And yet more Mal & Zoe

[homespunfic]

And another little pre-series Zoe & Mal drabble, because I was in the mood. (Happens when your team loses and that April optimism goes out the window.)
Much thanks to Hez and terimaru for the beta.

Comments

[isha_libran]

Aw, this just about broke my heart.

Poor Mal, with all his youthful hopes and dreams...and the delicious irony of this line: "No weather, no horizon, no…freedom."

And I love Zoe's last line.

Thanks for sharing! =)

[homespunfic]

:) Yeah, I was feeling a little bit unfulfilled in the dreams department at the time, so I thought Mal should suffer for it. Poor guy.
Thanks again for commenting.

[goldy_dollar]

And again! You do such great voices, and such a wonderful war!Mal all about to get his heart broken and stepped on. Love it!

“Tell you what! I’ll teach ya to ride. ‘Course you’ll probably end up better’n me.”

“Probably, Sir.”

“Would figure. Better in space, better on the ground. How is it I’m the sergeant again?”

“You’re prettier, Sir.”

Hahahaaaa! Love.

[homespunfic]

And thank you again. They say it, I just write it down. :)

[thewatch]

That's so lovely! I love how Mal is always seen being happiest during the war, when he still had hope and faith and something more to live for than just being alive.

You've got them both perfectly here, great work!

[homespunfic]

Thanks!
I do love writing wartime Mal for just that reason, drawing on those descriptions of him as inspiring, optimistic, and believing it would end the right way. And of course I love the Mal and Zoe dynamic, so there ya go.
Thanks for commenting, come back again. :)

[fishphile]

Your Zoe voice is astounding. You really have her nailed and I think Zoe's one of the harder characters to get just right.

[homespunfic]

Thank you, that is nice of you to say. I love the way Mal & Zoe are with each other, and I think it's their give-and-take dynamic that helps me find Zoe's voice.

[meridian_rose]

This was so lovely :D