Fic: Soon Enough

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Title: Soon Enough
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: All your Firefly and Serenity are belong to Joss Whedon.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A man can only hate himself for bein' accordin' to his nature for just so long before something has to give. 2600 words.
Ficathon Prompt: For srichard, Mal/River; Mal courting in some unexpected fashion, skittish River,

Comments

[jedibuttercup]

> Oh, wow. So I usually get nervous about ficathons--or not nervous, but wary, because the odds of me liking what I get aren't often good. Hence I usually only join ones I want to write for.

Hee. I got almost exactly the same response from vandonovan with the shinyhearts fic I wrote. I'm in these 'thons for the writing more than the reading myself-- I write better to prompts-- but I'm very glad you enjoyed it, too.

> I love pregnant!Zoe, and how you brought back the Inara that I love, the one who's important to the ship, important to Mal, without being a useless romantic entanglement.

I know. Inara's so much stronger a character when they're not busy trying to compromise who they are to find a romantic middle ground. I loved the idea and personality of her in the series much more than I did the execution of her role. As for Zoe... I was tired of writing and reading her a hard, broken woman. In a softer story like this one, I wanted to give her something to hope for. =)

> And I loved the little kiss before River runs off, and Mal left there, just thinking of her...beautifully done. Just beautiful.

Thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed this.