it's going, unfolding naturally and with an unforced charm that makes it all the more believable. The characterization and relationship dynamics ring true, and it's both wistful and sweet (without being cloying) in tone, just like Kaylee herself.
A brief excerpt:
It's at night that Kaylee remembers Inara's words. It's lonely in her bunk without Simon - not that she exactly regrets breaking it off with him, seeing as they'd been like two bits of machinery that didn't sit together quite right. When you get used to a warm body in your bed it ain't easy to go back to being alone with threadbare blankets and cold steel walls. Means it's kinda hard to fall asleep, even when her body's aching and her eyes are insisting on closing of their own accord, and those are the times when she needs to have something to occupy her thoughts that won't make her cry. That kinda thing's in short supply at the moment and so maybe the echo of Inara's words in her head's a good thing.
That there was a message for Kaylee in those words she don't doubt. It don't make no sense though - was almost as though 'Nara was saying she thought that Kaylee and the cap'n -
Don't make no sense.
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You Will Know When You Get There by_astralis
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please leave the author some feedback if you like the story.
Now that that's out of the way, my first rec this month:
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Mal/Kaylee
Author on LJ:
_astralisAuthor Website: fic tag on her LJ
Why this must be read:
After the events of the movie, the crew of Serenity tries to pick up the pieces and keep flying, and nobody works harder at that than Kaylee, trying to keep body and soul together, literally and metaphorically.
The Kaylee voice in this story is spot on, and the way Astralis takes us through the changes in the relationships - how Kaylee breaks up with Simon, why Mal and Inara can't work themselves out - is well done. The story isn't incredibly long (it's about 8K words) but it's got a nice leisurely pace and it takes its time to get to where it's going, unfolding naturally and with an unforced charm that makes it all the more believable. The characterization and relationship dynamics ring true, and it's both wistful and sweet (without being cloying) in tone, just like Kaylee herself.
A brief excerpt:
It's at night that Kaylee remembers Inara's words. It's lonely in her bunk without Simon - not that she exactly regrets breaking it off with him, seeing as they'd been like two bits of machinery that didn't sit together quite right. When you get used to a warm body in your bed it ain't easy to go back to being alone with threadbare blankets and cold steel walls. Means it's kinda hard to fall asleep, even when her body's aching and her eyes are insisting on closing of their own accord, and those are the times when she needs to have something to occupy her thoughts that won't make her cry. That kinda thing's in short supply at the moment and so maybe the echo of Inara's words in her head's a good thing.
That there was a message for Kaylee in those words she don't doubt. It don't make no sense though - was almost as though 'Nara was saying she thought that Kaylee and the cap'n -
Don't make no sense.
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You Will Know When You Get There by
_astralis***
please leave the author some feedback if you like the story.
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p.s. i wouldn´t mind some Crazy Space Incest recs, so i´ll keep an eye on this.
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There isn't a lot of Mal/Kaylee, but there is some good stuff out there.
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