Gnomic, by Lysimache (G)

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Kaylee/Inara
Author on LJ: lysimache
Author’s Website: Chez Jen
Why this must be read:

This fic is from the early days of the fandom--the *very* early days, as it was written after the (non-)pilot aired. Therefore, the characterization isn’t spot on--this Kaylee is more shy than she is in canon--but the fic is lovely nonetheless.

Their spaces say a lot about people. A man who never turns on a light if he can be in the dark is either a miser who can't bear the expense of the light, or a miner who can't bear the light itself.

Yours here, in this noisy engine room, says that you are competent, as you fiddle with things knowingly. It says that you have a great capacity to care, for many things are mended rather than replaced, held together by a bit of faith and a dash of improvisation, a squirt of glue here and a patch of tape there. It says that you are perhaps a bit lonely, surrounded by machines and not people.

Gnomic