Given Name, by Azar

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Fandom: Firefly (crossover)
Title: Given Name
Rating: G
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: azarsuerte
Author's Website: Probable
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Why this story must be read:

I could say because it's the only freaking FF/anything cross over that I know isn't still a WIP, but then I would probably be wrong.

Azar (aka Julie Jekel) gives us a smart, well-told tale of a lost man and the little girl who comes out in the dark to find him. Like many of the best Firefly stories, it deals with the journey the characters are making, through the stars and through their lives.

I'm not giving the cross-over because that would be telling. Do try to scroll past the warnings and just read the story. I think it's worth it.

She supposes that he has a name. People have names, like Simon, or Kaylee, or herself--River. But he's never said what his name is. He doesn't even think it. It's as though he doesn't even think of himself as a name. Just that regret. Or many regrets. And he tries to guard her from them, tries to protect her from the black things by not thinking about them, but sometimes he can't help it.

Given Name