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Fig Leaves by Nary (PG-13)
Once again, this is your friendly neighborhood Lyr, back to drive the Firefly van for June. I'll try to bring y'all as wide a variety of stories as I can this month. Full speed ahead!
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,505 words
Author on LJ: none, so far as I know
Author Website: ditto
Why this must be read: In this tale, Mal, Jayne, and Inara run into trouble and wind up sharing far more of their pasts in front of each other than they ever wanted to. Nary does some solid and interesting character work and backstory on all three main characters, and the plot serves very well as a vehicle for that work. The pacing is good, the resolution is believable and in-character for everyone, and the voices are strong. This is an excellently detailed slice of the 'verse.
Inara sighed. "You can't imagine the Guild would let you get away with holding me here against my will." Privately, Mal had no idea what the Guild would be able to do about it from this distance, but maybe they had resources he didn't know about.
"What a registered Companion is doing travelling with thugs like these, I can't even begin to guess," Leitão continued as if she hadn't spoken. "But then, maybe you won't be a registered Companion for much longer, eh?"
Mal could easily picture the look on Inara's face – he'd seen it directed at himself often enough. "What are you talking about?" she said dismissively, but he could hear a hint of worry under her confident words.
"You must have had a good reason to leave. Why don't you tell me about it?" he said, deceptively calm.
Mal expected nothing but stony silence from Inara – she'd never seemed inclined to open up about her reasons for leaving Sihnon, and he wasn't the prying type. He was shocked when she started to speak, still slow and slurred, but clear enough that they could all hear her. "I had a client..."
Fig Leaves
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,505 words
Author on LJ: none, so far as I know
Author Website: ditto
Why this must be read: In this tale, Mal, Jayne, and Inara run into trouble and wind up sharing far more of their pasts in front of each other than they ever wanted to. Nary does some solid and interesting character work and backstory on all three main characters, and the plot serves very well as a vehicle for that work. The pacing is good, the resolution is believable and in-character for everyone, and the voices are strong. This is an excellently detailed slice of the 'verse.
Inara sighed. "You can't imagine the Guild would let you get away with holding me here against my will." Privately, Mal had no idea what the Guild would be able to do about it from this distance, but maybe they had resources he didn't know about.
"What a registered Companion is doing travelling with thugs like these, I can't even begin to guess," Leitão continued as if she hadn't spoken. "But then, maybe you won't be a registered Companion for much longer, eh?"
Mal could easily picture the look on Inara's face – he'd seen it directed at himself often enough. "What are you talking about?" she said dismissively, but he could hear a hint of worry under her confident words.
"You must have had a good reason to leave. Why don't you tell me about it?" he said, deceptively calm.
Mal expected nothing but stony silence from Inara – she'd never seemed inclined to open up about her reasons for leaving Sihnon, and he wasn't the prying type. He was shocked when she started to speak, still slow and slurred, but clear enough that they could all hear her. "I had a client..."
Fig Leaves