Firefly universe: Lakes and Rivers, Simon/Kaylee, PG Gift for kaydeefalls

[dacro]

Title: Lakes and Rivers
Author: dacro
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Simon/Kaylee
Gift for: kaydeefalls as part of the axial_tilt exchange.
Rated: PG
Disclaimer: It's all Joss, I just like to pretend I own them.
Summary: During a salvage stop, a man from Kaylee's past leads Simon to think critically about their future.
Betas: marginalia and fyre_eyes *hugs* Thanks, girls

Comments

[kaydeefalls]

Oooh, shiny! I really think you nailed the characters, even the ones you weren't focusing on (Jayne was particularly amusing), and it all felt really true to the series. And the Simon/Kaylee issues were spot on. Thank you for writing this!

[dacro]

YAY!
I just adored spending time with all the characters, so I'm thrilled you liked how they turned out in this.
I've played around in the Firefly universe with Drabbles, but this is the first time I was able to do a bit more exploring and dig a little deeper.
*hugs*

[dorrie6]

This is just as charming as can be. I can hear the dialogue as though it was an episode, which is such a treat! So true to the 'verse and the characters. It's really just lovey. *heart*

[dacro]

I can hear the dialogue as though it was an episode
thank you so much! That is the best kind of compliment!
I was trying to view it as an episode in my head while writing, trying to bring the visual into the words.

Thanks again! *loves*

[dacro]

*blush*
oh, thank you so much.
These comments are making me grin ear to ear.

I've spent the past 4 years writing for the Harry Potter fandom, and I've only really been knee-deep in Firefly for a year, but the series and the movie captured my heart.

I'm just so thankful to Joss, the show's writers, and (last but not least by any means) the actors for giving fan writers so much to work with. I'm constantly amazed by the uniqueness of each voice. It's hard to mess up when you're given such great canon.

anyway, enough of my rambling. *hugs*
Thank you again.
Your comment made my day.

[belovedsnail]

i'm just going to parrot back what everyone else said---the voices here are just perfect. (i particularly love this line of Wash's: "We have a job on the trash moon?" A hand landed over his heart dramatically. "Oh, it's better than I ever imagined!" and Kaylee's …and a wish list - just in case!, which, oh gosh, is just so adorable and so very Kaylee.)

i also love the idea of the trash moon and its having "popular" scavenge areas with guides and rest stations. it's an idea that seems exactly right for the Firefly 'verse, and it worked so nicely as a setting for the events here, as an environment that brought out the differences between Kaylee and Simon, and the ways they do and don't get around that to adore each other anyway.

and this: He spared a moment to remember how Kaylee had felt under his fingers - the smell of her that was somewhere between engine grease and soap. is such a pretty sentence.

[dacro]

Oh, how I love Wash! *sniff* Next to Kaylee and Jayne, he was the most fun to play with. I should have given him a scene with his wife. Poor boy didn't get enough page time. heh

[yodels]

This was a complete treat to read. I'm terribly new to FF, but I did love it so, and this fic feels so right for the whole 'verse. The voices of the individual chararcters were just spot-on, especially Kaylee. Mal and Jayne's little quips thrown in just made it feel all the more real.

[dacro]

newbies! yay!
I'm pretty new too - about a year now, so thanks so much for commenting! Means a lot to me.

(writing Jayne became a secret joy, and he was a little put out that I didn't give him more screen time!)

Thanks again!