Snippet - The wolves are coming
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wilderthanFandom: Firefly
For: Multi-chapter, probably eventual Mal/Simon
Quality: Briefly checked
Characters: Mal, Zoe, Simon, River
"Everyone's glad when someone crosses a rich guy, as long as it's not them doin' the crossing," Mal said, trying for gruff, and failing. "What d'you think? We got time to stay and have a bit of fun?"
"Don't see why not. It'll be a couple of days before the man realises his loss, and I think all of us could do with lettin' off some steam." Zoe pointedly looked up at where, on the catwalk, the two Tams stood. River's hands were curled around the bar, gripping tightly. Simon, beside her, had his most neutral expression on, a thing which didn't fool Mal even a little.
"She says that the wolves are coming," he said, quietly.
Mal tipped his head back a bit to look up at her, to look into her eyes. "And what do you mean by that, little one?"
"The bad men are coming," she says. Her shoulders move in a slight shrug. "They're coming, with their claws and teeth, to take me away. Poison on their claws."
Mal glanced at Simon. "I thought she was over the need to be terribly obscure?"
"I'll try to find an interpreter," Simon said, dryly. "I just thought you might want to hear her warning."
"I'm Cassandra," River said, quietly. "Cassandra of Troy. River of Serenity. I'm cursed. People don't want to hear what I have to say, what I've seen, so they will it away. I'm just mad Cassandra, mad River. We think the fight is over, take the wooden horse inside our stronghold, but it's carrying disaster in its belly. It will ruin us all. Ajax is coming for me."
"You ain't mad. We just don't know what you're talkin' about. Now come down from there. We're goin' to go and celebrate in the town. Even you and your brother."
"Drink wine and huddle around the fire while the wolves prowl. Pretend they're not really there," she said, but she hurried down the steps anyway. Simon watched her, something yearning on his face. Then, slowly, he began to follow her.
For: Multi-chapter, probably eventual Mal/Simon
Quality: Briefly checked
Characters: Mal, Zoe, Simon, River
"Everyone's glad when someone crosses a rich guy, as long as it's not them doin' the crossing," Mal said, trying for gruff, and failing. "What d'you think? We got time to stay and have a bit of fun?"
"Don't see why not. It'll be a couple of days before the man realises his loss, and I think all of us could do with lettin' off some steam." Zoe pointedly looked up at where, on the catwalk, the two Tams stood. River's hands were curled around the bar, gripping tightly. Simon, beside her, had his most neutral expression on, a thing which didn't fool Mal even a little.
"She says that the wolves are coming," he said, quietly.
Mal tipped his head back a bit to look up at her, to look into her eyes. "And what do you mean by that, little one?"
"The bad men are coming," she says. Her shoulders move in a slight shrug. "They're coming, with their claws and teeth, to take me away. Poison on their claws."
Mal glanced at Simon. "I thought she was over the need to be terribly obscure?"
"I'll try to find an interpreter," Simon said, dryly. "I just thought you might want to hear her warning."
"I'm Cassandra," River said, quietly. "Cassandra of Troy. River of Serenity. I'm cursed. People don't want to hear what I have to say, what I've seen, so they will it away. I'm just mad Cassandra, mad River. We think the fight is over, take the wooden horse inside our stronghold, but it's carrying disaster in its belly. It will ruin us all. Ajax is coming for me."
"You ain't mad. We just don't know what you're talkin' about. Now come down from there. We're goin' to go and celebrate in the town. Even you and your brother."
"Drink wine and huddle around the fire while the wolves prowl. Pretend they're not really there," she said, but she hurried down the steps anyway. Simon watched her, something yearning on his face. Then, slowly, he began to follow her.
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Date: 2008-05-28 02:40 am (UTC)I'd love to see a new multi chapter M/S, please post the next chapter soon! Oh, and you should post this at
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Date: 2008-05-28 08:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-28 06:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-28 08:31 am (UTC)