Learning To Fly (Is Like Falling remix) by luzdeestrellas (PG)

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Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Kaylee/Simon, Kaylee/Mal
Author on LJ: luzdeestrellas
Author Website: luzdeestrellas
Why this must be read:

Because I love this story. More than just a story about romances, this is a story about relationships both romantic and not, spun out of a sweet ficlet about Kaylee and Mal and some swings (Symbiosis by danawoods). I love the Kaylee voice and characterization here, how she slowly figures out that what she has and what she wants aren't necessarily the same thing, and I adore the friendship between Kaylee and Wash as it’s drawn here. I also really like how the Kaylee/Simon is handled, and I love this characterization of Mal – slightly wiser and more accepting of the good things that come his way in the wake of the movie.

This story is warm and comforting and true, sweet without being cloying, and it gets at the heart of who Kaylee is, and how she loves.

Wants to walk like Mal, like he owns a planet. Wants a hero's walk, as though a walk ever made a hero. Kaylee don't say he don't need a walk – already got the heart of a hero, which is more than can be said for most people. She ain't sure he'd believe her, so she says, "You went back in there, Wash."

She don't say Niska's name, 'cause she might not believe in any of her mama's superstitions, but Niska's one of the few really evil men she's ever known, and she ain't about to risk naming him if she don't have to. "After everything that happened, you went back. That takes a certain kind of walk." And Wash smiles.

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Learning To Fly (Is Like Falling remix) by luzdeestrellas

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