SS: Doctor's Visit
"The danties fondness made her hoard, she liked them too much," River stated matter-of-factly. "But she can't have them. Make her sick."
Simon gave her a bemused smile as the needle pierced his sister's skin. He depressed the plunger, and tried not to chuckle at the face she made. River looked down at her arm as the needle withdrew. "And so, she's ever treated, to test them again, even though she hates them."
Simon discarded the needle and swabbed River's arm. "I know she does, mei mei. But they help the nightmares."
River smiled sadly. "They do," she said, leaning over to kiss her brother on the cheek. "Or, waxen, do twist the mind about. Waxen, to grow, to increase, to make out of wax..." she giggled and jumped off the table, passing Inara as she exited.
The Companion grinned at Simon as she slid onto the exam table. "Ever the cryptic one. She getting any better?"
Simon smiled and sighed deeply. He prepped one of the Companion's immunization packets. "If you count 'as far as prefatory speeches go, estimable Neptune is in the third house, so quilt the sandstone' as getting better," he replied, swabbing the injection site.
Inara laughed. "She's almost making sense." Beat. "Either that or I'm starting to think like her. I haven't decided."
Simon couldn't help the chuckle this time. "Thinking like River would give me a headache." He glanced furtively around the infirmary to make sure that no one was listening as he leaned in to whisper, "Don't tell anyone, but River keeps making more and more sense to me, the more she rambles."
Inara clapped a hand over her mouth to stifle the giggles. "Now I know that this ship is headed for trouble. I heard Mal say that River was making sense to him, too."
Simon grinned. "Great. My sister's taking over Serenity. Fun stuff."
Inara rolled her eyes as Simon administered the shot. "Hope it's still in one piece when I get back, then. At the very least, I hope she doesn't take out the Alliance too quickly. I'd like a chance to help with that."
"Don't worry. We head for the core, we'll wave you."
"Good." Inara slid off the table and gave Simon's shoulder a squeeze. "Enjoy the sister-induced anarchy."
Simon gave the Companion's hand a pat. "Enjoy...the passion-induced delirium."
They shared one last chuckle before parting ways, Inara to her latest client, and Simon to his Doctorin'.
...Somewhere, watching from the shadows, River watched the entire exchange. "A migrant in obsessive updating. Attending functions. Meeting the youth that came tumbling down and spurnd the plain..."
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Character: Simon Tam
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 437
Simon gave her a bemused smile as the needle pierced his sister's skin. He depressed the plunger, and tried not to chuckle at the face she made. River looked down at her arm as the needle withdrew. "And so, she's ever treated, to test them again, even though she hates them."
Simon discarded the needle and swabbed River's arm. "I know she does, mei mei. But they help the nightmares."
River smiled sadly. "They do," she said, leaning over to kiss her brother on the cheek. "Or, waxen, do twist the mind about. Waxen, to grow, to increase, to make out of wax..." she giggled and jumped off the table, passing Inara as she exited.
The Companion grinned at Simon as she slid onto the exam table. "Ever the cryptic one. She getting any better?"
Simon smiled and sighed deeply. He prepped one of the Companion's immunization packets. "If you count 'as far as prefatory speeches go, estimable Neptune is in the third house, so quilt the sandstone' as getting better," he replied, swabbing the injection site.
Inara laughed. "She's almost making sense." Beat. "Either that or I'm starting to think like her. I haven't decided."
Simon couldn't help the chuckle this time. "Thinking like River would give me a headache." He glanced furtively around the infirmary to make sure that no one was listening as he leaned in to whisper, "Don't tell anyone, but River keeps making more and more sense to me, the more she rambles."
Inara clapped a hand over her mouth to stifle the giggles. "Now I know that this ship is headed for trouble. I heard Mal say that River was making sense to him, too."
Simon grinned. "Great. My sister's taking over Serenity. Fun stuff."
Inara rolled her eyes as Simon administered the shot. "Hope it's still in one piece when I get back, then. At the very least, I hope she doesn't take out the Alliance too quickly. I'd like a chance to help with that."
"Don't worry. We head for the core, we'll wave you."
"Good." Inara slid off the table and gave Simon's shoulder a squeeze. "Enjoy the sister-induced anarchy."
Simon gave the Companion's hand a pat. "Enjoy...the passion-induced delirium."
They shared one last chuckle before parting ways, Inara to her latest client, and Simon to his Doctorin'.
...Somewhere, watching from the shadows, River watched the entire exchange. "A migrant in obsessive updating. Attending functions. Meeting the youth that came tumbling down and spurnd the plain..."
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Character: Simon Tam
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 437