Drabble tag - grace

Sep 19, 2006 19:48

Title: Confidence
Prompt: Grace - soscaredtolove
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: River/Inara
Rating: G
Word count: 150
A/N: Set in the middle of "Our Mrs. Reynolds."
Summary: When Mal won't listen to her, River goes to Inara.

Inara's used to being the most graceful one on the ship, so it surprises her, the grace with which River enters her shuttle. There's the sound of the shuttle door opening, but no sound of her feet on the floor, no rustle of cloth. Inara turns to frown at her uncertainly, and then River sidles up to sit in the chair with her, almost on her lap.

"River, what-"

"The captain took a wife," River says, sounding abstractly hurt.

"Yes, I know-"

Again, River cut her off, winding her arms around Inara's neck, resting her forehead against Inara's shoulder. "Told him she's a thief. Didn't listen, didn't hear." Her voice had already been soft, but now it drops to an even quieter, barely-there murmur. "She's like you, though. Graceful. Controlled. You see it, don't you?"

She lifts her head, fixing Inara with a look at once hopeful and pleading.

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