Drabble: Human (Firefly, Inara/Kaylee)

[thegirl20]

Title: Human (for femslash100 Challenge #41: Supernatural)
Author: Angie
Site: Girlie Stuff
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Kaylee/Inara
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 200
A/N: No relation to any episode in particular.

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When confronted with something that is so far from your understanding of humanity as to be unrecognisable as such, the natural reaction is to seek out the most human thing you know.

The word chills your blood. Reavers. When it is spoken over the intercom in Wash’s hushed tones you know that every moment that passes could be your last. So you go to her.

You crush your lips against hers and drink in her warmth. You look into her eyes and see love and fear and hope and despair. Everything about her is real and honest: from callused hands to tear-stained cheeks. You wipe at the tear-tracks, cupping her face and bringing her in for one more kiss. Just one more.

You hold her to you and wait. Your mouth is inches from hers and her short, panting breaths moisten your lips. You don’t know whether the thudding in your ears is your heart or hers. But it doesn’t matter as she pulls you closer and you turn your face into her hair. If you are to meet your end at the hands of men gone wrong, you want to be in her arms when it comes to pass.

Comments

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

Everything about her is real and honest: from callused hands to tear-stained cheeks. - that is such a lovely description of my little Kaylee!!!!

Dear god your lack of Serenity watching is driving me crazy. I know I am not meant to say anything about it but I will say that there are Reavers in it - I convinced one of my friends to come and see it with us (this was my first screening so I knew nothing about it) by telling her that Firefly wasn't scary (she watches a lot of scary things with her hands over her eyes, you should have seen her at War of the Worlds - which wasn't scary at all but was by her standards) and she was very mad at me about the Reavers - scary bastards.

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

So, you won't tell me if there's Inara/Kaylee stuff in the movie but you will tell me that there are Reavers? You are evil. And the movie still isn't here. I fear in my haste to order it, I didn't really take the time to choose the best place to order from. I could've had it by now.

By the way, in case you were wondering, my lack of Serenity watching is driving me crazy too.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

You are evil. Why thank you, I do try

I wish your DVDs would show up so we could both stop going insane.

I love your Kim icon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

I love your Kim icon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - I am slowly doing an icon clear out and getting some new ones. It's distressing to lose some of my old ones though. Why won't LJ let us have more than 100 icons? That's hardly any!

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

I know, I know - when I went from 3 to 100 I was all excited but now I am under constant pressure to cull something I love every time I find a new icon that I want to use - I would be more than happy to give them more money to have more icons.

[the-girl-20.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would pay for more icons too. I could probably have 100 Firefly/Serenity icons right now and still not be satisfied. I had to cull a lot of my Bree/Lynette icons to make room for the new obsession. I currently have lots of Inara icons and not many of anyone else, although a few feature Mal or Kaylee.

[faithinthepoor.livejournal.com]

Recently culled a lot of my Desperate Housewives icons and felt bad about that