Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Kaylee/Simon, River/Inara, Inara/Kaylee
Length: about 3,000 words
Author on LJ:
queenzuluAuthor Website: her
AO3 ProfileWhy this must be read: This is a post-BDM piece mainly focused on the shifts in crew relationships after that point. I think Zulu does a really wonderful job of making those relationship dynamics compelling and complex, and of making the changes feel like they grow very organically from canon. Zulu's truly exquisite River-voice is also well worth noting; it's not easy to render the full complicated blend of River's genius, instability, youth, and painful clairvoyance, but Zulu does it all justice. On top of that, and perhaps most of all, I love the gorgeous lyrical language that underlies so many of the lines.
( read an excerpt )Synchronicity