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The Habits of a Lifetime by Eleanor K. (PG)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Book, crew (gen)
Length: 24K
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
emungere
Author Website: Consequence Free
Why this must be read:
Because Book!fic is a rare and wonderful thing, and this is an intriguing exploration of one of the most likely Book backstories (or, at least, my favourite!) with all kinds of implied future possibilities.
They land on Staub precisely on schedule. Heller is a dust-dry town on a dust-dry planet. The buildings are made of stone, or brick, or orange-clay adobe. You can see to the horizon with not a tree to impede the view.
"Where you headed, Shepherd?" the captain calls.
Book turns from his slow amble toward the town center. "My order has an abbey here, Captain. Thought I might stop in for a visit."
He waits for permission. It's one more thing he is used to from his time at the abbey. The vow of obedience was never too much of a hardship for him--once he figured out how to phrase his requests so they wouldn't be refused.
Mal frowns at him. "You're still healing. Sure you want to be walking around in this heat?"
"It's not a long walk, and I'm sure there'll be a cool drink at the end of it."
Mal nods. "Fine then. You take Kaylee with you. She's got stuff to pick up anyway." He turns to Kaylee. The girl is bent over the control panel next to the cargo bay doors. "Kaylee? You about done there?"
Her reply is muffled, but she jogs down the ramp, pushing her hair out of her face as she comes. The captain must have spoken with her earlier, for all his apparent spur-of-the-moment decision, for she loops her arm through Book's at once and waves over her shoulder as they set off.
"Isn't there some story about a guy who found God on a road like this?" Kaylee asks.
The Habits of a Lifetime
Pairing: Book, crew (gen)
Length: 24K
Author on LJ:
emungereAuthor Website: Consequence Free
Why this must be read:
Because Book!fic is a rare and wonderful thing, and this is an intriguing exploration of one of the most likely Book backstories (or, at least, my favourite!) with all kinds of implied future possibilities.
They land on Staub precisely on schedule. Heller is a dust-dry town on a dust-dry planet. The buildings are made of stone, or brick, or orange-clay adobe. You can see to the horizon with not a tree to impede the view.
"Where you headed, Shepherd?" the captain calls.
Book turns from his slow amble toward the town center. "My order has an abbey here, Captain. Thought I might stop in for a visit."
He waits for permission. It's one more thing he is used to from his time at the abbey. The vow of obedience was never too much of a hardship for him--once he figured out how to phrase his requests so they wouldn't be refused.
Mal frowns at him. "You're still healing. Sure you want to be walking around in this heat?"
"It's not a long walk, and I'm sure there'll be a cool drink at the end of it."
Mal nods. "Fine then. You take Kaylee with you. She's got stuff to pick up anyway." He turns to Kaylee. The girl is bent over the control panel next to the cargo bay doors. "Kaylee? You about done there?"
Her reply is muffled, but she jogs down the ramp, pushing her hair out of her face as she comes. The captain must have spoken with her earlier, for all his apparent spur-of-the-moment decision, for she loops her arm through Book's at once and waves over her shoulder as they set off.
"Isn't there some story about a guy who found God on a road like this?" Kaylee asks.
The Habits of a Lifetime