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Love and Other Unscientific Matters by natalexx (PG)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Simon/Kaylee, Mal/River
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
natalexx
Author Website: LJ memories
Why this must be read:
Simon is learning that holding on may be harder than letting go. I really like the Simon characterization here: the sense of him and River as siblings, his awkwardness in his relationship with Kaylee, and his unease at the idea of River becoming involved with Mal. It's all deftly done and quite moving.
Simon worries more now than he did when River was crazy. Then there was a goal, idealized perhaps but still; every moment of doubt he felt, there was an ending point he pictured: River, on the mend. River, slowly becoming herself again. His sister was never completely normal, but he just wants, someday, for there to be more moments when she looks at him and behind her eyes she's herself than there are times her blurry eyes are filtered by someone else. He misses his River, the unexpected, original one, because she was a part of him: the part that offset so many of his own foibles. As she slowly becomes someone else, less scattered but more of a stranger, it serves to remind him so many things have changed in himself.
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Love and Other Unscientific Matters bynatalexx
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If you enjoy the story, please let the author know!
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Pairing: Simon/Kaylee, Mal/River
Author on LJ:
natalexxAuthor Website: LJ memories
Why this must be read:
Simon is learning that holding on may be harder than letting go. I really like the Simon characterization here: the sense of him and River as siblings, his awkwardness in his relationship with Kaylee, and his unease at the idea of River becoming involved with Mal. It's all deftly done and quite moving.
Simon worries more now than he did when River was crazy. Then there was a goal, idealized perhaps but still; every moment of doubt he felt, there was an ending point he pictured: River, on the mend. River, slowly becoming herself again. His sister was never completely normal, but he just wants, someday, for there to be more moments when she looks at him and behind her eyes she's herself than there are times her blurry eyes are filtered by someone else. He misses his River, the unexpected, original one, because she was a part of him: the part that offset so many of his own foibles. As she slowly becomes someone else, less scattered but more of a stranger, it serves to remind him so many things have changed in himself.
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Love and Other Unscientific Matters by
natalexx*
If you enjoy the story, please let the author know!
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