three Firefly drabbles
three Firefly drabbles
Characters: Wash
Rating: G
Notes: Written for Round 1, Challenge 1 prompt "beginnings" at firefly_lffws
His brother showed him the basic folds then promptly lost interest, but Wash was transfixed by the way something as simple as paper could be turned into a flying machine and started making paper ships out of every scrap he found. He experimented with intricate designs, taught himself about air currents, and learnt what made a ship fly straight and true and what made it swoop gracefully.
His family couldn't afford remote-controlled toy ships for him, but Wash didn't mind sticking to paper ones for now. Didn't matter what a thing looked like, as long as it could soar.
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Characters: Simon, Zoe
Rating: G
Notes: Written for Round 1, Challenge 2 prompt "crash" at firefly_lffws
They stood in front of the mounds of disturbed earth.
"Always figured I'd be next to go: deal gone bad or shot in the back by Jayne." Zoe half-smiled. "I never thought we'd be the last two standing."
Simon squeezed her hand. "What do we do now?"
"Keep flyin'."
Simon surveyed the wreckage, wondering if Zoe'd suffered head trauma in the crash. "I don't think Serenity's flying again," he said tentatively.
"Think the captain would've let that stop him?"
"No, I suppose not."
"Then let's go."
They gathered their few salvaged belongings and headed off in search of civilization.
***
Characters: River, Simon
Rating: G
Notes: Written for the "Firefly, Simon/River, lines" prompt for rat_jam. ( cross-post)
River traced the creases on her brother's face, grooves far deeper than should be seen on someone so young. He shushed her when she tried to turn her thoughts into words, claiming long shifts in the trauma wing to be the sole cause. He lied. She knew before he opened his mouth and then saw it confirmed in his refusal to meet her eyes. She'd done this to him. First by leaving, then the notes, then the rescue that had turned them into outlaws. She leaned in and pressed her lips to his forehead, trying to smooth the lines away.
Characters: Wash
Rating: G
Notes: Written for Round 1, Challenge 1 prompt "beginnings" at firefly_lffws
His brother showed him the basic folds then promptly lost interest, but Wash was transfixed by the way something as simple as paper could be turned into a flying machine and started making paper ships out of every scrap he found. He experimented with intricate designs, taught himself about air currents, and learnt what made a ship fly straight and true and what made it swoop gracefully.
His family couldn't afford remote-controlled toy ships for him, but Wash didn't mind sticking to paper ones for now. Didn't matter what a thing looked like, as long as it could soar.
***
Characters: Simon, Zoe
Rating: G
Notes: Written for Round 1, Challenge 2 prompt "crash" at firefly_lffws
They stood in front of the mounds of disturbed earth.
"Always figured I'd be next to go: deal gone bad or shot in the back by Jayne." Zoe half-smiled. "I never thought we'd be the last two standing."
Simon squeezed her hand. "What do we do now?"
"Keep flyin'."
Simon surveyed the wreckage, wondering if Zoe'd suffered head trauma in the crash. "I don't think Serenity's flying again," he said tentatively.
"Think the captain would've let that stop him?"
"No, I suppose not."
"Then let's go."
They gathered their few salvaged belongings and headed off in search of civilization.
***
Characters: River, Simon
Rating: G
Notes: Written for the "Firefly, Simon/River, lines" prompt for rat_jam. ( cross-post)
River traced the creases on her brother's face, grooves far deeper than should be seen on someone so young. He shushed her when she tried to turn her thoughts into words, claiming long shifts in the trauma wing to be the sole cause. He lied. She knew before he opened his mouth and then saw it confirmed in his refusal to meet her eyes. She'd done this to him. First by leaving, then the notes, then the rescue that had turned them into outlaws. She leaned in and pressed her lips to his forehead, trying to smooth the lines away.