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hoperomantic.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2006-11-27 12:57 am
"Downtime" by Djinn (PG-13)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Gen; Mal/Inara
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read: This a very insightful look into the characters of Firefly, capturing their voices quite nicely. It is told primarily through the perspective of Mal as he interacts with each member of his crew in turn. In addition for all of us Mal/Inara shippers, there also the added bonus of some lovely character interaction between the two. All action occurs "off-stage" but the writer is very good at making the reader feel like it is really happening, and allowing him or her to imagine what is going on through the characters' dialog and reactions. All and all, it is a very nice character piece.
Mal woke up with a start, expecting to see the lights of battle, the blazing explosions of flashers flying low, of grenades and mortars hitting sand and rock. But his eyes fastened on the cool, comforting metal of the infirmary. He was on his ship. He was safe--Serenity had him.
"Ah, you're awake. How do you feel?" Simon walked over, pulling out some medicine from a drawer on his way.
"Don't be shooting me up with that before you even figure out what's wrong," Mal said, trying to pull away.
"Way ahead of you, captain. We're long past the diagnosis phase. Aren't we, Zoe?"
Mal turned his head, saw Zoe perched on the counter, legs dangling. She never did that unless she was bored to death.
"Been out a while, I guess?" He was hoping she'd hop on down and leave. Unconcerned Zoe was the way to go when wounds were the issue.
She didn't look unconcerned. "Sure were, Captain." Her smile was gentle, sharing a joke with him, then a different joke with Simon.
Mal must have been out for quite some time for these two to have forged a secret funny between them. "I don't know as I hold with this new closeness between you two. Wash approve?"
Link: Downtime
Pairing: Gen; Mal/Inara
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read: This a very insightful look into the characters of Firefly, capturing their voices quite nicely. It is told primarily through the perspective of Mal as he interacts with each member of his crew in turn. In addition for all of us Mal/Inara shippers, there also the added bonus of some lovely character interaction between the two. All action occurs "off-stage" but the writer is very good at making the reader feel like it is really happening, and allowing him or her to imagine what is going on through the characters' dialog and reactions. All and all, it is a very nice character piece.
Mal woke up with a start, expecting to see the lights of battle, the blazing explosions of flashers flying low, of grenades and mortars hitting sand and rock. But his eyes fastened on the cool, comforting metal of the infirmary. He was on his ship. He was safe--Serenity had him.
"Ah, you're awake. How do you feel?" Simon walked over, pulling out some medicine from a drawer on his way.
"Don't be shooting me up with that before you even figure out what's wrong," Mal said, trying to pull away.
"Way ahead of you, captain. We're long past the diagnosis phase. Aren't we, Zoe?"
Mal turned his head, saw Zoe perched on the counter, legs dangling. She never did that unless she was bored to death.
"Been out a while, I guess?" He was hoping she'd hop on down and leave. Unconcerned Zoe was the way to go when wounds were the issue.
She didn't look unconcerned. "Sure were, Captain." Her smile was gentle, sharing a joke with him, then a different joke with Simon.
Mal must have been out for quite some time for these two to have forged a secret funny between them. "I don't know as I hold with this new closeness between you two. Wash approve?"
Link: Downtime