Fic: Chien (Firefly; Zoe; G)

[zooey_glass04]

NaNoWriMo is almost here again! I'm participating in the madness again this year, so shall be erratically on LJ. The imminence of NaNo reminded me, though, that I have stories still sitting around that I wrote last NaNo. Some of them will probably never see the light of day, but I kind of liked this one, so parenthetical helped me dust it off and polish it up.

Comments

[parenthetical]

Woooooooooooooooooooooo, posted at last! Go you, darling, I love this one. <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

[zooey_glass04]

Heee, thank you, darling! Thank you so much for all the help and prodding, too - what would I do without my Cal? <333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333

[erin_giles]

Awwww this is really good! Bless Jayne and the fact he brought her tea! :)

[zooey_glass04]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed! I have a soft spot for Jayne :D

[sarahetc]

Oh, Gawd, it's wonderful. I had to stop and cry for a minute.

This:

She's drifting through the stories in her head, picking out the constellations and thinking of the way Wash used to name them for her, and the pain comes bright across her vision, like a shooting star.

So beautiful. So perfect and so precise and I can SEE and FEEL it happening and now I'm crying again and oh.

So poetical. I also like, when I'm not ACHING for her memories, is your matter-of-fact, confident Zoe. You've fit a really good balance between externality and the necessary internal monologue and it reads like canon.

Thank you.

[zooey_glass04]

Oh wow, darling, I'm grinning like a loon here at your comment. You know I love your writing, so it really means a lot to get such high praise from you. I was not sure you would like this fic, either, as I know you're not normally a big fan of pregnancy fic. So woooo! <3

[dknightshade]

I'm generally not a fan of post BDM pregnant Zoe fic, but this is really beautiful. This:

She thinks again of Simon, telling them all that River was a gift, and figures you take a gift when it's offered, whatever the risk.

Makes me tear up.

And I think you've got Zoe just right in being unwilling to let anyone in at this point but appreciating their attempts anyway. And yay for Jayne and tea. Thanks for a glorious read.

[rynmorianqueen]

I'm generally not a fan of post BDM pregnant Zoe fic, but this is really beautiful.

Me, too.

[zooey_glass04]

Thank you very much! I'm especially flattered that you liked it given that it's not a theme you would normally go for.

And I think you've got Zoe just right in being unwilling to let anyone in at this point but appreciating their attempts anyway.
I care a lot about characterisation, so this is a big compliment.

Thanks for commenting!

[rynmorianqueen]

*loves this*

[zooey_glass04]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed :D