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A Hundred Shades Of Blue by inlovewithnight (PG)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Inara/Simon, River
Length: c 1800 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inlovewithnight
Author Website: Exaggeration and Blank Verse
Why this must be read:
Set in the most likely post-movie scenario (the one where an uncaring 'verse brushes aside the temporary irritation), this is Inara, River and Simon, making themselves a place to live. The story is beautifully written, and sparkles with character insights as they make their decisions and settle back into a world governed by civilised rules. Very, very, much worth reading - all clear-eyed and plausibly intriguing.
River Tam's name was never entered in a computer. It was written on rice paper, with a hand-carved pen, and then it was burned to ashes as she ceased to be.
The Alliance has never demanded information from a training-house, and should they do so now, all records are dust on the wind. But it would be uncivilized of them to ask, and so they would not. The importance of civility could never be questioned, not here in the heart of the most exquisitely refined tradition to bloom off Earth-that-was.
One pale, dark-haired novice is much like another, even if she is plagued with strange dreams.
"She'll take orders as a priestess," Inara tells Simon over tea. They both wear House crimson, she with golden ribbons darting through her hair, he with a gold cravat. Gold for money, red for flesh; the truth of both their lives, displayed for all to see. "She'll never pass the psychological exam for licensing. But she seems to like it here. She says the Temple sings her lullabies."
He smiles, even white teeth against the edges of his cup and he takes another sip. "When can I see her?"
A Hundred Shades of Blue
Pairing: Inara/Simon, River
Length: c 1800 words
Author on LJ:
inlovewithnightAuthor Website: Exaggeration and Blank Verse
Why this must be read:
Set in the most likely post-movie scenario (the one where an uncaring 'verse brushes aside the temporary irritation), this is Inara, River and Simon, making themselves a place to live. The story is beautifully written, and sparkles with character insights as they make their decisions and settle back into a world governed by civilised rules. Very, very, much worth reading - all clear-eyed and plausibly intriguing.
River Tam's name was never entered in a computer. It was written on rice paper, with a hand-carved pen, and then it was burned to ashes as she ceased to be.
The Alliance has never demanded information from a training-house, and should they do so now, all records are dust on the wind. But it would be uncivilized of them to ask, and so they would not. The importance of civility could never be questioned, not here in the heart of the most exquisitely refined tradition to bloom off Earth-that-was.
One pale, dark-haired novice is much like another, even if she is plagued with strange dreams.
"She'll take orders as a priestess," Inara tells Simon over tea. They both wear House crimson, she with golden ribbons darting through her hair, he with a gold cravat. Gold for money, red for flesh; the truth of both their lives, displayed for all to see. "She'll never pass the psychological exam for licensing. But she seems to like it here. She says the Temple sings her lullabies."
He smiles, even white teeth against the edges of his cup and he takes another sip. "When can I see her?"
A Hundred Shades of Blue