Drabble: Three Weeks (Firefly, Kaylee/Inara)

[thegirl20]

Title: Three Weeks (for femslash100 challenge #42: Three)
Author: Angie
Site: Girlie Stuff
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Kaylee/Inara
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 200
A/N: Set after 'Objects in Space' Much to my chagrin, I haven't seen 'Serenity' as yet so this goes AU after 'OiS'.
Authors grumblings: The challenge is 'Three'. I am so in love with the Inara/Mal/Kaylee OT3. Yet I couldn't write a decent threesome drabble? How rubbish am I?

*****

She lasted three weeks.

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Her first night away she spent awake, remembering all the goodbyes. Wash trying, and failing, to hold back tears. Zoe’s firm hug, the first she could remember sharing with the tall warrior. Book’s warm words of comfort. Simon’s nervous kiss on the cheek. Jayne’s attempt to kiss her on the lips. Holding Kaylee close as she sobbed into her neck, begging her to stay.

River’s farewell stayed with her, keeping her awake long after the world was sleeping. The others had filed back onto the ship, Simon’s arm around Kaylee’s shaking shoulders. Mal was waiting silently on the mule. River had come to her, reached out and placed her palm on her chest.

“Your heart will break down. It’ll need fixing. She’s good at fixing things. Be sure to come back to let her fix it.”

She’d pulled away, shaking her head. But River knew. River knew who held her heart.

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After a week she stopped pretending that it was Mal she wanted.

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After two weeks she set about finding Serenity.

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After three weeks she went back home. One look at those oil smudged cheeks and that excited smile, and instantly her broken heart was fixed.

Comments

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

I know, why would people write this? Why, I ask you, why? I have no idea, seriously there is nothing that I can think of that would justify this blasphemy (and this is bad, bad blasphemy - not little baby Jesus blasphemy) - these people are so going to the special hell!!!!!!!!

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

these people are so going to the special hell!!!!!!!! - The special hell is too good for them.

The special hell. Tee hee. I watched 'Our Mrs Reynolds' again last night. So, so brilliant. They should've used Inara in comedy more often.

'You stupid son of a...' *thud*

'Then I fell. My head got hurt, like Wash. I only fell is all!'

'I'm fine. I don't need to be examined. I'm comfy.'

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the email you will have received with the mistake - why is that things like that never happen if I have typed a lot? Seriously, earlier I lost a whole lengthy comment - it was my reply to your reply to my reply to your Serenity gush (so it really was lengthy indeed) - with some wrong keystroke or another and when I make a mistake with only a few words there, the thing gets sent - the gremlins are trying to mess with my mind!!!

You are sooooooooo making me want to go and watch Our Mrs Reynolds - for all the reasons that you mentioned and also for the exchange between Inara and Saffron cause Inara so rocks in that scene - oh dear god I want my DVDs back!!!!!!!

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

the exchange between Inara and Saffron cause Inara so rocks in that scene - Oh, she so does! 'Come to my shuttle'. Inara always brings the HoYay!

I think my favourite bit of all of Inara's stuff in OMR is this: "I only fell is all." Because we never really hear her using language like 'is all' like the rest of them do. So maybe Inara's background isn't as posh and privileged as it seems.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

Inara always brings the HoYay! And she does it oh so very, very, very, very well!!!!!

So maybe Inara's background isn't as posh and privileged as it seems. That's a distinct possibility or perhaps the crew are wearing off on her (or at least the post coital conversations with Kaylee and Mal are)