A Brother’s Love
Title: A Brother’s Love
Author: Romanceguru
Disclaimer: Joss is boss.
Rating: PG
Characters: Simon, River
Prompt: “Light” For
firefly100
Notes: 200 words, un-betaed. I’m being mushy.
Almost everything about River was light. Her skin, silky ivory on the good days, pasty and translucent on the bad. Even the freckles that dotted her shoulders and cheeks were mere pinpricks, practically invisible, but he knew they were there. He had treasured each one for as long as he could remember.
Her movements were grace personified, smooth and fluid. She always stepped toe-heal as if the testing cool waters before floating across.
Sometimes she would sneak upon him, boney fingers digging into his sides causing instruments to spill and clatter. Her smile would then fade to fear, the memory of reprisal in her scars.
Oh, but he could never be angry with her. One look into those sweet eyes melted his resolve, leaving behind only pure adoration.
In the dead of night, immersed in work, Simon could hear her giggle echo from deep within the ship, a buoyant phantom that never left the day. A smile teased his lips as the melody rang in his ears blissful and carefree.
When he thought of her, she glowed, a flickering radiance he kept alive in the palm of his hand.
It was his love that kept her alight, from fading away.
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