Safe in the Difference by alianora (G)

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Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Simon/OFC
Length: 545 words
Author on LJ:  aliaspiral
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived) Author on AO3

Why this must be read: Going AU after the episode "Safe," this fic is a short study on what life might have been like if the Tams had found a place on Jiangyin.  You can of course see the appeal in staying on Serenity versus in a backwater village that burns witches at the stake, but it was never clear to me that being on the move would ultimately be safer than staying in that kind of village.  This fic takes that and sprints with it.  Short but effective.

They stay, oddly enough.

Serenity never comes back, and people tend to smile at River's odd pronouncements. Mostly. Some of the men grumble about witches, but if he loses his sister, they lose their doctor, and it took them a long time to find one.

So, they stay.

Simon splints broken bones, and gives vaccine shots and soothes new mothers. River dances behind him as he sits at his desk, whirling and spinning, correcting his spelling and informing him that his medicines are no longer potent.

Safe in the Difference

Comments

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

*blinks in shock* wow! Thanks for reccing me!

[stars-inthe-sky.livejournal.com]

Got you over in my Simon Character Manifesto at het_reccers, too. It's a good fic!