Drabble: Worth (Firefly, Inara/Kaylee)

[thegirl20]

Title: Worth (for femslash100 challenge #43: More)
Author: Angie
Site: Girlie Stuff
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Kaylee/Inara
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 250 (Probably should've been a longer fic, but I was going for a drabble)
A/N: Set after 'Shindig'

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I watch her face as she drifts off to sleep, her head resting on my bare stomach. The lazy smile falling off her lips hurts my heart as I remember watching her smile fade away in the face of people not worthy of breathing the same air as her.

“What did they say to you?”

Her eyes open slowly, brow creased in confusion.

“Who?”

I stroke the hair away from her face.

“Those girls. At the party. What did they say?”

She catches my hand in hers, plays with my fingers. She shrugs.

“They just didn’t like my dress is all.”

I pull my hand away and draw her face around so she is looking at me.

“Listen to me. Don’t ever let anyone in any world make you feel like you are less than them. You are worth ten of each of those girls.”

She giggles and turns to kiss just above my belly button, my breath catches in my throat.

“’Nara, that’s forty girls!”

“Well, that’s a conservative estimate. You’re worth far more.”

“To you.”

“Yes, to me. To everybody who knows you.”

She smiles.

“Reckon I’m happy with just you thinkin’ that.”

Still heavy with sleepiness she crawls up into my arms. I shiver as her warm body slides against my own. She props herself up on her elbows and looks down at me as I run my hands up her back.

“More’n forty girls?”

“Much more.”

She kisses me, softly, slowly. I count them. Forty kisses.

Comments

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

250 gets you a drabble star and I do so love my drabble stars (used to love getting stickers and gold stars when I was little, my teacher would put them on our foreheads and I am allergic to a lot of adhesives and often times I would get a rash all over my face but I still wanted my stars and stickers)

as I remember watching her smile fade away in the face of people not worthy of breathing the same air as her. absolutely. She totally breaks my heart when they crush her spirit - she's all excited in her dress and all but I love that she later holds court with her knowledge of ships (actually that's kind of like Sharon explaining the Flipper)

Very much looking forward to discussing the Shindig and to more Firefly fic - I am to feed your obsession

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

I like drabble stars too. By the way, your teacher sounds a bit weird. And not very observant if she kept sticking things on you that were obviously causing your skin to break out.

She totally breaks my heart when they crush her spirit - I know, bitches. I was kinda hoping that Inara might break into the conversation and put them in their places. Alas, no.

actually that's kind of like Sharon explaining the Flipper - Freaky you should say that, that's exactly what I thought of when watching this scene. Hard to picture a jealous Inara sitting at the bar, smoking fags and doing shots though. Then eventually phoning Brett, er, I mean Mal to come and get her. Tee hee. Now that would be funny.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

By the way, your teacher sounds a bit weird. And not very observant if she kept sticking things on you that were obviously causing your skin to break out. - I think you will find that she was telling me that I could just put mine on a piece of paper and I was insisting that they went on my forehead just like everybody else (did not want to be singled out by my handicap apparently) and then, as now, I can be very insistent when I chose to be.


Freaky you should say that, that's exactly what I thought of when watching this scene. Hard to picture a jealous Inara sitting at the bar, smoking fags and doing shots though. Then eventually phoning Brett, er, I mean Mal to come and get her. Tee hee. Now that would be funny. - Oh my god how awesome would that be, by the way I am just off to make a post that features Kath and Kim, which will probably interest you and you alone.

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

I am just off to make a post that features Kath and Kim, which will probably interest you and you alone. - But the degree to which it interests me should more than make up for it not interesting anyone else.