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Family (The Road Home Mix) by Inalasahl (PG)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Mal & Zoe
Length: c 1470 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inalasahl
Author Website: Troublesome Little Nook
Why this must be read:
This is Mal POV on pre-series Mal and Zoe - punchy and efficient storytelling detailing a relationship where so much more is understood than is ever said. It's a story about friendship and chosen family, which starts on Shadow, and ends on Serenity, and is full of keen character observation. Also, it is funny:
The private visited. Mal heard the nurse bark at her to come back later, they'd had all the buddies they could stand for the day, getting in their way. "M'sister," he murmured through the drugs. "She's my sister." He opened his eyes and stared a challenge at the nurse, daring him to call it a lie. Maybe Mal was too floaty for the stare to work, because the nurse said he couldn't really see the resemblance. "'s 'cause Private—" he looked at her.
"Alleyne, sir."
"'S 'cause Private Alleyne takes after her pa, and I take after mine. But if you look again you'll see we both got Ma's—" Gorramit, he's too tired to think.
"Nose," Alleyne finished for him.
"Right," he said. "Ma's nose."
Private Alleyne's glower seemed to work a little better. "Fine," the nurse replied, sailing out of the room. "Hope you get gangrene."
Family (The Road Home Mix)
Pairing: Mal & Zoe
Length: c 1470 words
Author on LJ:
inalasahlAuthor Website: Troublesome Little Nook
Why this must be read:
This is Mal POV on pre-series Mal and Zoe - punchy and efficient storytelling detailing a relationship where so much more is understood than is ever said. It's a story about friendship and chosen family, which starts on Shadow, and ends on Serenity, and is full of keen character observation. Also, it is funny:
The private visited. Mal heard the nurse bark at her to come back later, they'd had all the buddies they could stand for the day, getting in their way. "M'sister," he murmured through the drugs. "She's my sister." He opened his eyes and stared a challenge at the nurse, daring him to call it a lie. Maybe Mal was too floaty for the stare to work, because the nurse said he couldn't really see the resemblance. "'s 'cause Private—" he looked at her.
"Alleyne, sir."
"'S 'cause Private Alleyne takes after her pa, and I take after mine. But if you look again you'll see we both got Ma's—" Gorramit, he's too tired to think.
"Nose," Alleyne finished for him.
"Right," he said. "Ma's nose."
Private Alleyne's glower seemed to work a little better. "Fine," the nurse replied, sailing out of the room. "Hope you get gangrene."
Family (The Road Home Mix)