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Title: Four Times Inara Could Have Had Mal On His Knees But Didn't and The One Time She Did
Author:Maeve Bran
Notes: This is a Five Things Meme for sweptawaybayou. I sometimes see this pairing but I don't normally ship it. (I'm a Mal/River kinda gal.) So sorry, Snow, if this isn't what you expected.
Raiting:R for implictions
Word Count: 668
1. Mal had always admired Inara, from the first moment they met anyway. He had liked her spunk and insistence on having her way, even if he didn't like where that way was headed. He had never admired her spunk more than when she came into the railway station on Paradiso claiming he was her runaway indentured man. Mal realized that she could have demanded all sorts of things from him as public humiliation. She could have had him on his knees begging forgiveness for running out on her. Inara could have even demanded that he lick her boots and he would have had to do it to keep his cover from being blown. Mal was grateful that Inara was not sadistic woman.
2. Mal knew he was in trouble from the moment swords were mentioned. He knew that the trouble had doubled when Inara had crept into his room and picked up a sword. She had the point at his chest a could command him to do anything. Once again he started think that if she had any dominance kinks, she could easily force him down to his knees in front of her. Inara could make him do all sorts of things he didn't really know about but could imagine, after all she was a registered companion. Companions knew all sorts of things he didn't but would love to learn, but first Mal would have to survive the coming sword fight. He shifted his attention to what she was actually doing with the sword and tried to learn what she was teaching.
3. Mal was sure he was in for it. He had asked Inara to be back up incase Saffron or Bridget or Yolanda or whatever-the-frilly-heck-her-name-was double crossed them. He had to plead with Inara a bit to gain her acquiescence and she had finally agreed. Inara had been needed and had done her part admirably. Now she was there talking to him while he was standing around all naked. He certainly wasn't being articulate, but he was naked. He knew that she could be bidding her time in what she was going to ask for payback. He hoped it might involve being on his knees in front of her but he was more certain that she would just want her share of the Lassiter.
4. Mal could see, at the funeral, that Inara was grieving her friend's death something mightily. He hoped that the fact that, yesterday morning, Inara had run into him coming out of Nandi's room, while putting his shirt on, wasn't adding to the burden. But he was almost certain it was. He might be mostly blind to the way Inara felt about him, but in a split second, before she had managed to burry it, there had been hurt in her eyes. He knew he would do anything to remove it. So here he was talking with her, on the walkway above the cargo bay, about his feelings. He'd rather have been made to crawl, on his knees, across the Paradiso train station to lick her boots than be in this conversation, but here he is talking about his feelings.
5. Mal was in Inara's shuttle craft and down on his knees. It wasn't a thing like he had imagined it all year. He had imagined being there for some kinky, sex related reason. Instead he was there to beg her to stay but the words weren't coming so he pretended to be fixing some wiring to make the flight to the training house as swift and smooth as possible. Since he hadn't managed to convince her to stay for Kaylee's sake and he couldn't demean them both by begging, Mal was going to have to swallow the bitter pill and fly her to the training house himself. There was still time but Mal doubted that Inara would even notice his current position let alone take advantage of it, so he just reached for the tool he had set down beside him and went to work.
Author:Maeve Bran
Notes: This is a Five Things Meme for sweptawaybayou. I sometimes see this pairing but I don't normally ship it. (I'm a Mal/River kinda gal.) So sorry, Snow, if this isn't what you expected.
Raiting:R for implictions
Word Count: 668
1. Mal had always admired Inara, from the first moment they met anyway. He had liked her spunk and insistence on having her way, even if he didn't like where that way was headed. He had never admired her spunk more than when she came into the railway station on Paradiso claiming he was her runaway indentured man. Mal realized that she could have demanded all sorts of things from him as public humiliation. She could have had him on his knees begging forgiveness for running out on her. Inara could have even demanded that he lick her boots and he would have had to do it to keep his cover from being blown. Mal was grateful that Inara was not sadistic woman.
2. Mal knew he was in trouble from the moment swords were mentioned. He knew that the trouble had doubled when Inara had crept into his room and picked up a sword. She had the point at his chest a could command him to do anything. Once again he started think that if she had any dominance kinks, she could easily force him down to his knees in front of her. Inara could make him do all sorts of things he didn't really know about but could imagine, after all she was a registered companion. Companions knew all sorts of things he didn't but would love to learn, but first Mal would have to survive the coming sword fight. He shifted his attention to what she was actually doing with the sword and tried to learn what she was teaching.
3. Mal was sure he was in for it. He had asked Inara to be back up incase Saffron or Bridget or Yolanda or whatever-the-frilly-heck-her-name-was double crossed them. He had to plead with Inara a bit to gain her acquiescence and she had finally agreed. Inara had been needed and had done her part admirably. Now she was there talking to him while he was standing around all naked. He certainly wasn't being articulate, but he was naked. He knew that she could be bidding her time in what she was going to ask for payback. He hoped it might involve being on his knees in front of her but he was more certain that she would just want her share of the Lassiter.
4. Mal could see, at the funeral, that Inara was grieving her friend's death something mightily. He hoped that the fact that, yesterday morning, Inara had run into him coming out of Nandi's room, while putting his shirt on, wasn't adding to the burden. But he was almost certain it was. He might be mostly blind to the way Inara felt about him, but in a split second, before she had managed to burry it, there had been hurt in her eyes. He knew he would do anything to remove it. So here he was talking with her, on the walkway above the cargo bay, about his feelings. He'd rather have been made to crawl, on his knees, across the Paradiso train station to lick her boots than be in this conversation, but here he is talking about his feelings.
5. Mal was in Inara's shuttle craft and down on his knees. It wasn't a thing like he had imagined it all year. He had imagined being there for some kinky, sex related reason. Instead he was there to beg her to stay but the words weren't coming so he pretended to be fixing some wiring to make the flight to the training house as swift and smooth as possible. Since he hadn't managed to convince her to stay for Kaylee's sake and he couldn't demean them both by begging, Mal was going to have to swallow the bitter pill and fly her to the training house himself. There was still time but Mal doubted that Inara would even notice his current position let alone take advantage of it, so he just reached for the tool he had set down beside him and went to work.