ext_3417 ([identity profile] invisibleshrew.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2008-03-15 09:02 am

Firefly/Buffy the Vampire Slayer (R)

Title: Five First Times For Faith (on a Firefly) and the Macho Mix by frogfarm
Pairing: Faith/Kaylee, Faith/Zoe, Faith/River, Faith/Inara, Faith/Saffron and Faith/Book, Faith/Wash, Faith/Simon, Faith/Jayne, Faith/Mal (smut rating varies from nil to soft R)
Length: 2600 or so words between the two entries
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] frogfarm
Why this must be read:

Because Faith and the crew of Serenity are two great tastes that taste great together. This is a roller-coaster ride of quick vignettes, which strike a range of tones from comic through to angst, but tend to the feel-good end of the scale. The femslash series is set post-movie, the het version pre-movie - there's no attempt to line them up, and minimal world-building, just 100% happy squee!smut as Faith slots seamlessly into the Fireflyverse.


On the surface Inara seems untouchable, a china doll to rival Buffy's perfection in her memory. Faith knows not to judge books by covers and all that, but the Companion's relationship, or whatever the fuck you want to call it, with Mal, sort of makes her want to beat their heads together. And she's only been on the ship a month, though it's hard to keep track without a regular day and night. Makes her miss all her geeky friends who would have jawboned 'til the cows came home on the finer points of vamps and space travel. Not having them around is what drives her to the shuttle in between training River to the point of exhaustion, sit and listen for hours, learn how to use the Cortex and at least make a stab at verifying everything she's told. The history she wants probably isn't even in the books, but it's a start at finding out about this strange new world, and whether she has a place in it.

She asks, once, why Inara's helping her, after the Companion introduces her to the seamier side of the Alliance and the Guild's relationship with it. Inara, quite naturally, pours more tea, and Faith lets it slide.

She doesn't give her a second chance later, when she sees Mal leaving the shuttle all forlorn and stupid. At least she's ready to swoop right in and take, but when Inara opens the door looking perfectly composed she nearly changes her mind. Faith stands there on the cusp of action until Inara invites her in, practically forces her to sit.

"I don't service crew."

"I get that." Faith raises an eyebrow. "I ain't crew."

Inara's robe falls away with a sigh, and she slides into Faith's lap.

"This isn't service."


Five First Times for Faith (on a Firefly)
Five First Times for Faith (on a Firefly) (Macho Mix)

(edited just to change the snippet)