But not a real pink dress, that's shiny (Carbon)
Length: drabble
Pairing: Inara/Kaylee
Fandom: Firefly
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Element 006, Carbon
Element summary: “Ethanol, which is drinking alcohol, has two carbon atoms…”
“What is she? New money? Are you looking after her?”
Inara straightened the suit of her client, racking her brain for the appropriate retort, light and funny, that would somehow make Kaylee forgettable.
She was coming up blank.
Back when she accepted an engagement on this planet, Mal decided that he and Kaylee should pose as a couple so that he could work with one of his contacts. However, the old boys’ club had gone off and left Kaylee alone. Inara, who normally had no problem splitting her focus, somehow hadn’t managed to keep herself from neglecting conversation to keep an eye on her wandering, pink-clad lover. Who had, perhaps, imbibed one too many drinks if the way her face matched her dress was any indication.
“Wait,” Edward said, “You’re not telling me she’s a fellow companion? She’s too young…” He looked thoughtful, “…however, if she is, do you think she’d be willing-”
“No!” Inara said, her voice sounding too-sharp even to her own ears. “She’s not. You were right earlier. New money. Her father…her father’s an old friend, and he asked me to make sure his daughter followed the manners of polite society, so…” Inara trailed off as she turned and found Kaylee a mere foot behind them, listening while she raided the strawberry platter.
They all stood awkwardly, until Kaylee suddenly smiled. “Yes, my father did hire her,” she said cheerfully. “Mostly because I’m still prone to doing things like this.” Leaning forward, she pressed her lips against Inara’s, causing an intake in breath from everyone surrounding them.
And Mal was no exception. When he walked in, deal done, everything wrapped up, his jaw dropped as far as everyone else’s. Though what shocked him, of course, was the obvious.
The two of them had definitely done this before.
Pairing: Inara/Kaylee
Fandom: Firefly
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Element 006, Carbon
Element summary: “Ethanol, which is drinking alcohol, has two carbon atoms…”
“What is she? New money? Are you looking after her?”
Inara straightened the suit of her client, racking her brain for the appropriate retort, light and funny, that would somehow make Kaylee forgettable.
She was coming up blank.
Back when she accepted an engagement on this planet, Mal decided that he and Kaylee should pose as a couple so that he could work with one of his contacts. However, the old boys’ club had gone off and left Kaylee alone. Inara, who normally had no problem splitting her focus, somehow hadn’t managed to keep herself from neglecting conversation to keep an eye on her wandering, pink-clad lover. Who had, perhaps, imbibed one too many drinks if the way her face matched her dress was any indication.
“Wait,” Edward said, “You’re not telling me she’s a fellow companion? She’s too young…” He looked thoughtful, “…however, if she is, do you think she’d be willing-”
“No!” Inara said, her voice sounding too-sharp even to her own ears. “She’s not. You were right earlier. New money. Her father…her father’s an old friend, and he asked me to make sure his daughter followed the manners of polite society, so…” Inara trailed off as she turned and found Kaylee a mere foot behind them, listening while she raided the strawberry platter.
They all stood awkwardly, until Kaylee suddenly smiled. “Yes, my father did hire her,” she said cheerfully. “Mostly because I’m still prone to doing things like this.” Leaning forward, she pressed her lips against Inara’s, causing an intake in breath from everyone surrounding them.
And Mal was no exception. When he walked in, deal done, everything wrapped up, his jaw dropped as far as everyone else’s. Though what shocked him, of course, was the obvious.
The two of them had definitely done this before.