FIC: Au-Firefly; Amused
Title: Untitled (2/?)
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Characters: Simon and River Tam
Word Count: 258
Rating: PG
Summary: What if River and Simon planned the whole thing?
Author's Notes: Okay. So. Dark!Simon is so totally to blame for this. This is a nutty AU speculation, using the prompts from 100moods, even though this is not a part of the challenge. And if anyone wants to be my Chinese-Guru until I get my hands on that gorram dictionary, that would be shiny. And a fic title wouldn't go amiss, either.
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"It's Government-sponsored, daddy! Only the best of the best can get in!"
It took all of Simon's effort to not burst out laughing as he watched River play their parents. They had moved into phase two of the plan, which wasn't so hard, since River's boredom at school was hard to deny. His genius sister didn't have to stretch very far to beg Mother and Father to let her go. She had been looking forward to it ever since she and Simon had begun investigating it almost a year ago.
"Please?" she sulked, eyes wide for Gabriel and Regan Tam. "It's such an exciting program, and so much more challenging than what I'm doing now!"
Simon had to agree. What he and River had discovered about this ‘Academy' had intrigued them both, and had appealed to the power-hungry side of both Tam siblings. They needed each other for this to work, though, as River was the only suitable candidate for applying and Simon was the only doctor qualified to look after her when it was all over. No one needed to know about their plans, though, and so he watched silently as Gabriel exchanged a look with his wife before turning an indulgent eye back to his daughter. "Of course, sweet-pea. If it's as prestigious and as challenging as you say, then you can go."
With a delightful squeal, River threw her arms around Father and kissed his cheek. With a smug look, Simon smiled at his sister and headed up to his room.
It had finally begun...
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Characters: Simon and River Tam
Word Count: 258
Rating: PG
Summary: What if River and Simon planned the whole thing?
Author's Notes: Okay. So. Dark!Simon is so totally to blame for this. This is a nutty AU speculation, using the prompts from 100moods, even though this is not a part of the challenge. And if anyone wants to be my Chinese-Guru until I get my hands on that gorram dictionary, that would be shiny. And a fic title wouldn't go amiss, either.
x-posted to age
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"It's Government-sponsored, daddy! Only the best of the best can get in!"
It took all of Simon's effort to not burst out laughing as he watched River play their parents. They had moved into phase two of the plan, which wasn't so hard, since River's boredom at school was hard to deny. His genius sister didn't have to stretch very far to beg Mother and Father to let her go. She had been looking forward to it ever since she and Simon had begun investigating it almost a year ago.
"Please?" she sulked, eyes wide for Gabriel and Regan Tam. "It's such an exciting program, and so much more challenging than what I'm doing now!"
Simon had to agree. What he and River had discovered about this ‘Academy' had intrigued them both, and had appealed to the power-hungry side of both Tam siblings. They needed each other for this to work, though, as River was the only suitable candidate for applying and Simon was the only doctor qualified to look after her when it was all over. No one needed to know about their plans, though, and so he watched silently as Gabriel exchanged a look with his wife before turning an indulgent eye back to his daughter. "Of course, sweet-pea. If it's as prestigious and as challenging as you say, then you can go."
With a delightful squeal, River threw her arms around Father and kissed his cheek. With a smug look, Simon smiled at his sister and headed up to his room.
It had finally begun...